There may be no other country on the planet that contains
such a rich collection of worlds as South Africa, from the
wild game lands of Kruger to the urbanity of Cape Town, with
a taste of just about everything in between, including the fine
vintages of the Wine Country.
During our first days in Johannesburg we’ll visit the Apartheid Museum, a bracing reminder that all worlds are not necessarily wonderful. Then we’re off to the lovely and secluded Sabi Sands, an exclusive game reserve connected to Kruger National Park. The Sabi-Kruger ecosystem boasts what is probably the continent’s most eclectic congregation of wildlife (all of the so-called Big Five are abundant, and this is surely the best place in the world to see leopards in the wild).
We fly south to George and the Garden Route, a world-class coastline of forested hills, deep lagoons, and shining white beaches. Our base is the Tsala Treetop Lodge, a frankly fantastic hostelry of 10 luxurious forest chalets built on stilts high above the floor of the magnificent Tsitsikamma Forest. Each exquisitely designed chalet is linked to the main lodge by elevated boardwalks and has its own private pool and open-air shower. Now south to Walker Bay, probably the best place in the world to watch southern right whales, and a five-star lodge set in an ancient milkwood forest in the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve. And we’ll have a night in the Wine Country’s Le Quartier Français, another great inn in an itinerary rich with great inns, before ending with three nights at the gorgeous Cape Grace Hotel in Cape Town, perhaps Africa’s most beguiling city, wandering, touring, and gazing up at “lofty Table Mountain with its beautiful table cloth of fleecy clouds,” in the words of David Livingstone.
During our first days in Johannesburg we’ll visit the Apartheid Museum, a bracing reminder that all worlds are not necessarily wonderful. Then we’re off to the lovely and secluded Sabi Sands, an exclusive game reserve connected to Kruger National Park. The Sabi-Kruger ecosystem boasts what is probably the continent’s most eclectic congregation of wildlife (all of the so-called Big Five are abundant, and this is surely the best place in the world to see leopards in the wild).
We fly south to George and the Garden Route, a world-class coastline of forested hills, deep lagoons, and shining white beaches. Our base is the Tsala Treetop Lodge, a frankly fantastic hostelry of 10 luxurious forest chalets built on stilts high above the floor of the magnificent Tsitsikamma Forest. Each exquisitely designed chalet is linked to the main lodge by elevated boardwalks and has its own private pool and open-air shower. Now south to Walker Bay, probably the best place in the world to watch southern right whales, and a five-star lodge set in an ancient milkwood forest in the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve. And we’ll have a night in the Wine Country’s Le Quartier Français, another great inn in an itinerary rich with great inns, before ending with three nights at the gorgeous Cape Grace Hotel in Cape Town, perhaps Africa’s most beguiling city, wandering, touring, and gazing up at “lofty Table Mountain with its beautiful table cloth of fleecy clouds,” in the words of David Livingstone.
Days 1 & 2: USA to Europe and on to Johannesburg • Day 3: arrive in Johannesburg, Grace Hotel • Day 4: Apartheid Museum tour, Grace Hotel • Day 5: fly to Sabi Sands, Kruger National Park area • Days 6 & 7: Sabi Sands, Kruger National Park area • Day 8: fly to George, transfer to Plettenberg Bay, Tslala Treetop Lodge • Days 9 & 10: Knysna and Plettenberg, the Garden Route, Tsala Tree Lodge • Day 11: drive to Walker Bay, Grootbos Private Nature Reserve • Days 12 & 13: Walker Bay • Day 14: drive to the Wine Country, Le Quartier Français • Day 15: drive to Cape Town, Cape Grace Hotel • Days 16 & 17: Cape Town, Cape Grace Hotel • Day 18: fly to Europe and onward • Day 19: arrive in USA.
The Many Worlds of South Africa
Trip Details
Departures:
19 days
Activity Type:
Safari
,
Touring
Trip Price:From $9995
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19 daysActivity Type:
Safari
,
Touring
Trip Price:
From $9995
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