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Mara, Falls, Kruger & Cape
USD 17800
JAN-DEC
28 NIGHTS
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We are able to vary the price of this trip considerably, simply by swapping out the lodges that it contains. This is likely to have a very significant effect on the level of polish of the trip, but in all cases it will remain cool and authentic. Make your selection here and the lodges will automatically change in the itinerary below.
USD 17800 per person
This trip includes very cool, well-located and relatively well-priced lodges, suitable for more adventurous, easy-going and outdoorsy travellers.
Trip Summary
Start location : Nairobi International
Nairobi
Mara North
02 : Offbeat Mara Camp
03 : Offbeat Mara Camp
04 : Offbeat Mara Camp
Mara Naboisho
Nairobi
Victoria Falls Town
09 : Batonka Guest Lodge
10 : Batonka Guest Lodge
11 : Batonka Guest Lodge
Sabi Sand Reserve
12 : Notten’s Bush Camp
13 : Notten’s Bush Camp
14 : Notten’s Bush Camp
Klaserie Reserve
15 : River Rock Lodge
16 : River Rock Lodge
17 : River Rock Lodge
18 : River Rock Lodge
Cape Town
19 : Four Rosmead
20 : Four Rosmead
21 : Four Rosmead
22 : Four Rosmead
De Hoop
23 : De Hoop Suites
24 : De Hoop Suites
25 : De Hoop Suites
Franschhoek
26 : Auberge Clermont
27 : Auberge Clermont
28 : Auberge Clermont
End location : Cape Town International
Nairobi
The capital of Kenya, Nairobi is a major city and the primary transport hub for East Africa. It's a typically hectic place, but with some pleasant quiet suburbs, a good range of hotels and some interesting activities, notably the famous giraffe and baby elephant sanctuaries.
Day 1
Arrival : Nairobi International Airport
lodge
Four Points Nairobi Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport is located adjacent to the main runway.
The hotel is very much from the standard template, with all the usual facilities.
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Mara North
Set 200 km west of Nairobi, Mara North is an excellent private conservancy to the northeast of the main Maasai Mara reserve, with guest accommodation in a good range of camps and offering a wide range of safari and cultural activities.
Day 2 , 3 , 4
Fly : Nairobi Wilson to Mara North
lodge
Offbeat Mara Camp
Offbeat Mara Camp is located in the Mara North area.
The camp is centred on a simple mess tent, leading out to a campfire.
Guest accommodation is in four tented Rooms and two larger Family Suites.
Activities include vehicle safari, walking safari, bush meals, cultural interaction and night vehicle safari.
The primary activity is vehicle safari during day and night.
Mara Naboisho
Set 200 km west of Nairobi, Mara Naboisho is an excellent private conservancy to the north of the main Maasai Mara reserve, with guest accommodation in a handful of good camps and offering a wide range of high quality safari activities.
Day 5 , 6 , 7
lodge
Basecamp Eagle's View
Basecamp Eagle's View is located in the Naboisho area of the Maasai Mara.
The camp is centred on a pleasant tented mess.
Guest accommodation is in around ten large tented suites.
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Nairobi
The capital of Kenya, Nairobi is a major city and the primary transport hub for East Africa. It's a typically hectic place, but with some pleasant quiet suburbs, a good range of hotels and some interesting activities, notably the famous giraffe and baby elephant sanctuaries.
Day 8
Fly : Mara Ol Seki to Nairobi Wilson
lodge
Four Points Nairobi Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport is located adjacent to the main runway.
The hotel is very much from the standard template, with all the usual facilities.
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Victoria Falls Town
Set in the northwest corner of Zimbabwe, across the river from Zambia, Victoria Falls is one of the most alluring locations in Africa, surprisingly pleasant and undeveloped, with guest accommodation in around 20 diverse hotels and lodges, offering a very wide range of safari, cultural and adrenaline-based activities.
Day 9 , 10 , 11
Fly : Nairobi to Livingstone
lodge
Batonka Guest Lodge
Batonka Guest Lodge is located in Victoria Falls town.
The lodge is centred on a very nice Colonial Era bungalow, leading out to a nice swimming pool.
Guest accommodation is in a total of 27 rooms ...
... some of which are arranged around the swimming pool.
The Flame Lily Wing is independent accommodation with 5 rooms, making it a good option for families or small groups.
Activities are centred on visits to the Victoria Falls, scenic flights, vehicle safari, motorboat safari, canoe safari and white-water rafting.
A visit to the falls themselves is surprisingly interesting and impressive.
Scenic flights over the falls can be done by helicopter, light aircraft or micro-light.
The are various high adrenaline options for bungee jumping, gorge swinging and zip-lining.
The gorge below the falls is one of the best locations in the world for white-water rafting.
Motorboat safari on the languid river above the falls can be surprisingly good for wildlife.
This is also a great location for canoeing, with the "Smoke that Thunders" beyond.
Some modest vehicle safari is available in various reserves in the area.
Walking safari is also possible in some locations.
Sabi Sand Reserve
Set in the northeast of South Africa, Sabi Sand is the premium private safari reserve to the west of Kruger National Park, with extremely rich and accessible wildlife and containing the lion's share of the region's high quality lodges.
Day 12 , 13 , 14
Fly : Victoria Falls to Nelspruit MQP
lodge
Notten's Bush Camp
Notten's Bush Camp is located on the Sabi Sand South Reserve in the Kruger area.
