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Depart from New York or Washington DC for Cape Town, South Africa via Johannesburg on South African Airways.

On arrival at Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport, collect your luggage and then clear customs and immigration. Connect with your domestic flight to Cape Town.

On arrival at Cape Town Airport you will be met by a Lion World Tours representative and transferred to your hotel.

The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa stands at the edge of the world. On one side, the majestic Twelve Apostles Mountains reach towards the heavens; on the other, the sun sets on breeching whales, playful dolphins, and crashing Atlantic rollers. All around, you can walk the wilderness trails of the Table Mountain National Park. This intimate 5-star boutique hotel fully lives up to its stunning location and is just a few minutes from cosmopolitan Cape Town. The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is only 15 minutes away via the complimentary shuttle service.

All the deluxe guest rooms and suites are decorated with understated elegance and overlook either the mountains or the sea. The views are stunning and the interior decor of the hotel is just as appealing. At The Twelve Apostles, you want for nothing: every room includes 24-hour room service, individual air conditioning, entertainment centers with DVD, and plush bathrobes and slippers.

The Spa at The Twelve Apostles recently won the Best International Spa Award. The Spa offers a comprehensive menu of treatments, with a discreet and professional staff. The Spa's focal point is the indoor Hydro Pool flanked by a Brine Pool and a hot and cold Plunge Pool. Elegantly flowing outwards from this area is the spa's Health Bar. The hotel's two breathtaking pool gardens are magically perched above the ocean, and the Azure Restaurant serves exquisite cuisine with endlessly seductive sea views.

Today is at leisure to relax on your first full day in Cape Town, or to enjoy the city.

Cape Town is a fabulously diverse and vibrant city; from its beautiful natural attributes to its colorful culture, stunning wine farms and captivating history - it's a tourist heaven. Cape Town offers historic and cultural sites, world-class museums and bustling markets, inviting beaches and lush gardens, as well as great restaurants and wonderful shopping. While South Africa is perhaps best known for its game parks and natural splendors, it is also a land whose cities exude urban sophistication, rich in history, the arts, entertainment and other cosmopolitan delights.

This morning you are at leisure to explore the fascinating city of Cape Town.

In the late afternoon you will be taken to Table Mountain for incredible views of the city and to watch the sunset as you enjoy sundowners and snacks.

Your day is free to explore the city and surrounding areas. Or we make arrangements for an optional day tour to the beautiful Cape Winelands or Cape peninsula.

In the evening enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Azure Restaurant which serves outstanding cuisine.

After an early breakfast you will be transferred from your hotel to Cape Town Airport in time for your scheduled flight to Johannesburg. On arrival connect with your flight to Mpumalanga where you will be met on arrival and transferred to your lodge.

Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge is situated in the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve, within the southern section of the Kruger National Park. The lodge is set in the heart of the bushveld, overlooking a river plain and waterhole where animals regularly come to drink. It is an all-suite, exclusive lodge offering 25 suites designed and furnished in a contemporary, yet ethnic, style. A sense of space and light pervades each suite, while high thatch and discreet air-conditioning provides a cool escape during the warmer months

Enjoy an early morning and afternoon game viewing drive in an open safari vehicle in this wildlife paradise.

During the day relax around the pool or on the lovely deck, overlooking the water-hole.

Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge offers exciting game drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles. At daybreak, guests meet for a welcoming cup of coffee before embarking on a dawn safari. Rangers and trackers greet the day by pointing out the wildlife, and even the most seasoned game viewer will learn something new and fascinating every day. Exceptional game viewing has always been a trademark of Sabi Sabi, and the chances of seeing the "Big Five" - Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and Leopard - are excellent. The reserve shares a common unfenced boundary with the Kruger National Park and sustains the diverse fauna and flora of the area, with one of the highest and most bio-diverse wildlife populations of any area in Africa.

Go on an early morning game drive to track the animals that may have eluded you so far, followed by breakfast. After a transfer to Mpumalanga Airport you will fly to Johannesburg

Spend one night in Johannesburg at the Melrose Arch Hotel

Melrose Arch Hotel is located in the Melrose Arch precinct which boasts a variety of trendy retail and leisure amenities. Set in the leafy suburbs, the Melrose Arch Hotel is a bright, modernistic approach to space that is dedicated both to work and leisure, and guarantees guests the ultimate service and technology. Luxury bedrooms with wooden floors, an extra deep bathtub, flat screen TV and DVD surround sound system are but a few of the unique features. The pool deck which boasts oversized galvanized buckets, a heated swimming pool with underwater music and furniture in the shallow end, is a must to be seen.

This morning transfer to the airport for a flight to Mauritius.

You will be met and transferred to your hotel on this magical island
The InterContinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava Fort is located on one of the most pristine stretches of beach overlooking the Bay of Balaclava. Offering 210 well-appointed rooms, the resort is just a few meters from Baie aux Tortues, which 17th-century sailors named after the many tortoises in the area. A trip to the Central Market of Port Louis reveals handmade crafts and cuisine representing the different cultures and ethnicities of Mauritius, including Creole, Indian, Chinese and Muslim.

Yuj Spa, a unique Mauritian spa, Inspired by the various local cultural manipulation and wellness practices, completes to create a positive vibration to open up all the five senses and guarantees the sense of journey towards holistic well-being.

Spend the next 3 days at leisure in Mauritius. Nestling some 3000kms/1860miles off the East Coast of Africa, just above the Tropic of Capricorn, is the beautiful tropical island of Mauritius. This jewel of the Indian Ocean boasts 160kms/99miles of beautiful coastline, powdery white beaches, gently waving palm trees, azure waters and spectacular coral reefs. An earthly paradise with jade green fields broken by shady valleys veined with streams from which suddenly, as though from nothing, rise mountains with fantastic shapes. This must surely be paradise. Now add a fascinating cosmopolitan blend of French, British, Indian, Chinese and Creole, and you'll understand something of the island's unique and vibrant culture.

Today you will fly transfer to the airport for your flight back to Johannesburg and connection to your international flight on South African Airways to New York or Washington. (B)

Arrive in the USA filled with memories of a lifetime!


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