FOR THE UNBEATABLE PRICE OF ONLY R4 750 pp... JOIN US FOR AN INCREDIBLE
5 DAY DESERT, RIVER & WILDLIFE SAFARI YOU WILL CHERISH FOR A LIFETIME!
5 DAY DESERT, RIVER & WILDLIFE SAFARI YOU WILL CHERISH FOR A LIFETIME!
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your greatest african adventure awaits...
Only a comfortable luxury bus trip away from the hustle and bustle of the city of Cape Town, we invite you to join us for the ultimate malaria-free South African safari! Equipped with top quality camping equipment, great food and accompanied by experienced and knowledgeable guides, on this journey of discovery we will explore and experience together an 'adventure in space' you will cherish for a lifetime....
From the lush wine farms of the Green Kalahari and Orange River Valley, to sitting around a roaring campfire with San bushmen, to the great Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, to game driving along the borders of Namibia & Botswana amidst rolling red dunes and savannah grasslands in search of the great black maned Kalahari Lion, to wine tasting and white water rafting on the Orange River, to the mighty Augrabies Falls as you gaze into yet another peeerrrfect African sunset....THIS is the intense and "real" African experience you have been looking for... and one never to be forgotten.Y
Only a comfortable luxury bus trip away from the hustle and bustle of the city of Cape Town, we invite you to join us for the ultimate malaria-free South African safari! Equipped with top quality camping equipment, great food and accompanied by experienced and knowledgeable guides, on this journey of discovery we will explore and experience together an 'adventure in space' you will cherish for a lifetime....
From the lush wine farms of the Green Kalahari and Orange River Valley, to sitting around a roaring campfire with San bushmen, to the great Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, to game driving along the borders of Namibia & Botswana amidst rolling red dunes and savannah grasslands in search of the great black maned Kalahari Lion, to wine tasting and white water rafting on the Orange River, to the mighty Augrabies Falls as you gaze into yet another peeerrrfect African sunset....THIS is the intense and "real" African experience you have been looking for... and one never to be forgotten.Y
Hello and welcome to our exciting 5 day/4 night Cape to Kalahari adventure safari designed specifically for visiting international students. Scheduled for departure from Cape Town with Intercape at 6pm in the evening on the 1st November 2011 and returning at 7am in the morning on the 7th November 2011, this safari tour is priced at an unbeatable R4 750 pp, our unique safari package includes: a return luxury bus ticket from Cape Town to Upington with Intercape, all meals as specified on the itinerary, experienced and qualified safari tour leaders & drivers, transport in a specialized overland safari vehicle with large windows for game viewing, top quality camping equipment with mattresses & sleeping bags, camping & game driving in the great Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, an encounter and guided desert walk with the San Bushmen, wine tasting at the worlds second largest wine distillery, white water rafting on the Orange River and sundowners at the mighty Augrabies Falls!
Please scroll below for our full itinerary....
Please scroll below for our full itinerary....
■ Day 1 Arrival in Upington, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park & Game Driving
Upon your arrival in Upington after a comfortable overnight luxury coach trip from Cape Town (included in price), we pick you up in our overland safari truck and head north for the great Kgalagadi (Kalahari) Transfrontier Park. One of the largest conservation areas on earth totalling and amazing 3,6 million hectares, the Kgalagadi is a transfrontier park meaning that we’ll be game driving each day along the borders of Namibia, South Africa and Botswana!
Home to a myriad of big and small game species including huge black-mane lions, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, hyena, jackal as well as large herds of antelope including Oryx, wildebeest, red hartebeest, springbok, kudu and eland our game drives are sure to be full of great sightings and great photo opportunities.
Upon arrival in the park at Tweerivieren camp we’ll take lunch here as well as a refreshing swim before embarking on a wondrous 3 hour game drive to our camp for the next two nights in the beautifully wild and remote Mata-Mata camp situated on the border of Namibia. At our camp there is also a floodlit waterhole so we can view animals while sitting around our campfire.
Overnight: Kgalagadi Park (Mata-Mata camp)
Facilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, swimming pool and a shop
Included Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Included Activities: A 3 hour game drive
Home to a myriad of big and small game species including huge black-mane lions, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, hyena, jackal as well as large herds of antelope including Oryx, wildebeest, red hartebeest, springbok, kudu and eland our game drives are sure to be full of great sightings and great photo opportunities.
