We are available to pick you up at the Outlook Lodge or at your hotel situated within Johannesburg or Pretoria. For guests flying into Nelspruit airport, we advise that guests arrange their flights to arrive around 11h00 on the morning their safari starts. Your guide will pick you up and continue your safari. We depart from Johannesburg between 07h00 and 07h30 in the morning and make our way to the Kruger National Park, arriving around 12h00.Before entering the Kruger we will stop for lunch in one of the small town's en-route to the park. Your first afternoon will be spent driving inside the Kruger searching for wild animals; you will be accompanied by a professional guide, who will gladly divulge information on the parks amazing diversity of wild and plant life. We get to our first camp in the late afternoon where you check into your accommodation and have enough time to go for a swim, purchase necessary items at the camps shop, or simply take a stroll around the camp to stretch your legs after a long days driving. Your guide begins preparing the evening meal just outside your chalet, under the stars and served by candlelight. Apart from the cooking your guide is of course available to identify all the nocturnal sounds you hear, and possibly entertain you with some amazing experiences encountered over many years of guiding in Africa.Wine is served and included in evening meals. Dinner included.


The early morning knock on your door signals the start of your second day in the Kruger. After a cup of coffee and some snacks, your guide packs the vehicle and you begin your early morning drive. It's still really early in the morning, nice and cool, and a perfect time to spot elusive predators who at this time of the day are still very active. After a successful morning drive you stop at a picnic spot to enjoy a relaxed breakfast.After breakfast we continue driving, searching for animals. You will find your guide to be a wealth of knowledge not only concentrating on animals but also identifying birds, trees, insects and explaining some of the parks fascinating geology. After the morning drive you return to camp and have an opportunity for a midday siesta or just general relaxation time. Kruger's camps are well established with large, old indigenous trees, housing many different bird's reptiles and even bats. So it's nice at this time of the day to also enjoy what the camps have to offer.In the afternoon you head out again on a drive, returning just before the gates close. In total you will do about 6-7 hours driving each full day in the Kruger. This allows us enough time to show you many different animals and birds. Once again your guide cooks your meal out under the stars. Breakfast and Dinner included.


Your guide is on time, as arranged for the wake up call. Fresh coffee and snacks are enjoyed before packing up and leaving camp to start the morning's drive searching for wild animals. After a couple of hours you stop for breakfast inside the Kruger at one of the picnic spots. After breakfast we continue driving in the Kruger and slowly begin making our way to one of the exit gates. We exit the Kruger and immediately journey on to one of the many private lodges situated within the world famous Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve. Our goal is to arrive for lunch after which you have a little time to freshen up before we head off on our game drive in one the lodges open vehicles. The afternoon game drive will continue on into the evening, returning to the lodge about 4 hours later. Dinner is usually ready upon our return and is served under the stars beside a crackling fire. It's always pleasant sitting around an open fire with a drink, discussing the days events and what we can expect to see tomorrow. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included.


Specialist birding safaris available upon request. We request guests do not fly out of Johannesburg on Day 5 as we cannot always guarantee our arrival time in Johannesburg. We are available to drop you off at the Outlook Lodge or any hotel in the Johannesburg/Pretoria region. Guests flying out of Nelspruit on the last day may, depending on their flight details not have enough time to see the panorama route.

Rates

p/p sharing 01.10.08 - 30.09.09 - 11050 ZAR