Durban is the capital of the province of KwaZulu Natal, on the east coast of the South Africa, and benefits from year-round warm waters making it one of South Africa's top vacation spots. Durban is also one of Africa's busiest and most important ports, and is an intriguing cultural blend of East, West and Africa, which with its endless summer climate, effervescent and lukewarm ocean lined with golden beaches, offers a subtropical carnival atmosphere all year round.

The Drakensberg mountains of South Africa or is a 200-kilometre-long mountainous wonderland and world heritage site. The Drakensberg mountains, with their awe-inspiring basalt cliffs, snowcapped in winter, tower over riverine bush, lush yellowwood forests and cascading waterfalls, forms a massive barrier separating KwaZulu-Natal from the Kingdom of Lesotho. A four wheel drive up Sani Pass in the southern berg area, with it's hair raising bends and breathtaking views to the top of the mountain is an experience not to be missed.

Zulu wars, Shaka, Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, Colenso, Spioenkop, Ladysmith, Dundee, Churchill, Blood River, Cetshwayo, Boers..., these are some of the terms which are associated with the internationally renowned Battlefields area of South Africa. The wind sighs and whispers the secrets and sorrows of great battles, made visible by lone forts and small graveyards on these undulating landscapes ringed with rocky outcrops. Experience this fascinating region's myriad Battlefield sites, historic towns, national monuments and museums.

We visit Hluhluwe-Umfolozi (Imfolozi) Park which is not only the oldest reserve in Africa, but also the place where the white rhino was saved from extinction. Today the park is the third largest in South Africa and the only reserve where you are assured of good rhino sightings. The region is also the home of the mighty Zulus and we get some insight into their age-old culture when we visit an authentic Zulu village. The animals found here range from the 'Big Five' to the shy nyala, as well as prolific bird life.

This tour combines the best wildlife and wilderness areas of South Africa blended with the rugged beauty so synonymous with the African Continent. It incorporates the areas from the diverse KwaZulu-Natal with habitats such as lakes, rivers, dune forests, beaches, mangrove forests and subtropical vegetation to the Kingdom of Swaziland, one of only three sovereign Kingdoms in Africa, and Mpumalanga with mountains, valleys, waterfalls, and pockets of primal forests. The famous Kruger National Park, covering around two million hectar of African bushveld, is also situated here.

The coastline between Durban and Cape Town encompasses a huge diversity of habitats. From the Sub-Tropical KwaZulu-Natal to the hilly grasslands with Xhosa huts dotted around the ridges and the wild unspoilt coastline of the Eastern Cape, to the mountains, lakes, cliffs and indigenous forests of the Garden Route, one experiences a natural beauty which will captivate even the well traveled. This exiting tour also features the BIG 6. Addo Elephant park is a Big 5 Game Reserve, and at Hermanus we can come across Whales. This will be an unforgetable 6 Day experience.

This amazing tour is a must for the adventurous at heart. It departs from Durban on the east coast of Africa. See the Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Travel through the Freestate to Kimberley in the Northern Cape, a town packed with diamond discovery history of the previous century. We travel west to the Augrabies Waterfalls and Game Park, until we reach the west coast of Africa. In the spring months of September we could experience the miraculous flowers of Namaqualand. We travel south along the West Coast to our final destination, Cape Town.