The camp is centred on a modest main building, leading out to a swimming pool.
There is also a small spa facility.
Guest accommodation is in nine large Suites, each with an outside bathtub ...
... two of which are Family Suites with two bedrooms.
Activities are centred on vehicle safari, walking safari and night vehicle safari.
The primary activity is vehicle safari on the private reserve, by day and night.
Serious walking safari may include deliberate approaches onto elephants and lions.
Klaserie Reserve
Set in the northeast of South Africa, Klaserie is a substantial private reserve to the west of Kruger National Park, an up-and-coming area with an increasingly wide range of well-priced lodges.
Day 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
lodge
River Rock Lodge
River Rock Lodge is located in the Klaserie Reserve in the Kruger area.
The camp is centred on a deck above the river ...
... with a small swimming pool ...
... and backed by a substantial main building.
Guest accommodation is in just five traditional rondavels ...
... each with a conventional indoor bathroom.
Activities include vehicle safari, walking safari and night vehicle safari.
Superb walking safaris are personally guided by owners Warren and Craig Howson ...
... and often include the deliberate tracking of elephants, rhinos, buffaloes and lions.
Vehicle safari ranges over a large area, a good proportion of which is completely private.
Wildlife levels are comparable with those in the better-known Sabi Sand area.
Cape Town
Set in the Western Cape of South Africa, Cape Town is a fabulous, fascinating city, tucked in the folds of a very beautiful national park, where you are never short of a view and never more than a short walk away from an epic hiking trail. There's so much to see and do that a few nights will only enable you to scratch the surface.
Day 19 , 20 , 21 , 22
Fly : Hoedspruit HDS to Cape Town
lodge
Four Rosmead
Four Rosmead is located in the Oranjezicht area of Cape Town.
The lodge is centred on a large 1903 house, set in a pretty garden.
Guest accommodation is in three rooms on the lower floor, two in a separate garden annex ...
... and two on the upper floor of the main house.
Activities include sight-seeing, beaches, hiking, horse-riding, mountain-biking, surfing, snorkelling, diving, kayaking and sailing, plus whale, dolphin and seal watching.
In Cape Town you are never more than a couple of minutes away from a great hiking trail.
The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is a popular area full of stores, restaurants and museums.
The trip out to the Apartheid prison on Robben Island is surprisingly authentic and moving.
The City Centre is surprisingly compact and easy to explore on foot.
To the west there are some really gorgeous cold water beaches.
The botanical gardens at Kirstenbosch are truly spectacular and not to be missed.
Constantia contains the Cape's oldest wineries, a couple of which are open to the public.
The Cape of Good Hope makes for a really good day trip.
The route is usually best done anti-clockwise, first heading south to Hout Bay.
The dramatic Chapman's Peak Road.
The broad beach from Noordhoek to Kommetjie.
The sleepy settlement of Scarborough.
Entering the national park, we approach Cape Point.
Returning north along the eastern side of the peninsular.
The naval port of Simons Town.
The famous penguin colony at Boulders Beach.
The broad view across the Cape Flats from Muizenberg.
De Hoop
Set on the Whale Coast, De Hoop is a lovely coastal nature reserve, a real hidden gem, containing fabulous white dunes, swimmable rock pools, shore-based whale-watching (Jun-Oct), fascinating endemic fynbos flora and fauna, plus a good range of larger mammals, notably including baboons, bonteboks and caracals. There are a handful of good accommodation options.
Day 23 , 24 , 25
lodge
De Hoop Suites
De Hoop Suites are located in the De Hoop Nature Reserve on the Whale Coast.
The three suites are rented individually, each with one room.
The Dassie Suite is a particularly nice one bedroom unit.
Cloete Suite is a one rooms apartment in the main farm courtyard.
Vlei Suite is another single bedroom suite in the main farm courtyard.
Stable Suite is a cute little one bedroom unit, an authentic part of the original farmstead.
The Manor House is the original farmstead, now converted into a very nice unit with two bedrooms.
The farmstead has facilities including a restaurant, bar, shop, swimming pool, gym, spa and tennis court.
Activities include gentle vehicle safari, sand-boarding, cave tours, snorkelling, mountain-biking, quad-biking, coastal hiking and whale-watching Jun-Nov.
Modest vehicle safari is also possible, including bonteboks, zebras, elands, baboons and caracals.
The area contains some superb beaches, with excellent snorkelling pools.
The inter-tidal nature walks here are extraordinarily good, especially the super aggressive octopuses.
Quad-bike trips are also sometimes available ...
... as well as modest motorboat safari out on the lagoon.
Franschhoek
Set in the heart of the Cape Winelands, Franschhoek is a beautiful and relaxed village and a very popular place for our guests to stay, with a wealth of high class wineries, restaurants and hotels, plus options for shopping, mountain hiking and biking.
Day 26 , 27 , 28
lodge
Auberge Clermont
Auberge Clermont is located close to the village of Franshhoek in the Cape Winelands.
The hotel is centred on an authentic 1870 Huguenot farmhouse.
Guest accommodation is in Deluxe Rooms ...
Guest accommodation is in Deluxe Rooms ...
Activities include wineries, fine dining, mountain-biking and hiking.
The village of Franschhoek is a pleasant place to explore, packed with fine wineries and restaurants.
There are also excellent options for mountain and road biking in the area.
The valley contains several superb wineries that are open to visitors.
There are also some hiking options in the hills above the village.
Day 29
Departure : Cape Town International
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