Upon arrival in the park at Tweerivieren camp we’ll take lunch here as well as a refreshing swim before embarking on a wondrous 3 hour game drive to our camp for the next two nights in the beautifully wild and remote Mata-Mata camp situated on the border of Namibia. At our camp there is also a floodlit waterhole so we can view animals while sitting around our campfire.
Overnight: Kgalagadi Park (Mata-Mata camp)
Facilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, swimming pool and a shop
Included Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Included Activities: A 3 hour game drive
■ Day 2 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Sunrise & Sunset Game Driving
As early mornings and evenings are the very best times for viewing game in Africa, this morning we’re up early and after breakfast and a cup of coffee we head out on a game drive to track the movement of animals around our camp from the night before. On our game drives we drive along the network of gravel roads that criss-cross the park, visiting the various viewpoints and the permanent waterholes around which animals congregate.
After our morning game drive and lunch we spend the afternoon relaxing in camp around the swimming pool. In the late afternoon (when it’s cooler) we’ll drive out for another short game drive while savoring the splendid spectacle of yet another beautiful Kalahari sunset.
Overnight: Kgalagadi National Park (Mata - Mata camp)
Facilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, a swimming pool and shop
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Activities: Game driving (morning and sunset)
After our morning game drive and lunch we spend the afternoon relaxing in camp around the swimming pool. In the late afternoon (when it’s cooler) we’ll drive out for another short game drive while savoring the splendid spectacle of yet another beautiful Kalahari sunset.
Overnight: Kgalagadi National Park (Mata - Mata camp)
Facilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, a swimming pool and shop
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Activities: Game driving (morning and sunset)
■ Day 3 Molopo Kalahari Lodge & Bushman cultural exchange
This morning we say farewell to the Kgalagadi National Park as we game drive out along the Nossob riverbed and the Botswana border to Tweerivieren camp and on to our next nights’ accommodation situated just 60km outside the park at Molopo Lodge.
Molopo Lodge is truly an oasis in the desert with a fantastic bar, swimming pool and restaurant, it is also very close to the location of the last indigenous tribe of San Bushman in South Africa, the Khomani. These earliest residents of the Kalahari have been living in this region for over 40 000 years.
After pitching camp and lunch the rest of the day is to be spent at your leisure relaxing around the pool. In the late afternoon / early evening we will take a short walk to visit the local San where you will have the opportunity to purchase some of their unique and extraordinary handcrafts and jewellery and take a facinating guided walk with them in the surrounding desert. Tonight around our roaring campfire we will invite them to join us for an evening of stories, dance and much laughter, guaranteed!
Overnight: Molopo Kalahari LodgeFacilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, a swimming pool, bar and restaurant
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Activities: A guided walk and cultural exchange with the San Bushmen
Molopo Lodge is truly an oasis in the desert with a fantastic bar, swimming pool and restaurant, it is also very close to the location of the last indigenous tribe of San Bushman in South Africa, the Khomani. These earliest residents of the Kalahari have been living in this region for over 40 000 years.
After pitching camp and lunch the rest of the day is to be spent at your leisure relaxing around the pool. In the late afternoon / early evening we will take a short walk to visit the local San where you will have the opportunity to purchase some of their unique and extraordinary handcrafts and jewellery and take a facinating guided walk with them in the surrounding desert. Tonight around our roaring campfire we will invite them to join us for an evening of stories, dance and much laughter, guaranteed!
Overnight: Molopo Kalahari LodgeFacilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, a swimming pool, bar and restaurant
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Included Activities: A guided walk and cultural exchange with the San Bushmen
■ Day 4 Orange River Valley, Wine Tasting & Augrabies Falls National Park
A fun and relaxing day today, after breakfast and breaking camp we leave Molopo and say farewell to the Bushmen as we head back to Upington. After a short stop in town to pick up supplies we make our way through the lush green vineyards of the Orange River Valley to the small oasis town of Keimoes and the worlds second largest wine distillery at Oranjerivier Wine Cellars. Here you will have the opportunity to savour an assortment of their fine wines while your guides prepare a picnic lunch for you on the lawns.
