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Day 1 United States International flights set off today from Atlanta or New York. Day 2 Cape Town Our airport staff ensures a smooth passage from the airport to the hotel. Accommodations are at Cape Tow Grace Hotel, both located in the fashionable Victoria and Alfred Waterfront area. n’s finest properties, either the Table Bay or CapeDay 3 Cape Town A welcome meeting with our groun operator is followed by a full-day tour revealing the regio sights: Table Mountain, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans swirl together around the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Historic Simo and a colony of 3,000 penguins at Boulder Beach. Tonight brings a Micato exclusive even warmly invited to the home of Micat for cocktails, dinner and a lecture by a South African spe-cialist. New friendships and fond memories are forged dur-ing this delightful evening. n’s most dramatic and beautifuln’s Town also enchants with charming Victorian archi-tecturet…travellers areo’s Cape Town hostsDay 4 Cape Town An inspiring day on the "Walk to Freedo areas of great significance to the birth of the new nation. We talk to local people, visit their homes and tour District Six, a once-vibrant township forcibly closed. A ferry takes us to Robben Island, a former political prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for decades, becoming a centre for learning and setting the foundation for democracy. m" tour, visitingDay 5 – Day 6 Bushmans Kloof We leave the city behind for remote mountain landscapes and ancient plains. Truly, Bushmans Kloof is special. A national heritage site, it offers our first taste of game viewing, but even more dramatically, the rock art of the ancient San Bushman people. Home to the worl d’s "largest open-air art gallery,"there are over 125 rock art sites, some dating back ten thou-sand years. Combined with botanical walks, river and bush trails, bird watching, game drives, your personal game ranger and a Scottish laird as host of the manor, i oasis and gorgeous African experience that has delighted many a celebrity, including the Thatchers, Bransens and Caines. We drive here from Cape Town and enjoy two nights in this exceptional corner of untouched Africa. t’s an ecologicalDay 7 – Day 9 Londolozi Private Game Reserve We fly from Cape Town to a private reserve adjacent to Kruger National Park, home to perhaps the most concen-trated diversity of game in the world. No matter how much you have thought about Africa, this is more than you ever expected. Our accommodations are at lovely Londolozi. For several years it has been voted Worl d’s Best Small Hotel byTravel+Leisure Game drives set out in the shimmering light of early morning and again in the golden light of late afternoon. InJohannesburg –United StatesA last lingering look over the bushveld and we fly to Johannesburg for international flights home, arriving in Atlanta or New York on Day 11. Optional extension to Victoria Falls. Land rates for the trip above begin at $7,985.00 pp depending on the season..singl esuppl available.Rates subject to change at any time, currency fluctuations, and other increases. We offer discounted rates for Economy , Business and First Class. wildlife talks with rangers to relaxing at the pool or on our secluded deck, mesmerized by the bubbling swarms of hip-pos in the river below. Meals are elegant affairs by starlight, firelight or candlelight with a canopy of a million stars and the Southern Cross at night. Fantastic and exotic, our time at Londolozi decidedly pleases. Day 10 – Day 11 magazine…quite an honour. |