B = Breakfast
L = Lunch
D = Dinner
INCLUDES:
- Round trip international economy airfare from New York or Washington, DC to Cape Town and back via Johannesburg
- Domestic flights as indicated in itinerary
- All services as specified
- All transfers as specified
- Accommodation as specified
- Meals as specified
- Dinner at Atlantic Restaurant at Table Bay Hotel
- Game drives as specified in itinerary
- Accommodation in standard rooms
- Transportation in luxury air-conditioned vehicles
- Sight-seeing as per itinerary led by qualified English speaking guide
- Entrance fees for sightseeing as indicated
- Lion World Tours representative Meet and Greet upon arrival
EXCLUDES:
- Items of a personal nature such as laundry, telephone calls, etc.
- All other services not mentioned
- Drinks at Royal Legend Safari Lodge
- Gratuities/tips for game rangers, tour guides and drivers
- Costs of obtaining passports and/or visas
- Trip cancellation insurance
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Day 1
Depart the New York (JFK) or Washington, DC (Dulles) for Johannesburg on South African Airways.
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Day 2
On arrival at Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport, collect your luggage and clear customs and immigration. Re-check your bags for 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 gracious Table Bay Hotel is situated in Cape Town's famous Victoria & Alfred Waterfront with its array of wonderful shops, restaurants and bars. Guests are offered panoramic views across the Atlantic Ocean to Robben Island while behind soars Table Mountain. The hotel has a maritime flavor that extends to each room and suite, which has sea or mountain views. The interior of the hotel presents a kaleidoscope of impressions, from the European marble mosaic of the entrance court to the intricate parquet floor of the foyer framed by the full-scale drama of Table Mountain, with the activity of the harbor in the foreground. Below the foyer to the south, is the grand lounge with its cathedral ceiling and twin fireplaces. Combined with contemporary charm and attention to detail, the hotel recalls the era of the great cruise liners and elegant hotels that served them
Accommodation: Table Bay Hotel
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Day 3
Enjoy your first day at leisure in the fascinating city of Cape Town. Sightseeing tours and car rentals can be pre-arranged. Please ask your consultant for information.
Cape Town is a city with a diverse range of attractions, sights and activities to offer and it has something for everyone. From the landmark beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay to the vibrant V&A Waterfront and Cape Town city centre, the award-winning wine farms of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek - time spent in Cape Town will not be forgotten. Cape Town is a sophisticated city at the gateway to a majestic continent. The Mother City is a place where old and new harmoniously converge in history, architecture, cultural pursuits and the essence of its people. The city is dominated by a towering, table-shaped mountain, set on a peninsula of soaring, rocky heights and lush valleys, where two oceans converge - Indian and Atlantic. Cape Town offers a myriad things to do and places to see, whatever your tastes, inclinations or budget.
During your stay in Cape Town you will enjoy dinner at The Atlantic Restaurant at The Table Bay Hotel. Drinks and extras are for your own account.
Accommodation: Table Bay Hotel (B)
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Day 4
Today is another day of leisure to explore the wonderful city of Cape Town.
Accommodation: Table Bay Hotel (B)
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Day 5
Spend your last day in Cape Town doing some last minute shopping or visit one of the many places of interest.Blessed with one of the most stunningly beautiful settings of any city in the world, Cape Town and its surrounding areas offer enough activities to keep you occupied for a long time. You can shop for everything from handcrafts such as native masks and pottery to dazzling tanzanite and diamonds.
Accommodation: Table Bay Hotel (B)
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Day 6
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 Kruger-Mpumalanga where you will be met on arrival and transferred to your lodge. Spend 2-nights including all meals and two game drives daily.
Please Note: Luggage restriction on the Mpumalanga flights is 20kg/44lb
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. External walls, the color and texture of wet elephant hide, and the artistic interior and exterior use of indigenous slate for floors, bathroom walls and outside patios reflects an amber, grey and ochre palette, ensuring that Bush Lodge is unobtrusive and blends perfectly with the surrounding bushveld. The bathroom offers open views to the river plains beyond. Glass bottles containing high quality cosmetics and a crystal decanter of sherry are just some of the special touches designed to delight the senses and ensure a memorable stay.
Accommodation: Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge (B,L,D)
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Day 7
Enjoy an early morning game viewing drive in an open safari vehicle in this wildlife paradise. Spend the hottest part of the day relaxing around the pool or on comfortable wooden chairs overlooking a water-hole. In the afternoon go on another safari under the guidance of Sabi Sabi's qualified game rangers and renowned Shangaan trackers. Exceptional game viewing has always been a trademark of Sabi Sabi.
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.
Accommodation: Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge (B,L,D)
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Day 8
After an early morning game drive to track the animals that may have eluded you so far, you will be transferred for your scheduled flight from Kruger-Mpumalanga to Livingstone.
On arrival at Livingstone Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel where you will spend 2-nights on a bed and breakfast basis.
A stay at The Royal Livingstone means you can expect nothing less than the highest level of service and enjoy a myriad of superior activities. The Royal Livingstone Hotel comprises 173 spacious en-suite guest rooms, each with its own private veranda, stretched along the river bank. All guest rooms are luxuriously furnished, with crisp white linen and large comfortable beds to welcome and offer the perfect sanctuary to retire to, after a day spent exploring the mysteries and challenges of this remarkable retreat. Bathrooms feature spacious showers and Victorian style baths, with wildlife pencil sketches adorning the cool ivory-washed walls, reflecting the textures and moods of the Zambezi River. A magnificent sun deck overlooks the Zambezi as it flows relentlessly to the Falls.
Accommodation: Royal Livingstone Hotel (B)
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Day 9
After breakfast you will be taken on a guided tour of Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. This walking safari takes you through the magnificent rain forest where you are able to view the Cataracts, Livingstone's statue and a wide variety of birds and plants.
The Victoria Falls are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are approximately 1 mile wide and 420 feet high. They are considered a remarkable spectacle because of the peculiar narrow slot-like chasm into which the water falls, so one can view the falls face-on. David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer, visited the falls in 1855 and renamed them after Queen Victoria, though they were known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya - "the Smoke that Thunders".
The Falls are part of two national parks, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe, and are one of Southern Africa's major tourist attractions, with visitors from all over the world. The Victoria Falls is the largest single sheet of water in the world and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Later you will take an African Queen Sunset Cruise.
Sunset and a sundowner on the Zambezi, can life get any better? Take a leisurely sunset cruise aboard one of the finest boats on the Zambezi, the African Queen. Watch as the sun sinks over the water and you'll be increasingly mesmerised by the exquisite views of the wild African bush. Float past the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, and you�re very likely to spot crocodiles, hippos, astonishing birdlife, perhaps elephants and whatever else comes down to the riverbank to drink. It is always a surprise, always a great sense of anticipation.
Accommodation: Royal Livingstone (B)
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Day 10
Today you will be transferred from your hotel to Livingstone Airport in to connect with your regional flight back to Johannesburg. (B)
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Day 11
Return home with a lifetime of memories!
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