Prepare for an exhilarating day of wildlife exploration as you immerse yourself in the natural wonders of Kruger National Park.
From ZAR 1950
Includes: Return transfers from Johannesburg, accommodation, open vehicle safari drives, meals as per itinerary, local beverages
Prepare for an exhilarating day of wildlife exploration as you immerse yourself in the natural wonders of Kruger National Park.
Fly from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Hoedspruit Airport, just a 30-minute drive from Greenfire Game Lodge.
The Kruger National Park is one of the world’s premier nature reserves, and you will spend a significant amount of time exploring it during this three-day safari.
Many safari operators only offer three-hour morning and afternoon drives, but the Kruger National Park is vast, and this safari is one of only few that offers a full-day safari on a three-day safari tour.
This allows clients to see more of the Kruger and different areas, as opposed to short 3-hour safaris. On such short safaris, drivers must stay close to the camps, resulting in the same areas being driven on every safari.
A full day in the Kruger National Park may sound exhausting, but the guides make frequent stops at rest stops and lookout points. As you travel through different grasslands and ecological zones, you will have a better chance of seeing more wildlife.
Your three-day itinerary will include a sunset / night safari on day 1, a full-day open vehicle safari on day 2, and a morning safari in Kruger National Park on day 3.
On 3-day safaris, your chances are very good to see all of the Big 5 – lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo.
The Kruger National Park is home to 148 mammal and 500 bird species. So there’s a lot to see and photograph.
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Accommodation:
You will stay at Umbhaba Eco Lodge, a privately owned quality lodge in Hazyview, with en suite accommodation and excellent meals located 15 minutes from either the Phabeni or Numbi gates.
The lodge is situated in Motlala Game Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger National Park. The tour includes a sunset game drive in Motlala Game Reserve, a full day in the iconic Kruger National Park, and a magical sunrise bushwalk along the Klaserie River.
Camp Shawu is the epitome of that picture of the ‘real Africa’ painted by famous explorers during colonial times. It is an adventure camp in a private concession of the Kruger National Park and offers guests a range of activities and elegant accommodation on the edge of the Mpanamana Dam. The camp is named after a famous elephant, ‘Shawu’, who had the longest tusks ever recorded in South Africa and roamed this valley for sixty years. The suites are built out of authentic Buffalo dung walls and have decks overlooking the dam where many animals come down to drink during the day. Guests can experience excellent game viewing from the decks of the camp and can go on game viewing drives with expert guides.
You are collected from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport by 07:00am, early and will travel via the N4 motorway through the Highveld of Gauteng and Mpumalanga, down the escarpment and into the scenic Lowveld until you reach the reserve in the south eastern part of the Greater Kruger National Park.
During the long 6 hours’ drive you will stop along the road for refreshments and reach the lodge around mid-day. You will have time to freshen up and relax before departing on an open safari vehicle for your first afternoon game drive in the reserve.
Back at the lodge a delicious dinner under African stars will await you.
You overnight in your luxury suite at Camp Shawu and your deal includes lunch and dinner.
You will receive an early wake-up call and be served a hot beverage and rusks before departing on your 3-hour game drive to watch the sun rises in the east and catch some nocturnal animals still out on the hunt.
On return to the lodge you can enjoy a brunch and choose to spend the rest of the day at the pool or just lazing around.
Be ready for an afternoon game drive with an expert guide at about 16:00, to return in time for another starlit dinner.
You overnight in your luxury suite at Camp Shawu and your deal includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Rise early again, enjoy your hot beverage and rusk, and depart on your last morning game drive.
After witnessing a last African sunrise, you will return to the lodge for a hearty breakfast before departing to Johannesburg. You will arrive at your drop-off point at approximately 17:00.
Your deal today includes breakfast at the lodge.
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