$1,650 pp (USD)
This tour is offered in ZAR.
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Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Fly to the Frontier Town of Hoedspruit Near your Kruger Park Game Lodge Accommodation
Fly to the Frontier Town of Hoedspruit Near your Kruger Park Game Lodge Accommodation
Eastgate Airport at the edge of Kruger Park is a quaint set-up. Converted from an airforce base, the airport is in the bush with warthogs running around and beautiful acacia trees shading the outdoor "arrival and departure lounge". You are met here and driven to the Klaserie Reserve, and then to the welcoming grounds of Xanatseni Game Reserve. A light lunch is served and the afternoon game drive departs as the afternoon cools down. Game drives explore the east block of the Klaserie Game Reserve for a three-hour stint each afternoon and again at dawn in the morning. The Klaserie Game Reserve has a healthy population of all of the exciting Big Five plus many of the other animals in this diverse ecosystem. At dusk the drive pauses for "sundowners", drinks with snacks to salute the setting sun. Your accommodation is in beautifully decorated luxury chalets with ensuite bathrooms and air-conditioning. A three-course dinner is served, perhaps at the fire or dining room before retiring to bed.
- Main Destination:
- Klaserie Private Nature Reserve (Greater Kruger)
- Accommodation:
- Xanatseni Private Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Morning & Afternoon Open Vehicle Safari in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve - Greater Kruger Park
Morning & Afternoon Open Vehicle Safari in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve - Greater Kruger Park
Early in the morning, we'll meet for tea/coffee and rusks before the game drive and then embark on a three-hour safari in the East Block of Klaserie Game Reserve. The area is well known for white rhino and leopard sightings. Elephants are often sighted too. All of the Big Five can be seen as well as many other animals such as hippos, giraffes and zebras and at night, hyenas are active and other nocturnal wildlife. At midday, we'll rest up in a camp on the shaded grounds or at the swimming pool, or take a nap in your lovely luxury accommodation.
Three meals are served in the various dining areas and the bar is well stocked with minerals, beers and wines or you can have a craft gin and tonic just before lunch. The afternoon game drive stops at sunset for sundowners and then continues in the dark with a handheld spotlight, looking for those secretive nocturnal animals.
- Main Destination:
- Klaserie Private Nature Reserve (Greater Kruger)
- Accommodation:
- Xanatseni Private Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Klaserie Reserve Morning Drive and Breakfast before Road Transfer to Timbavati Game Reserve
Klaserie Reserve Morning Drive and Breakfast before Road Transfer to Timbavati Game Reserve
This morning brings an early start and about a three-hour open vehicle game drive in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve.
Xanatseni is a small and personalised lodge with attentive staff and a large area to traverse. Birding can be rewarding with many raptors or birds of prey that are often seen as well as many of the summer migrants to Africa. Plains game like zebra and wildebeest can be seen and all of the Big Five are present. The ranger/guide will interpret signs and tracks left in the sand that help the skilled trackers to find some animals that may not be along the windy bush tracks.
After the game drive, a full breakfast awaits at the lodge with fresh fruits and pastries as well as a cooked English-style morning meal that is welcome after the active morning. The transfer to the next lodge is partly through the reserve and arrives at Umlani Bush Camp in Timbavati Private Game Reserve in time for a light lunch. You'll then have an afternoon drive to a different area of Greater Kruger.
- Main Destination:
- Timbavati Private Nature Reserve (Greater Kruger)
- Accommodation:
- Umlani Bushcamp
Wildlife in Timbavati NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Two Game Drives: Morning and Afternoon and Lodge Accommodation in Timbavati Game Reserve
Two Game Drives: Morning and Afternoon and Lodge Accommodation in Timbavati Game Reserve
This full day in Timbavati Private Nature Reserve discovers the diverse landscape; from the Shlaralumi River with its beautiful treelined banks to the open plains that attract the herds of zebra and buffalo passing through. In between the game drives, relax in the camp with a view over the waterhole and many private seating areas for reading or quiet birdwatching. The ranger guides at Umlani are well known for their skill and natural bush abilities. Dinners are often around the fire and long lunches out in the garden under the trees, this is warm convivial hospitality, a home away from home.
Sleep soundly under a billowing mosquito net and dream of the African bush.
- Main Destination:
- Timbavati Private Nature Reserve (Greater Kruger)
- Accommodation:
- Umlani Bushcamp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
A Last and Nostalgic Morning Game Drive and a Full Breakfast before Departing for Eastgate Airport
A Last and Nostalgic Morning Game Drive and a Full Breakfast before Departing for Eastgate Airport
Enjoy a last morning game drive to some unfamiliar areas and others that you will recognise. Maybe get to add a final tick to that wish list? Back at camp, there is time to freshen upand enjoy a shower under the African skies in your private outdoor shower. Share breakfast with fellow guests before saying farewell and taking the 1-hour road transfer to the airport.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
