This guided tour takes you to two of South Africas most famous and fascinating areas. You start on safari in the Kruger National Park, one of the Worlds most famous wildlife reserves. You then travel on to KwaZulu Natal, home of the mighty Zulu tribe where you will experience the culture, heritage and natural beauty of the area. You finish by visiting Swaziland and then exploring the wild coastline and wetlands of the wild Indian Ocean coast.

This tour departs every Monday. Please contact us for exact arrival and departure times and locations. International flights are not included. If you would like a quote for them with one of Real Africas preferred airlines, please contact us for details.

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Day 1
The tour starts in Johannesburg, from where we will depart for Hazyview in the province of Mpumalanga. Along the way clients will experience the incredibly beautiful Panorama Route, with its dramatic, mountainous landscapes and winding roads. With highlights like God's Window, Bourke's Luck Potholes and of course the mighty Blyde River Canyon, this really is South Africa’s nature at its best! We will arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon and there be time to freshen up before dinner.

Day 2
Clients will have an early start to the day and embark on an open-vehicle safari through Kruger National Park, an iconic reserve boasting a wildlife experience ranking with the best in Africa. Elephant, giraffe and various antelopes are often seen grazing close to the vehicles, and it is not unusual that a pack of lion prevents free passage! Kruger National Park is the land of baobabs, fever trees, knob thorns, marula and mopane trees underneath which you can find not only the Big Five, but the Little Five (buffalo weaver, elephant shrew, leopard tortoise, ant lion and rhino beetle) and the birding Big Six (ground hornbill, kori bustard, lappet-faced vulture, martial eagle, pel’s fishing owl and saddle-bill stork). We return to the hotel in the afternoon and your clients will have the rest of the day at leisure. They will have the option of another game drive in the evening (for clients account); this is a good time to observe the animals as they come down to the waterholes for their evening drink. Perhaps your clients will even be lucky enough to witness a lion kill! Dinner will be served at the hotel.

Day 3
Today we will travel to the Royal Kingdom of Swaziland. This small Kingdom is nestled between South Africa and Mozambique, the beautiful scenery is mountainous with lush forests. En route clients will have the opportunity to learn more about the Swazi culture at the Matsamo Cultural Village, where we will also have lunch. We will also visit the famous Ngwenya Glass Works. The next stop is the capital city Mbabane, where vibrant markets packed with woven baskets, beadwork and carvings can be found. Clients will spend the night at a hotel in the beautiful Ezulwini Valley.

Day 4
After breakfast at the hotel, clients will enjoy a visit to the Swazi Candle Factory. Each candle seen here is individually handmade and unique, displaying a wide range of colours, shapes and patterns. We will then leave Swaziland behind and travel into KwaZulu Natal. Our hotel for the next two nights is situated close to the town of Mkuze, at the foot of the legendary Ghost Mountain. In the afternoon we will embark on a scenic drive up into the Ubombo Mountains; the views over Lake Jozini are spectacular. From the summit we will watch the sunset transform the sky into a tapestry of colours, while sipping on a sundowner. Also included in this excursion is a visit to a traditional Zulu homestead for a glimpse into the lifestyle of this fascinating culture. We return to the hotel for dinner on the terrace (weather permitting) or in the classically styled restaurant.

Day 5
Today we will travel to the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve for an afternoon game drive. Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve is an incredibly scenic park with rolling hills covered in low acacia bush. The north of the park is mountainous with amazing forests and grasslands, the south and west is open savannah. The park contains a diversity of fauna and flora and is known for its conservation of black and white rhino. It was here that the endangered white rhino was saved from extinction and the park boasts the largest population of white rhino in the world. We will return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner.

Day 6
Today we travel along KZN’s Elephant Coast to St Lucia, situated at the southern end of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park – a World Heritage Site. In the St Lucia Estuary are high forested dunes, brilliant coral reefs, palm savannahs, dense papyrus swamps and rolling acacia bushveld. Clients will be taken on a boat cruise on the estuary, giving them the opportunity to view hippo, crocodiles and many different bird species in their natural habitat. From here we will continue to Durban, a cosmopolitan city where east meets west. We arrive in the afternoon and check into our hotel, situated on the Golden Mile – a 6km stretch of beachfront. Clients can enjoy dinner at one of the many restaurants in the area.

Day 7
This morning you will have the opportunity to discover the cultural and historical contrast of Durban on a city tour. The tour ends with drop-off at King Shaka International Airport .