Depart now thru September 24, 2008 via the services of South African Airways from New York, Washington or many other US Departure cities at additional cost (See below for details) into Johannesburg and return to the US from Capetown, South Africa.

Once in Johannesburg, your amazing 9 day South African safari begins!

ITINERARY

DAY 1 - USA to Johannesburg
Fly from USA to JOHANNESBURG via overnight flight on South African Airways.

DAY 2 - ARRIVAL IN JOHANNESBURG
On your arrival in Johannesburg, you will be collected and transferred to your hotel. Evening at leisure.
Overnight: Metcourt Laurel Hotel.

DAY 3 - JOHANNESBURG to EDENI GAME RESERVE

**OPTIONAL HALF DAY SOWETO TOUR**
After breakfast, you are taken on a tour of Soweto. Shrouded in myth and controversy, vibrant Soweto is a city of surprise and contrast, of emerging enterprises and of vigorous cultural interaction. Today's tour takes in the biggest city in Southern Africa - steeped in apartheid history. Visit the former home of Nelson Mandela as well as the houses of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Tutu. See the millionaire mansions cheek-to-cheek with the tin shacks of the poor. This tour is optional and cost is $50 per person. 

Thereafter, you will be transferred to Johannesburg International Airport for your flight to Kruger Mpumalanga International or to Hoedspruit Airport. On your arrival in Kruger, you will be met and transferred to the lodge. Road transfer will last approximately 3 hours. Enjoy *lunch and dinner and 4x4 game drive.

*Lunch is not included if you take the Soweto Tour option.

Overnight: Edeni Hoyo Hoyo Tented Camp with Dinner, Bed & Breakfast and evening game drive.

Edeni Private Game Reserve - an untamed garden of Eden where the spoor of wildlife invites you to explore the timeless beauty of the bush - where an oasis of unimaginable; luxury provides the greatest vantage point to the Big Five and its vast, untouched wilderness. This 21,000 acre wildlife paradise is straddled between four rivers and is located just 45 minutes from the world famous Kruger National Park. Edeni teems with an abundance of game, bird life and diverse dense vegetation, which provides the perfect habitat for those most secretive of Africa's large cats, the leopard.

DAY 4 & 5 - EDENI GAME RESERVE
Early morning game drive followed by hearty breakfast. Relax and enjoy the surroundings before lunch on the deck overlooking the river. This evening you are taken on a night drive in search of those illusive nocturnal animals. Return to the lodge for dinner.

Overnight: Edeni Hoyo Hoyo Tented Camp, Fully Inclusive

DAY 6 - EDENI - JOHANNESBURG - CAPE TOWN
In the morning, you will be collected and transferred to the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport for your flight to Johannesburg to connect to a flight to Cape Town. On your arrival in Cape Town, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight: Park Inn Hotel, Bed & Breakfast.

DAY 7 - SCHEDULED HALF DAY CITY TOUR
You are collected from your hotel and taken to the lower cable way station on the slope of Table Mountain. Weather permitting, ascend the mountain by aerial cable car (entrance fee excluded) and from a height of 1067 metres, view the city and Table Bay below, Robben Island, the Atlantic Seaboard as well as most of the spectacular Cape Peninsula. Afterwards, head down into the Malay Quarter with its narrow cobbled streets and colorful Mosques. Next, we continue to Government Avenue, where we park at the top and stroll to the National Gallery and SA Museum, as well as view the Houses of Parliament. We then travel to the City Hall on the Grand parade and afterwards, visit the Castle. Enter the Victoria & Albert Waterfront - a region that abounds with shops, pubs, restaurants and entertainment. You may either leave the tour here and explore on your own, or return to your hotel in the early afternoon. Includes entrances except the Table Mountain ticket.
Overnight: Park Inn Hotel, Bed and breakfast.

DAY 8:SCHEDULED FULL DAY CAPE POINT AND PENINSULA TOUR
After being collected from your hotel, you will view the exclusive suburbs of Sea Point, Clifton and camps bay before continuing via Llandudno to the fishing harbour of Hout Bay. If calm seas prevail, join an optional launch cruise to view the Duiker Island seals and cormorants at close quarters. Travel along the spectacular Chapman's Peak Drive to Kommetjie and enter the Cape Point nature Reserve where you will be taken to the best vantage point to view what is erroneously said to be the meeting place of two mighty oceans. After a stop for lunch (included), the tour continues to a Jackass penguin colony, the Naval hamlet of Simon's Town and then continues via Fish Hoek and Kalk Bay to Muizenberg. In the early afternoon, visit the famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Return to the city via Rhodes Drive, which bisects the plush suburbs of Bishopscourt, Claremont and Newlands. The tour terminates at your hotel again in the late afternoon. Includes all entrances except seal island cruise.
Overnight: Park Inn Hotel, Bed & Breakfast.

African Penguins

DAY 9 - DEPART
After breakfast, you will collected and transferred to Cape Town International Airport for your connecting flight back to the US.

*Air from New York, Washington D.C. (or other U.S. Cities at additional cost) to Johannesburg, South Africa via South African Airways
*Meet and Greet and hand over of documents
*Transfers as indicated
*One (1) Night Hotel Accommodations at the Metcourt Laurel Hotel in Johannesburg
*Flight from Johannesburg to Kruger Mpumalanga or Hoedspruit
*Three (3) Nights Accommodations at the Edeni Hoyo Hoyo Game Reserve in Kruger Park
*Game Drives in Kruger Park as outlined in above itinerary
*Flight from Kruger Mpumalanga or Hoedspruit  to Johannesburg to Capetown
*Three (3) Nights Hotel Accommodations at the Park Inn in Capetown
*Scheduled Table Mountain and Capetown City Tour
*Scheduled Cape Point and Peninsula Tour
*Return flight from Capetown to USA via South African Airways to NYC or Washington Gateway.
*All transfers between airports and hotels
*Certain Meals as indicated
*Services of a professional driver
*Services of a registered and experienced tourist guide
*Entrance fees and excursions where stated in above itinerary
*Welcome Pack

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*VICTORIA FALLS EXTENSION
Interested in Victoria Falls? We offer a 2 night package including air from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls which can be arranged after the South Afirca Tour.  Please click for details and pricing.

Single Supplement:
Offer is based on double occupancy but a single supplement of $295.00 additional is available to those travelling solo on a date with other booked Skyauction customers.  If the tour is arranged for one person,  an additional "travel alone fee" is assessed that we will advise you of. At that point you may either accept or choose an alternate travel date.

*Washington gateways, IAD, DCA and Baltimore, BWI are not available for June 01 - August 19 departures.

Seasonal Surcharges apply for travel during certain time periods. See below for details.

Tax and service charges of $295.00 additional per person.

Blackout Dates may apply. Please applicable Departure Dates below.

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