Your Kruger and Sabi Sand Safari Includes
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Transport for the duration of your Safari
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Pick up and drop off in Johannesburg/Pretoria
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Professional guides
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Meals as indicated in the itinerary
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All day drives in the Kruger National Park
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All day/night drives in the Sabi Sand
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All entry fees and daily conservation levies
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Accommodation with en-suite facilities
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Sunset/ night drive
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Bottled mineral water during the day in the Kruger National Park
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Wine with evening meals in the Kruger National Park
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Panorama route on the last day
Your Safari Excludes
- Drinks (wine and bottled water is included in the Kruger but all drinks are for your own expense in the Sabi Sand)
- Lunch on day 1, 2 and 5
Sabi Sand and Kruger Slideshow
PLEASE NOTE THIS ITINERARY IS FOR OUR 5 DAY SAFARI. WE ALSO OFFER A 3 DAY AND A 4 DAY VERSION OF THIS SAFARI.
Day 1: Johannesburg to Kruger National Park
We depart early this morning from Johannesburg and drive to Kruger National Park. We make a lunch stop on the way and arrive at Kruger at approx 12noon. As soon as we arrive in Kruger we start our first game drive with the guide pointing our the wild animals and plant life within the park. Arrive at your accommodation and check in. You have the remainder of the afternoon at leisure. Your dinner this evening is served outside your chaket and is prepared by your guide.
Meals Included: Dinner
Day 2: Kruger National Park
Depart early this morning on a game drive in Kruger National Park. After some game viewing we stop at a picnic area for breakfast. Continue on morning game drive returning to your accommodation before noon. You have a few hours at leisure to enjoy the facilities at your accommodation. Depart this afternoon on a second game drive. Return to your accommodation where dinner will be cooked by your guide
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3: Kruger National Park to Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve
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.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve
Another early wake up, followed by coffee before heading off again in open vehicles, searching for wild animals. We are often asked what the difference is between the Kruger National Park, and a private Game Reserve such as the Sabi Sand, and in fact why we combine the two. It’s always very difficult to compare two separate wildlife destinations and in the past we have found the two locations appealing to different people. Kruger can generally be regarded as the “Great Unknown”, you never know what you’re getting and sightings are largely a case of being at the right place at the right time, of course our guides are extremely familiar with the Kruger and know where they have a good chance of finding certain animals which greatly increases your chances of seeing them, accompanied of course by the knowledge which they share with you. However the surprise factor is still there and that is greatly appealing to many of our guests. A private game reserve on the other hand, is almost guaranteed to deliver excellent sightings as the guides are all in radio contact so the minute one group enco
unters animals, they radio them in, giving everyone else in the area the chance to see them too. As a result, when we combine the two destinations, the result is often a safari that utilises one of Africa’s premier wildlife destinations (the Kruger National Park) and the excellent “up close” encounters with animals in the Sabi Sand. After our morning drive we return to the lodge, enjoy a relaxing breakfast followed by some time to relax by the lodges pool. There is also an opportunity for you to go on a morning walk after breakfast if you wish. Lunch is usually served around 2pm before we leave on another afternoon/night drive, returning to the lodge for the evening meal.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve to Johannesburg
After your wake up call and coffee we head back into the bush in the hope of seeing and photographing more of Africa’s spectacular wildlife. The Sabi Sand is particularly famous for it’s brilliant sightings of leopard and whilst we cannot guarantee these sightings, you stand a more than fair chance of seeing and photographing these beautiful animals, seldom more than 3-4 metres from the vehicle! After the drive breakfast is served. There is time for you to freshen up before we pack the vehicle and begin our journey back to Johannesburg. We return to Johannesburg via the panorama route which includes Blyde River Canyon, Three Rondavels, Lisbon Waterfalls and Pilgrims Rest, where you stop for lunch. After lunch it’s a good four hours drive back to Johannesburg and you arrive back at your hotel around 7.30pm.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Rates - 01 Jan 10 to 31 Oct 10
Safari departs daily from Johannesburg with a minimum of 2 people
3 Day Combination Safari (1 Night Kruger & 1 Night Sabi Sand) - South African Rand (ZAR) 8,475
4 Day Combination Safari (1 Night Kruger & 2 Nights Sabi Sand) - South African Rand (ZAR) 10,350
5 Day Combination Safari (2 Nights Kruger & 2 Nights Sabi Sand) - South African Rand (ZAR) 12,155
All rates are per person based on two people sharing. Safari is subject to availability at time of booking.
All trips booked through us can be paid for in US Dollars through our New York office at the exchange rate of the day payment is made. We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
(For our clients oustside of the USA, we can also accept payment in Euro and British Pounds)
