01 Oct 2024 - 10 Oct 2024 (10 days)
ZAR68,500 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Rockjumper Tour Leader TBC
Pricing notes : *prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): ZAR68,500 * USD3,886 * GBP2,941 * EUR3,492 * AUD5,756
Single Supplement: ZAR5,950 * USD338 * GBP255 * EUR303 * AUD500
Flight costs: ZAR4,950 * USD281 * GBP213 * EUR252 * AUD416
Embark on a 10-day adventure through South Africa's premier wildlife and scenic destinations in October. Begin in the renowned Kruger National Park, exploring the diverse ecosystems of Timbavati Game Reserve, where you'll encounter the Big Five and other iconic African wildlife. Continue your journey to Cape Town, a vibrant city offering stunning coastal views and rich cultural experiences. Highlights include thrilling game drives, a Great White Shark excursion, whale watching, and visits to the African Penguin colony, Cape of Good Hope, West Coast National Park, and Table Mountain. This tour offers a perfect blend of wildlife encounters and breathtaking landscapes.
Southern Ground Hornbill, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Bateleur, Magpie Shrike, Southern White-crowned Shrike, African Fish Eagle, Lappet-faced Vulture, African Penguin, Orange-breasted Sunbird and Cape Sugarbird.
Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, Elephant, White Rhinoceros, African Wild Dog, Hippopotamus, Cheetah, Spotted Hyena, Southern Giraffe, Southern Right Whale.
Explore the savannas, woodlands, and river systems of Kruger National Park, as well as the coastal fynbos, marine environments, and alpine flora of Cape Town.
Experience warm and sunny days with cool nights in Kruger, and mild to warm weather in Cape Town, with possible spring showers.
6 and 1 Rockjumper Leader
The tour maintains a moderate pace, with a mix of daily game drives, boat excursions, and sightseeing, ensuring ample time for wildlife observation and relaxation.
Stay in luxurious lodges and hotels offering comfort and stunning views, both in the heart of Kruger National Park and in scenic Cape Town.
Great White Shark, Cape Wildflowers, Table Mountain
Capture incredible images of the Big Five, Great White Sharks, whales, penguins, vibrant birdlife, and breathtaking landscapes from Kruger to Cape Town.
Gregory was an excellent tour leader and bird guide. I would happily travel with him again.
André in particular went out of his way to make sure our stay was as wonderful as it could be. Andre is also a great guide, with the ability to spot just about everything that moves, even if the movement is only breathing.
The tour was fantastic. Julian Parsons is an excellent guide. Outstanding with both birds and people. Several times he was required to troubleshoot problems and issues and did so without distracting from the trip in any way. Our driver was also fantastic. Two flat tires, but he quickly changed out to the spare and arranged to have both fixed, after hours! He was very personable and incredibly safe driver. We always arrived on time (or early) without incident, including when we had the flat tires.
The lynchpin for our entire experience was the guide - and Greg de Klerk was simply brilliant. He was extremely skilled in knowing where the birds might be, and finding them once we got there. He carefully made sure that we all saw the bird. He was very knowledgeable about bird and mammal behaviour, and shared a lot of information with the tour members. He smoothly handled logistics, is a good driver, and patient with non-nationals who are unfamiliar with South African customs. He has a wonderful sense of humour; and a very warm and outgoing personality, which stimulated good relations between tour members. We would be very excited to go on another Rockjumper trip with him!
We are writing to say thank you for all you did for us on our recent Birds and Wine tour with you and Alvaro. We really enjoyed meeting you and spending two weeks touring with you around South Africa. The itinerary that you put together with Alvaro was great and all the arrangements worked out to give us a wonderful tour. Your knowledge of the birds and patience spent helping us find and see all the birds really helped us to enjoy our experience and increase our knowledge. We spent much of our time in the Manyoni Reserve in the vehicle with you and it was always exciting finding the wildlife and hearing your analysis of the situation. We also truly appreciated your selection of wineries to visit, the wines we tasted, and the wines you selected to take with us to Zebra Hills Lodge. Your knowledge of the wine and wineries greatly added to our pleasure on the tour. We live in the Northern California wine region and the opportunity to compare South Africa’s wine with the product we know was very enlightening for us. Both the wineries we visited and the wines we tasted convinced us that we were in an excellent wine producing region of the world.
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