Leopard with pray, Kruger National Park

5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

This tour combines the best wild life and wilderness areas of South Africa, blended with the rugged beauty so synonymous with the African continent. It visits all the same areas except for the night in a private game reserve that is omitted here. Therefore the tour is only 5 days long and is designed for those on a tighter time limit and budget.



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5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban


TOUR NAME : 5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban
CODE : SCJD
MEALS INCLUDED : Breakfast and Dinner
DEPARTURE : Mondays and Thursdays at 07:30
DURATION : 5 Days
ROUTING : Johannesburg - Mpumalanga - Kruger National Park - Swaziland - Zululand - Durban
SPECIAL NOTES : Bring sun block and an insect repellant along. Please take your passport with as we enter Swaziland. Ensure you have a multi entry visa into South Africa if you need a visa to enter into South Africa
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS : An anti-malaria drug is highly recommended.
DRESS REQUIREMENTS : Comfortable casual and smart casual for the evenings, warm windbreakers/jackets for the night game drives in open vehicle






Southern Circle Tours, The South African Wildlife Explorer, Jhb - Dbn, 5 Days, Day 1, from Johannesburg via Middelburg, Dullstroom and Robber’s Pass to Pilgrim´s Rest, continue to Sabie, Overnight in Sabie.

DAY 1. 5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

Our first day on tour takes us from Johannesburg via Middelburg, Dullstroom and Ohrigstad to the magnificent Three Rondavels view site at the Blyde River Canyon. We travel further to marvel at scenic areas such as Bourke’s Luck Potholes (a walk down the hill to see this unique trick of nature is worth the experience), Lisbon Falls, God’s Window and the Pinnacle before a short visit to Pilgrim’s Rest, an early gold mining town declared a National Monument. Rich deposits of alluvial gold were found here at the end of the last century and hence the existence of the town deep in the mountains.
We overnight in Sabie.


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Southern Circle Tours, The South African Wildlife Explorer, Jhb - Dbn, 5 Days, Day 2, we enter the Kruger National Park, viewing the

DAY 2. 5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

After an early breakfast, we do a pleasant walk through indigenous forest to see the Lone Creek Falls. Then we follow a scenic route to Hazyview and enter the Kruger National Park. We spend the rest of day in this magnificent reserve around 2 million ha in extent.
We overnight in the reserve in chalets in one of the rest camps.


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Southern Circle Tours, The South African Wildlife Explorer, Jhb - Dbn, 5 Days, Day 3, travel to the mountain Kingdom of Swaziland, via Piggs Peak, visit the Ngwenya glass factory, we drive through Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland. Overnight at the Foresters Arms Hotel, in the Mhlambanyatsi mountains.

DAY 3. 5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

We rise early for a game drive and return for breakfast in the camp. We spend the rest of the morning in the reserve and depart in the afternoon for the mountain Kingdom of Swaziland for a visit to the Ngwenya glass factory where all the items are hand made from recycled glass. We drive through the capital, Mababane, and continue to Mhlambanyatsi.
We overnight in the mountains at Foresters Arms.


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Southern Circle Tours, The South African Wildlife Explorer, Jhb - Dbn, 5 Days, Day 4, travel past the Ezulwini Valley, the Houses of Parliament and the Independence Stadium, Big Bend with its large sugar plantations, Hluhluwe-Umfolozi game reserve, checking in at Hilltop Camp, evening game drive.

DAY 4. 5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

Today starts with a visit to Swazi Candles in the Malkerns Valley to watch the locals hand-moulding a large variety of interesting candles. Then we traverse through the Ezulwini Valley and past the National Stadium and Buildings of Parliament to visit the well-known local craft market. We continue via Manzini, the country's industrial centre, and Big Bend with its large sugar plantations, to the South African border. We travel past Mkuze to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park and arrive mid afternoon for our overnight stop at Hilltop Camp. Before dinner we do a late afternoon/early night game drive on an open safari vehicle equipped with high-powered spotlights to search for the shy nocturnal animals in the oldest game reserve in Africa.
Overnight stop at Hilltop Camp.


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Southern Circle Tours, The South African Wildlife Explorer, Jhb - Dbn, 5 Days, Day 5, travelling to the village of St Lucia, boat cruise on the estuary of the famous Lake St Lucia (proclaimed a World Heritage Site in 1999). See bird species such as fish eagle, Goliath heron and many more. We show you the world of the hippo and the crocodile, travel to Durban where our tour ends

DAY 5. 5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

After an early breakfast we do our final game drive before travelling to the village of St Lucia.
Here we cruise by boat on the famous St. Lucia Estuary, a paradise boasting bird species such as fish eagle, Goliath heron and many more. Your skipper/guide will show you the world of the hippo and the crocodile, and the other mystic inhabitants of the "deep".
After an unforgettable experience we travel to
Durban where our tour terminates.



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5 Day Kruger National Park Tour Johannesburg to Durban

 

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