South Africa: Cape Town and Kruger

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1. Day1 Athens to Cape Town, beneath Table MountainAthens → Cape Town

   Fly from Athens to Cape Town on a scheduled flight with one connection. Your Greek coordinator welcomes you and the transfer to the hotel follows the ocean, with the flat silhouette of Table Mountain dominating the city. A welcome dinner and a first night in the 'Mother City', as its residents fondly call it.

   • Flight
   • Dinner
2. Day2 Table Mountain, Bo-Kaap and Camps BayCape Town

   In the morning, wind permitting, the cable car climbs Table Mountain: at the top a rocky plateau with views over the city, the bay and the ocean. Then the Bo-Kaap quarter, with its pastel-coloured houses, and the city centre. The afternoon ends at Camps Bay, with its beach, palm trees and the sun setting over the Atlantic. Dinner is free.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch
3. Day3 The Cape Peninsula: Cape Point and the penguinsCape Peninsula

   A day on the Cape Peninsula: the scenic coast road above the ocean, the fishing harbour of Hout Bay and the Cape Point reserve, with the Cape of Good Hope, cliffs, surf and fynbos flowers at the south-western tip of Africa. A seafood lunch, then Boulders Beach, where African penguins waddle among granite boulders a few steps from you.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
4. Day4 Stellenbosch and the Cape WinelandsStellenbosch

   Inland, between mountains and vine rows: Stellenbosch, one of the oldest towns in the country, with oak-lined streets and Cape Dutch houses. A visit to a wine estate with lunch and a tasting, among vineyards and a white manor house of elegant lines. Back in Cape Town for a farewell dinner to the city.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
5. Day5 Flight to Johannesburg and arrival in MpumalangaCape Town → Johannesburg → Graskop

   A domestic flight to Johannesburg, then a long drive east by coach: the landscape shifts from highveld grassland to the green slopes of Mpumalanga, with forests, waterfalls and villages. Arrival in Graskop in the evening, at the gateway to the Panorama Route. Dinner and a night in a 4★ hotel.

   • Flight
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
6. Day6 The Panorama Route: Blyde River Canyon and KrugerPanorama Route → Kruger

   A morning on the Panorama Route: God's Window, Bourke's Luck Potholes, carved into the rock by water, and Blyde River Canyon, with red cliffs and the three great round rocks known as the Three Rondavels towering above the void. In the afternoon you descend to the bushveld and reach a lodge on the edge of Kruger, where the real adventure begins.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
7. Day7 Kruger: safaris at dawn and sunsetKruger

   Wake before the sun for the dawn safari, in an open 4x4 with an expert guide: the air is fresh, the savannah lights up with golden light and the animals are active. You look for the Big Five (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino), but every encounter is a surprise. After a midday rest, the afternoon safari ends with a sundowner in the bush.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
8. Day8 Kruger: elephants, waterholes and savannahKruger

   Another day in the bush at the pace of the animals. You follow the tracks to waterholes, where elephants arrive as families with the calves in the middle of the group, and where giraffes, zebras, kudu and impala take turns to drink. Birds, from raptors to brightly coloured bee-eaters, complete the picture. The sunset safari leaves time to photograph at leisure, as the dust turns to gold.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
9. Day9 A last safari and return to JohannesburgKruger → Johannesburg

   A last dawn drive in the bush, hoping for one final encounter, then breakfast and farewell to the lodge. A long coach journey to Johannesburg across the Mpumalanga plateau, with stops along the way. Arrival in the evening, a farewell dinner and a last night in a 4★ hotel in Johannesburg.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
10. Day10 Farewell to South Africa and flight homeJohannesburg → Athens

    Breakfast and transfer to the airport for the flight home to Athens, with one connection. From the window, last views of the African plateau, and in your luggage the memories of a journey from the sea to the bush: elephants in the wild, penguins on the beach, sunsets over Table Mountain.

    • Flight
    • Breakfast