3-Day Classic Kruger Park Safari

Overview

Experience Kruger National Park during this 3-day tour which includes 5 game drives in Big 5 areas of Kruger. You will be accompanied by our specialist Kruger Park guide and you will stay at a rest camp inside Kruger where you will enjoy 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts.

Day 1 Johannesburg – Kruger Park – afternoon safari drive

Guests are collected from their hotels or guesthouses in Johannesburg between 07.00 – 08.00.

Leave Johannesburg in an air-conditioned microbus with our experienced Kruger Park driver/guide. Travel east across the Highveld farmlands and down the beautiful Elands Valley to Nelspruit – capital of Mpumalanga province. Continue through the pine plantations to Hazyview where we stop for lunch. Enter southern Kruger Park & prepare for your first exciting game drive. Your guide will explain how to spot the animals & then look out for antelope, giraffe, zebra & when its cooler maybe some of the Big Five. Before sunset arrive at the Rest Camp and book into an air-conditioned chalet with shower, toilet and screens to prevent insects. Meet your group for drinks and dinner in the privatised Camp restaurant or enjoy a typical South African barbeque. During the night you might hear lions roaring or hyena whooping which adds to the excitement of the African bush.

Main Destination: Kruger National Park

Accommodation:Main Camp Kruger National Park(Mid-range chalet located inside the park)

Meals & Drinks:Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included), Drinks not included

Day 2 Full day in Kruger Park – 3 safari drives

Awaken at dawn & head out for an early morning game drive to look for lions and other Big Five species (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino & buffalo). Stop at another camp for breakfast then continue with the mid-morning game drive. This is the best time of the day to see animals drinking, crocodiles lying on the bank & aquatic birds. Return to camp for a lunch & time to visit the curio shop, read emails or cool off at the swimming pool. Approximately 16.00 board the National Parks open game viewer equipped with spotlights for an evening game drive hoping to see predators or other nocturnal species such as hyena. Afterwards your guide will arrange dinner in the privatised Camp restaurant & discuss the day’s highlights. Walk back to your chalet under the starlit sky.

Main Destination:Kruger National Park

Accommodation:Main Camp Kruger National Park (Mid-range chalet located inside the park)

Meals & Drinks:Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included), Drinks not included

Day 3 Early morning safari drive – return transfer to Johannesburg or Nelspruit

Early departure from camp for the morning game drive to search for elusive animals such as leopard often found in trees or rocky outcrops. For the birdwatchers, its a wonderful time to see & photograph many different species including woodland birds & raptors. After breakfast & presentation of Big 5 Certificates to successful passengers drive to the exit gate of Kruger Park. Enjoy a relaxing homeward journey past sub-tropical orchards towards Nelspruit then into Schoeman’s Kloof & up the escarpment to the Highveld. Arrive at O R Tambo Airport or nearby hotels by 16.00. Please allow 1.5 hours connecting time for local flights or 3.0 for international flights. Passengers staying at hotels in the northern suburbs are advised to take the Gautrain or arrange a transfer.

Main Destination:Johannesburg

Accommodation:No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinks not included

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