Meals

Accolade restaurants with healthy and wholesome food menus are used. Breakfast included only, dinner and lunch excluded.

Transport

Safe and comfortable air-conditioned vehicles.

Accommodation

Excellent hotels, etc. between 2 and 4 star rated.

Guide

Pofessional Guides are always available.

Others

Accommodation as per itinerary Entrance fees National Park fees Breakfasts (excellent restaurants offering a big variety of food available) Driver/guide Professional guide at specialist venues Transport by private vehicle

Hygieneprotocol

Amatungulu Tours recognise the critical role we play in providing safe tourism and dining experiences. We commit to enforce the approved protocols and directions. We recognise and support our industry’s responsibility in supporting South Africa’s leaders in their measures taken to minimise the spread of COVID-19. We therefore pledge to uphold and adhere to the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Standard Protocols for COVID-19 Operations, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Request the procedural document from us.

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Insurance

Insurance is not included.

Flights

Flights are not included.

Others

Excess luggage charges (where applicable) Lunch and Dinners (excellent restaurants offering a big variety of food available) Alcoholic drinks Food and drinks, unless specified Gratuities (recommended) Travel insurance; Flights; Airport transfers; Porterage; Visa fees

Optional

The itinerary is subjected to slight changes according to weather conditions and unforeseen circumstances. You will be entering a malaria area on this excursion. Besides using mosquito repellent, it is advisable to consult you doctor before you depart. Bring sunblock, a sunhat, walking shoes, binoculars and cameras

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Day 1 Panorama Route
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Panorama Route

You will begin the journey at a centrally located spot in Gauteng and drive through some of the most scenic areas of the Eastern part of South Africa. Drive for about 5 hours to the Panorama Route then view Pinnacle Rock and experience the amazing view from God’s Window. (Lunch en-route not included, restaurants available) You will then visit the Berlin Falls, where numerous local arts and crafts are for sale. From here, you will visit Bourke’s Luck Potholes, and then head to the Blyde River Canyon, where you will overnight in a chalet at the resort: Forever Blyde Canyon (or similar). Dinner at the restaurant.
Day 2 Blyde River Canyon Dam Boat Ride, Game Drive Through Kruger Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Blyde River Canyon Dam Boat Ride, Game Drive Through Kruger Park

You will leave after breakfast to take a boat trip on the Blyde Dam. An interpretation tour will take you to the Kadishi Tufa waterfall and the Three Rondawels. An abundance of wildlife will keep you distracted while learning more about the natural history of the Blyde Canyon. The Kadishi Tufa waterfall, at 200 meters (around 660 feet) in height, is the second tallest Tufa Waterfall on earth and also known as ‘the weeping face of nature’. From here you will head to the heart of the Kruger National Park through the Orpen gate, watching game as you head to the Satara Rest Camp. (Lunch en-route not included, restaurants available) The Satara Rest Camp is situated in an excellent game viewing area, with the bush relatively open and the animals plentiful and diverse. Satara is well wooded and the bird-life is prolific. The calls of owls and night-jars add to the symphony that is punctuated intermittently by the whoop of hyena, the screech of jackal and the roars of lion. Enjoy a Sunset Game Drive which transitions into the night where you can see the nocturnal activities of Kruger’s secretive creatures, and lasts at least 3 hours. Dinner at the restaurant. Overnight in a bungalow or cottage at the Satara Rest Camp, or similar.
Day 3 Game Drives
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Game Drives

Starting the game drive early after coffee in your touring vehicle, you explore every possible opportunity to view the spectacular wildlife scenery. Chances are excellent to spot a variety of some of the estimated number of animals: Lion, 1 620 – 1750, Leopard, 1 000, Cheetah, 120, Wild dog, 120, Spotted hyena, 5340, Elephant, 13 750, Burchell’s zebra, 23 700 - 35 300, Hippopotamus, 3 100, Warthog, 3 100 - 5 700, Giraffe, 6 800 - 10 300, Buffalo, 37 130, Eland, 460, Roan antelope, 90, Sable antelope, 290, Greater kudu, 11 200, etc. (Brunch en-route, restaurants available) You overnight at a lodge on the banks of the crocodile river, just outside the park.
Day 4 Eswatini Cultural Trip
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Eswatini Cultural Trip

Breakfast follows a tour to Eswatini, with a show of glass blowing at Ngwenya Glass factory which evolved as a community project that recycles used glass, King Sobuza Memorial Park, the Candle factory which also evolved as a community project where locals learnt and perfected the skill of molding wax to shapes and patterns that are unique, Go Rural – another community based project focused on the use of special type of grass to weave different household artifacts. Lastly, Mantenga cultural village and Mantenga falls. On the whole, the tour is also filled in by a continuous narrative by our professional guide touching on aspects of African culture and traditions which are still alive in the country through the country’s monarchical democratic system as they prefer to call it. Overnight at a lodge on the banks of the crocodile river, just outside the park.
Day 5 Eswatini, Unesco World Heritage Site Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Eswatini, Unesco World Heritage Site Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail

You have the option to drive along the new declared UNESCO world heritage site, the Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail. (dependable on road conditions) The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains represents the best-preserved succession of volcanic and sedimentary rock dating back 3.6 to 3.25 billion years, when the first continents were starting to form on the primitive earth. We head back to Johannesburg and we leave you at the O.R. Tambo airport for your flight back home, or take another tour with Amatungulu Tours.

5 days tour

Kruger National Park, Panorama Route & Eswatini Tour

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Itinerary of your trip Kruger National Park, Panorama Route & Eswatini Tour

Panorama Route

Blyde River Canyon Dam Boat Ride, Game Drive Through Kruger Park

Game Drives

Eswatini Cultural Trip

Eswatini, Unesco World Heritage Site Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail

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