DAY 1: JOHANNESBURG - BUSH CAMP
We depart in the morning to travel the interesting road through Mpumalanga. Along the way we visit Dullstroom, Long Tom Pass, Sabie, a waterfall, the quaint historic town of Pilgrim's Rest, Bourkes Luck Potholes and the Blydepoort Nature Reserve. Thereafter we travel down the escarpment to the Lowveld bushveld where we overnight in our rustic Drifters Bush Camp bordering the Kruger Park.
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2: BUSHVELD CAMP
The tented camp is tastefully designed, totally blending in with the surrounding bush. We start the day with a cup of coffee and rusks, before setting off on a game walk. We walk for approximately 3 hours to return to camp for a late morning brunch. The walks are led by a Drifters guide and tracker. After the walk, its time to relax around the pool and enjoy the camp. Thereafter we conduct an open vehicle game drive, which develops into an extensive night drive. This provides us with the opportunity of viewing nocturnal animals, otherwise not normally seen. This evening we enjoy a hearty bush braai and an evening's relaxation. Fall asleep to the sounds of the wild. Meals: Brunch, Dinner
DAY 3: KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
We leave our bush camp in the morning to travel the short distance to the world-renowned Kruger National Park, to spend the whole day game viewing. Enjoy a picnic lunch. Accommodation is in one of the park's rest camps.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 4: HAZYVIEW
After another extensive game drive following breakfast, we leave the park and head for the sleepy settlement of Hazyview. Our next stop is the DRIFTERS HAZYVIEW INN, a spectacularly situated log cabin on stilts in subtropical indigenous forest right on the Sabie river offering swimming and lovely forest walks.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 5: JOHANNESBURG
After a relaxing start we depart to arrive in Johannesburg in the late afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast
DEPARTURES
This tour departs from Johannesburg every Sunday during 2004 and returns on the following Thursday afternoon. |
