3-Day Classic Kruger Park Safari

Guests are collected from their hotels or guesthouses in Johannesburg between 7h00 - 8h00. Leave Johannesburg in an air-conditioned microbus with our professional Kruger Park driver/guide. Travel East across the Highveld farmlands and down the beautiful Elands Valley to Mbombela (Nelspruit), the capital of Mpumalanga province. Continue along the Crocodile Valley to Malelane where we will stop for lunch. Enter Southern Kruger Park and prepare for your first exciting game drive. Look out for antelope, giraffe, zebra and when it's cooler maybe some of the Big Five. Before sunset exit Kruger Park & drive a short distance to Sabie River Bush Lodge. Book into an en suite lodge room or African safari tent. Relax on the pool deck overlooking the river with a sundowner drink waiting for the hippo to come out & start grazing. Your guide will arrange dinner in the Gecko Lapa restaurant which serves a 3 course meal. Wi-Fi is available to send photos & keep in touch on your phone. Main Destination: Kruger National Park Accommodation: Sabie River Bush Lodge (Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Southern Kruger NP) Meals & Drinks: Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included); Drinks not included

Awaken at dawn, leave the lodge & drive directly to Kruger Park entrance gate. Prepare your cameras for the early morning game drive to look for lions and other Big Five species (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino & buffalo). Call into one of the Camps where your guide will provide breakfast packs & coffee. Continue with the mid-morning drive stopping at waterholes to see animals drinking or crocodiles lazing in the sun. By midday you can expect hot weather & your guide will head for Skukuza Camp. Book into an en suite chalet with air-con & screens to prevent insects, then time for a swim or lunch. WiFi is available near the restaurant. Later board the National Parks open safari vehicle for a sunset game drive & a chance to see hyenas or other nocturnal species with spotlights. Your guide will arrange dinner in the Cattle Baron Bistro & walk back to your chalet under the starlit sky. Main Destination: Kruger National Park Accommodation: Skukuza Rest Camp (Mid-range rest camp located inside Southern Kruger NP) Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included); Drinks not included

After a quick coffee, pack up & depart from camp for an early morning game drive to search for elusive animals such as leopard often found in trees or rocky outcrops. For the birdwatchers, it's a wonderful opportunity to see many different species in the bushveld or near the water. Breakfast and time for final photo's before you leave the Park and enjoy a relaxing homeward journey via Schoeman's Kloof then up the escarpment to Johannesburg. Arrive back at OR Tambo International Airport or nearby hotels by 16h00. Please allow 1.5 hours connecting time for local flights or preferably 3.0 hours for International flights. Our guides are usually punctual & many passengers fly down to Cape Town that same evening. Main Destination: Johannesburg (City) Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included); Drinks not included