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- On
arrival at Durban International Airport, you will be met
by our representative who will handover to you your Personalized
Travel Journal - this Journal will include your itinerary,
travel vouchers, maps, directions and all relevant information
needed to ensure an enjoyable tour. You will be transferred
to the Holiday Inn Durban Elangeni Hotel.
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- In
the afternoon you will be collected for a Private Half-day
Durban City Tour.
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- Drive
the "Golden Mile" with its golden beaches, curio
sellers, rickshaw pullers, and hotels to the harbor entrance.
Here a stop is made for photos and a walk about for guests
to find out more of origins of Durban. Drive through the
city centre.
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- Take
a walk through Durban’s famous botanical gardens and
see the incredible cycad gardens. The tour ends with a shopping
experience at the Victoria Street Indian Market. (Guests
are given a choice of places in which to shop – The
Victoria Street Indian Market, The Killie Campbell Museum
or The BAT Centre – a community project for local
artists)
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- This
morning you will be collected for a Private Half-day Valley
of a Thousand Hills Tour. Your tour includes all entrance
fees, but excludes lunch.
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- Depart
Durban and drive through the suburbs of Kloof and Hill crest
en route to Botha’s Hill overlooking the spectacular
Valley of 1000 Hills and home to a large rural Zulu community.
Visit a typical Zulu village and see the way these fascinating
people live. Enjoy demonstrations of beer making, spear
making, bead working ending with a colourful display of
Zulu dancing.
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3 |
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- This
morning you will be transferred to Durban International
Airport in time for a flight to Port Elizabeth.
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- On
arrival at Port Elizabeth Airport you will be met and transferred
to the Courtyard Port Elizabeth Hotel.
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| Day
4 |
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- This
morning you will be collected at your hotel and will travel
to the Tsitsikamma National Park, an unspoiled wilderness.
We enjoy lunch in Tsitsikamma (not included). After lunch
we take a hike up Storms River Mouth and take in the view
of the Indian Ocean from the suspension bridge. Visit Monkeyland
(subject to time). Thereafter Travel onto Plettenberg Bay
where you will have dinner and overnight at Hog Hollow country
lodge.
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5 |
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- After
breakfast this morning travel onto Kynsna where your morning
is at leisure with a choice of walks and activities. Enjoy
a boat cruise on the John Benn Ferry on the Knysna Lagoon.
After lunch in Knysna at the Heads (not included) you board
the Outeniqua "Choo-Tjoe", a small Class 24 steam
train for George. (This journey, with its breathtaking river
and estuary crossings, tunnels and pass inclines, is one
of the world's best known train routes.) Your guide will
collect you from George train station and you will enjoy
dinner in George. Overnight at the Far Hills Country Hotel.
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6 |
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- This
morning travel over the Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn, habitat
of 90% of the world's Ostrich population. Visit Highgate
Ostrich Ranch for a tour. You will lunch at Highgate. You
will visit the Cango Wildlife Ranch - Cheetah’s &
Crocodiles. Thereafter enjoy a guided tour to the Cango
Caves; the world's greatest limestone show caves. Dinner
and overnight at Rosenhof Country House Hotel.
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7 |
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- After
a leisurely breakfast, depart for Cape Town. Travel via
Barrydale, Lunch at the Country Pumpkin. After lunch travel
via Montagu, home of the world renowned hot water springs
(Bath optional in the Springs).
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- Thereafter,
travel onto Worcester, a major wine region. Visit Kleinplasie
- a living open museum. Travel via the Huguenot Mountain
Range and tunnel to Cape Town, where your tour ends
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| Day
8 |
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- Today
you will be transferred to Cape Town International Airport
in time for your onward flight arrangements.
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Important
information |
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Prices
are subject to change without notice and are subject to availability |
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Deposit
of $200 per person required to hold space |
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Price does not include air. Air will be calculated separately.
Air from other destinations will be priced for clients on request. |
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Travel
insurance recommended. Visit our web site and click on the “Travel
guard” link or contact us for details. |
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There
is a $5 tourist card you will purchase to get into Panama at
the airport when leaving the United States |
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Additional
days can be added or other changes may be made to the itinerary.
Changes will affect price |
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YOU
MUST HAVE A VALID PASSPORT – BIRTH CERTIFICATES NO LONGER
ACCEPTED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2006 |
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