CAPE TOWN + PILANESBERG SAFARI (WITH GUIDE) + SUN CITY in Cape Town

Description

10 nights                                                       

from £3295 per person sharing. (Flights quoted separatley)

If you need to travel in a fully wheelchair accessible vehicle, enquire about this exciting Cape Town & Sun City Safari that combines the beautiful city of Cape Town with a Big Five safari in Pilanesberg Game Reserve & the holiday resort of Sun City. Ascend Table Mountain by cable car, visit Cape Point & the penguins of Boulders Beach, the Stellenbosch Winelands & Hermanus, with seasonal whale.

Highlights:

• Cape town and Sun City safari
• Stellenbosch winelands
• Sun City
• Table mountain
• Hermanus (Seasonsal whales)
• Wheelchair adapted vehicle 
• Cape of good hope
• Pilanesberg safari
• Boulders beach penguins 
• Big five games drives.

Day 1

You will be met at Cape Town Airport and transferred to your hotel in this beautiful city, within sight of Table Mountain.

Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings.

Day 2

Today enjoy a full day private tour of the beautiful city of Cape Town.

Weather permitting, we start by ascending Table Mountain by cable car to see one of the world's most famous views (alternatively we will drive up Signal Hill). We then drive around the city to see the key sights including the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, City Hall, Greenmarket Square, Houses of Parliament, Bo Kaap, Castle of Good Hope, District Six and Sea Point.

After lunch (own account) we continue to beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens, nestled on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain and regarded as one the most beautiful botanic gardens in the world. Bequeathed to the nation by Cecil John Rhodes, the garden was established 1913. There is an avenue of camphor trees, a beautiful protea and fynbos garden, useful plants garden, sculpture garden and a dell garden as well as a world class collection of indigenous South African flora. Wonderful summer sunset concerts are held in the gardens on Sunday evenings from December to March.

Day 3

Today your guide will collect you for a full day tour to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.

Enjoy wonderful ocean views as we drive around the Cape Peninsula to naval Simonstown, where we visit the resident penguin colony at Boulders Beach.

We continue to Cape Point where we hope to see baboons, ostrich and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (July to November). We take an accessible funicular ride up to the Old Lighthouse, before returning via spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to Hout Bay and Cape Town.

Day 4

Enjoy a full day tour through the renowned Stellenbosch Winelands, travelling through the scenic Franschhoek Valley where a handful of French Huguenot refugees started South Africa’s now famous wine industry.

We visit the historic university town of Stellenbosch and several different wine estates – sampling as we go.

After lunch at a good restaurant or wine estate (own account), enjoy some final wine tasting before we return to Cape Town.

Day 5

In season, today enjoy a full day tour to the small seaside town of Hermanus, a scenic 2-hour coastal drive travelling via Gordon’s Bay and False Bay.

Along the way we stop at Betty's Bay to visit Harold Porter Botanical Gardens to view their marvellous collection of king protea, orchids, irises, daisies and fynbos, before continuing to Hermanus which has an interesting open-air craft market in season and a coastal path with indigenous fynbos and bird life.

From July to November, southern right and humpback whales come here to breed and this is considered the best location for land-based Whale Watching in the world. Once severely endangered, these magnificent creatures of the deep are now breeding successfully in the area due to a major international conservation effort. You can enjoy whale watching from the cliffs and, weather permitting, you can book an optional boat ride to get up close to these magnificent creatures of the deep (manual wheelchairs only).

Afterwards we return to Cape Town, travelling through the apple orchids of Elgin and Sir Lowry's Pass.

Note: If you take the optional whale watching boat ride, you will need to be lifted into the boat. Wear a jacket as it can get cold on the boat and take a sun hat, sun glasses, binoculars, sunscreen, camera & small towel. Take your own snacks & drinks. You will be on the water for several hours in seas that can be rough, so if you are not a good sailor remember to take preventative travel sickness tablets well in advance.

Day 6

Transfer to Cape Town Airport for your onward flight.

You will be met at Johannesburg Airport by your guide and transferred 2-hours through the rural North West Transvaal to the malaria-free Pilanesberg Game Reserve.

After checking into your game lodge, enjoy your first game drive in your guide's air-conditioned vehicle in this superb Big Five game reserve situated inside an extinct volcano. Hopefully see elephants, lions, antelope and a wide variety of other wildlife, before enjoying dinner in your warm African surroundings.

Days 7 To 8

Rise early when game viewing conditions are at their best, for a thrilling game drive in Pilanesberg Game Reserve, travelling with your guide in his closed air-conditioned vehicle. Hope to see several of the Big 5 - lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino - as well as many other animals before returning to your lodge for breakfast.

The rest of the morning is free to relax at your lodge or visit nearby Sun City, before we set out again in the late afternoon for another game drive. Hope to see hippo, kudu, antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting species. Outstanding bird watching is also guaranteed.

After a beautiful African sunset, enjoy the balmy evening and pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – as well as the spectacular Southern Cross.

Note: Vehicles are not allowed to drive off-road in any national park in South Africa. If you are tall and remain in your chair for your game drives, please be aware there will be some restrictions on your viewing due to the height of the windows in the accessible vehicle. There are no restrictions if you transfer into one of the regular seats.

Day 9

Enjoy a final early morning game drive with your guide into Pilanesberg National Park before he transfers you 45-minutes and drops you off at the nearby resort of Sun City.

Check in, settle in and relax in your lush subtropical surrounding and enjoy the many facilities of Sun City, which offers the best of Vegas-style gaming combined with wonderful sporting and entertainment facilities.

Day 10

Relax and enjoy the many facilities of Sun City, with your guide providing transfers where required.

Although originally established as a gaming resort, today Sun City offers a wide variety of outdoor and leisure activities - with its wonderfully warm weather having made it one of South Africa’s most popular holiday destinations.

The resort has many beautiful swimming pools, whilst the "Valley of the Waves" water park has gentle rides as well as thrilling steep slides and a tropical beach with real waves. The resort also offers a wide variety of restaurants.

Safari game drives are also available in neighbouring Pilanesberg Game Reserve, which is home to all the Big Five (pay entrance fee locally).

If you would like to gamble the entertainment centre offers slot machines and bingo, whilst the casino offers black jack, roulette and more. Outside there are waterfalls, an aviary and abundant tropical bird life.

Day 11

Transfer 2-hours to Johannesburg Airport for your flight home.

Information last updated: 29/11/2023 16:57:45