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We use a different type of accommodation in this tour, giving you the guest a different experience, more exclusivity and more value for your money! You’ll be accommodated in a guest house on a game farm bordering the Kruger park. The reserve has all you could want in the way of animal and bird species, the only absentees being lion, elephant and rhino, although they do cross over the river from Kruger from time to time. This gives you the freedom to walk around the reserve without worrying about these dangerous animals and get closer to nature. It also means that the accommodation does not need to be fenced in, again bringing you closer to nature.

Day 1

We will pick you up at Johannesburg International airport and transport you to the Kruger National park. Here you will enter the reserve where you will be staying and settle into your new home. We’ll take a late afternoon walk in the reserve, giving you a chance to see some birds, the fauna and floura and get close to some of the more common game on foot. We return to the house to freshen up and settle in around the camp fire for your first night in the African bush!  After the almost inevitable visit from one of the resident hyena, enjoy a supper under the stars as you listen to the sounds of the night…

Accommodation:

You will be accommodated at the Sabie Guest house.

Day 2

Wake before sunrise to get a head start on things, this is the best time to view game as the nocturnal animals are still active and the other animals use the cool of the morning to move to the watering holes. We enter the Kruger park  and our adventure begins. After a few hours of game viewing your guide will find a comfy spot to stop and have coffee/tea and some biscuits. We then proceed, while your guide points out all creatures big and small. Trees, birds and animals will all be explained to you in a way that brings Africa alive. Stop for breakfast at one of the picnic spots within the park, here your guide will cook you a fine bush breakfast as you enjoy the tranquillity of the surrounding habitat….

Being your first day and knowing you’ll be rather excited, we’ll spend the entire day in the park. During the heat of the day we’ll stop at a watering hole to relax and watch the quiet procession of animals. We’ll then do a game drive till sunset, hopefully getting a good look at some of the big cats as they wake after their afternoon siesta.

Accommodation:

Sabie Guest House, supper will be served under the stars again, before settling down around the camp fire to chat about the days events.

Day 3

Rise again at dawn and make your way into the kruger, your guide will take you on some of his special routes as your  species list continues to grow. Explore the river systems and thorn thickets of this area, expect to see giraffe;  rhino;  kudu and lion, as well as a whole host of other creatures. Return to the house for a relaxed breakfast on the patio and hopefully catch a glimpse of some game visiting the water hole. Spend the afternoon relaxing, bird watching or take a small walk. That afternoon we’ll enter the park again, stopping for sundowners at one of the view sites. On your return to the house, once again freshen up as the camp fire begins to crackle… now you catching onto the African style of living!

Accommodation:

Sabie guest house

Day 4

Today we pack up and move locations so no rush to get moving. Once in the park, we slowly make our way eastwards. Watch as the habitat starts to change as we follow the Sabie River, thick river bush and thornveld greet you, the prime territory of elephant, bushbuck and the elusive leopard. Stop for an out-door breakfast on the banks of the river, relax under an acacia tree as it slowly meanders past. Enjoy the sounds of the birds, monkeys and insects as you breathe in Africa! After your breakfast has settled it’s on to your new camp Lower-Sabie to check in and relax before your sunset game drive. Tonight you’ll have another traditional meal in the way of a ‘pooitjie Kos’, this method of cooking a stew like meal in a cast iron pot was pioneered by the ‘Voortrekkers’. These explorers left the Cape in the late 1800’s to travel inland by ox wagon and during the day would slowly stew meat and vegetables while they travelled. Watch your guide prepare this meal as you have a late lunch of cheese, biscuits and other snacks. Then leave just before sunset on your game drive with the park rangers, they stop somewhere scenic so you can enjoy sundowners and then bring out the spot-lights. Search for nocturnal birds and animals, that are not active during the day. Arrive back to a bubbling stew which should be just about right for you to dig in. Then settle in around the camp fire and listen to the sounds of the night. Look up at the African stars and reflect on another hard day in the bushveld!

Accommodation:

As mentioned you will be accommodated at Lower-Sabie rest camp on the banks of the Sabie River, one of the few perennial rivers to flow through the Kruger National Park. Visitors cannot but feel soothed by the view towards the river and the Lebombo Mountains beyond. In this rest camp the plenitude of nature is very evident, eloquently symbolised by the mighty sycamore fig, which provides generously for the livelihood of many birds and insects. Not only do these giants produce fruit at least twice a year, but different trees produce fruit at different times, extending the gifts of life over many months. Watching the endless procession of animals coming to drink at the Sabie River establishes a sense of one’s own place in the eternal cycle.

Day 5

Early morning drive today takes place in the south of the reserve; here the landscape takes on a new form with open plains and studded tree lines. This type of habitat is perfect for the endangered cheetah and a large portion of Kruger’s 225 population are found in this area. Indulge in another brunch on the banks of the Crocodile River before returning to Lower-Sabie to rest during the heat of the day. In the afternoon take your last sunset game drive, we take a drive north to a lookout point to watch your final sunset in style! Return to camp where your guide will cook you up a traditional South African braai (barbeque) and afterwards relax as your guide explains the mystery of the stars above.

Accommodation:

Lower Sabie rest camp

Day 6

On this your final morning in the bushveld, have a fairly early rise and take your final game drive as you make your way towards the exit gate, about a 3 hour drive.

Once out the park make your way back to JHB where you can catch your flight home or continue your exploration of South Africa.