After our wine tasting, in the mid afternoon, we travel a short distance to our camp for tonight in the wonderful Augrabies Falls National Park, situated only a stone's throw from the mighty falls. The name Augrabies derives from the Khoi people who call it 'Akoerabis', meaning 'the place of great noise', here the mighty Orange River thunders it's way into a deep granite gorge giving birth to a spectacular 56m waterfall, the 5th largest cataract falls in the world!
After setting up camp there is an opportunity to go on a fantastic 5km guided hike to explore the park and this evening we soak in yet another splendid African sunset from the lookout platform situated above the falls... the ancient rocky landscape turning from bright orange to crimson red in the setting sun as you savour a few frosty sundowner drinks from the nearby bar. Tonight while your guides prepare your evening meal, the local river guides will join us around our campfire to tell us more about tomorrow's planned adventure on the water.
Overnight: Augrabies Falls National Park
Facilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, swimming pools, a bar & shop
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Optional Activities: A 5km hiking trail
After our wine tasting, in the mid afternoon, we travel a short distance to our camp for tonight in the wonderful Augrabies Falls National Park, situated only a stone's throw from the mighty falls. The name Augrabies derives from the Khoi people who call it 'Akoerabis', meaning 'the place of great noise', here the mighty Orange River thunders it's way into a deep granite gorge giving birth to a spectacular 56m waterfall, the 5th largest cataract falls in the world!
After setting up camp there is an opportunity to go on a fantastic 5km guided hike to explore the park and this evening we soak in yet another splendid African sunset from the lookout platform situated above the falls... the ancient rocky landscape turning from bright orange to crimson red in the setting sun as you savour a few frosty sundowner drinks from the nearby bar. Tonight while your guides prepare your evening meal, the local river guides will join us around our campfire to tell us more about tomorrow's planned adventure on the water.
Overnight: Augrabies Falls National Park
Facilities: Hot showers, good ablutions, drinkable water, swimming pools, a bar & shop
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Optional Activities: A 5km hiking trail
■ Day 5 Orange River White Water Rafting & Activities
This morning has been reserved for you to enjoy some of the optional activities on offer in the area. Here you have the choice of horseback or quadbike trail riding, a really fun morning spent fly fishing with an experienced instructor, or you can simply kick back and relax around camp.
At 12 noon we'll have lunch and then join our river guides for a fun filled afternoons' white water rafting. Aptly named "The Rush" our rafting excursion leaves no confusion to what you will be experiencing on the river today, one thing IS guaranteed... an adventurous, wet and adrenaline filled afternoon is going to be had by all!
After your rafting adventure you will then be brought back to camp in the late afternoon where after showering and changing we pack up camp before an opportunity for you to take in one last sunset. We then board our vehicle for a short 20km drive to the town of Kakamas, here you will have sufficient time to get a take away and some snacks at a local shop before we meet the Intercape bus together for your return overnight bus trip back to Cape Town.
Included Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Included Activities: An afternoon white water rafting "The Rush!"
Optional Activities: A 2 hour quadbike trail excursion R280 pp
A 2 hour horseback riding excursion R250 pp
A 4 hour guided fly-fishing excursion R350 pp
At 12 noon we'll have lunch and then join our river guides for a fun filled afternoons' white water rafting. Aptly named "The Rush" our rafting excursion leaves no confusion to what you will be experiencing on the river today, one thing IS guaranteed... an adventurous, wet and adrenaline filled afternoon is going to be had by all!
After your rafting adventure you will then be brought back to camp in the late afternoon where after showering and changing we pack up camp before an opportunity for you to take in one last sunset. We then board our vehicle for a short 20km drive to the town of Kakamas, here you will have sufficient time to get a take away and some snacks at a local shop before we meet the Intercape bus together for your return overnight bus trip back to Cape Town.
Included Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Included Activities: An afternoon white water rafting "The Rush!"
Optional Activities: A 2 hour quadbike trail excursion R280 pp
A 2 hour horseback riding excursion R250 pp
A 4 hour guided fly-fishing excursion R350 pp
Tour departs Cape Town (Intercape) on the evening of 1st November at 18:00 pm
Tour returns Cape Town (Intercape) in the morning of 7th November at 07:00 am
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