Duration : 10 nights - GUIDED
Price : from € 3.505,00 and based on 4 pax
Date of Departure : any date requested by the client - this is a private safari.
Accommodation : 3* and 4* upgradable to 5* on request.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1
Included: Full board @ Graskop Hotel
Day 2
Panorama Route – Thornybush private game reserve
Time to relax before departing on your afternoon game drive. Expert rangers and trackers will take you in an open safari vehicle to close contact with the wide variety of wildlife. After a sundowner, return to the lodge with the help of spotlight and search for nocturnal animals such as pangolin, genet, honey badger, civet to mention a few. Dinner is served under the African sky.
Included: Full board @ Chapungu Lodge
Day 3 and 4
Thornybush private game reserve
We strongly advice to go for a walking safaris after brunch. You will be escorted by expert rangers of the Tsonga tribe that will bring your attention on tracking techniques, the medicinal use of bush plants, legend and incredible stories of the native culture.
Time to relax at the pool, in company of a good book or doing some bird watching, before leaving for the afternoon game drive. Sundowner in the bush.
Included: Full board @ Chapungu Lodge
Day 5
Thornybush private game reserve – Mapungubwe
Head to the northern part of the Limpopo region on the border with Zimbabwe and Botswana. The landscape changes dramatically with cycads forest and remarkable baobab trees (Adansonia digitata).
After reaching your lodge situated on the border with Mapungubwe national park you will explore on foot Mapesu Nature Reserve: a 6.000 hectares of beautiful landscapes, excellent birdwatching and generous flora and fauna.
Included: Brunch and dinner @ Mopane Bush Lodge
Day 6
Mapungubwe National Park
Return to the lodge after sunset.
Included: Full board with a picnic lunch. Overnight @ Mopane Bush Lodge
Day 7
Mashatu Game Reserve
This magnificent reserve is situated in Botswana on the border with South Africa and Zimbabwe and boasts a unique flora with giant trees of Acacia and Mashatu.
The fauna is breath taking with big herds of elephants, giraffe, antelopes, lions, cheetah and leopard.
Lunch and game drive in the afternoon. You will be accompanied by expert ranger and tracker on an open 4×4 vehicle. Return to the lodge after the sunset.
Included: Full board @ Mashatu tented camp
Day 8
Mashatu Game Reserve
Brunch is served at the lodge where you can have a well deserve rest.
If you are a keen photographer, Mashatu offers the possibility to spend some hours to the underground hide situated in front of a very active waterhole. The photographic opportunity are amazing with a unique prospective (optional).
The afternoon game drive will take you in new areas of the reserve called “The Land of the Giant” because of its landscape and attraction. Your ranger will go in search of species not yet spotted. Dinner at the lodge under the African sky.
Included: Full board @ Mashatu tented camp
Day 9
Mashatu – Louis Trichardt
Reach the town of Louis Trichardt and your guest house that is the home of a beautiful cultural and artistic centre. Many sculptures and artefacts locally produced are on sale here.
Included: Brunch and dinner @ Madi a Thavha mountain lodge
Day 10
Louis Trichardt
Included: Full board with picnic lunch @ Madi a Thavha mountain lodge
Day 11
Louis Trichardt – Johannesburg
- Professional private guide for the entire safari
- All land transfers
- Overnight in hotel and lodge as per program – upgradable on request
- All meals as per program:
- Excursion as specified in the program:
- All entry to the parks
- Museum entry
- Touristic Tax
– Lunch and dinner on day 1
– full board on day 2, 3 and 4
– brunch and dinner on day 5
– full board with pick nick lunch on day 6
– full board on day 7 and 8
– brunch and dinner on day 9
– full board with pick nick lunch on day 10
– Breakfast on day 11
– Panorama Route
– Mapungubwe Hill and museum
– Mapesu Private Riserve
– 6 safaris in 4×4 in Thornybush Private Game Reserve
– 1 walking safari in Thornybush Private Game Reserve
– 1 safari in Mapungubwe
– 4 safaris in 4×4 in Mashatu Private Game Reserve
– Cultural excursion with Venda people
– 2 walking safaris
- All drinks and meals not specified
- Travel insurance
- Every extra of personal nature
- Optional activities such as Hot air Balloon and Mashatu Hide
- Tips
- Visa
- International flights