Africa welcomes you, dear friends!
After border formalities you will be met by a representative of the company Alpha-Zulu, transfer to your hotel 4 B&B, and have free time for rest. You can visit the Queen Victoria and Prince Alfred Waterfront, which is a tourist Mecca in Cape Town. There you will find a variety of cafes and restaurants, expensive shops and souvenir stalls, folk singers and dancers performing directly on the street, seals resting on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean that caresses the eyes with its blue waves...
After a delicious and hearty breakfast you will meet your guide for excursions in and around Cape Town. Table Mountain, the symbol of the city, will be the starting point of your excursion. You will go up to the mountain in the cable car (payment is made on the spot, for whether it operates depends on the weather) and from the top you will have a bird’s eye view of this unforgettable city. After that you will visit the Cape Town Castle of Good Hope, which was the first stone structure on the peninsula, and from there you will see the Grand Parade, dominated by the Town Hall building. Continuing the journey, you will visit the Company’s Gardens built at the time of Jan van Riebeeck, founder of Cape Town. You can buy peanuts to feed the squirrels, who will eat from your hand. Next to the Gardens you will see St. George’s church, famous for having the largest stained-glass windows in the Southern hemisphere. Nearby are also the Houses of Parliament and the National Gallery of art. A tour of a jewelry factory will help you understand the process of cutting of precious stones and you can touch diamonds of various sizes and learn useful information about jewelry. If you like, you can purchase jewelry at factory prices direct from the manufacturer.
Today you will relive the days of the discoverers and of the colonial conquests and you will spend the day on Cape of Good Hope, which you have heard about in school. In 1488 Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias landed on the Cape and called it the Cape of Storms, because he had survived a terrible storm that nearly cost him and his crew their lives. Portuguese King João II, having great expectations for a new Eastern sea route, renamed it the Cape of Good Hope. Here tourists often look forward to seeing large families of baboons. These animals are very cute, but be careful not to feed them, for you might get hurt when they fight for their food. After passing the entrance gate your bus will follow a level road and then drive down to the famous promontory. Here you can make a souvenir photo against a panel that has the coordinates of the Cape of Good Hope. Then you can climb to the highest point of the Cape Peninsula, where you will enjoy the extraordinary beauty of the ocean and the bay. We now say goodbye to the Cape and we are on our way back. The road runs along the coast of False Bay and goes through the small town of Simon’s Town, near which the largest South African naval base and Boulders Beach are situated. On that beach you will meet the famous Cape penguins. Long ago, these wonderful animals chose this beach for hatching their offspring and now they live there year-round, delighting local and foreign tourists. You will stop for lunch (at your own expense) at a restaurant well known for its seafood recipes. Return to the hotel around 17h00.
At 19:00 access to dinner (dress code smart casual).
Free day.
- Optional excursions such as:
Tour of the "wine route". You've surely heard about South African wines, which are produced according to old French recipes. You will be given an opportunity to visit several farms, to familiarize yourselves with the technology and history of wine, and then taste a variety of wines. On the farm you can enjoy wonderful local cheeses that harmonize well with the wine, on the other serves to try brandies aged 5 and 10 years, and thirdly you will taste the wines with chocolate, feeling the beauty and the diversity of flavors of South African wines. Back to the hotel at 17h00 -18h00.
Early breakfast, transfer to airport for the flight to Johannesburg. You will be met by a representative of Alpha-Zulu Africa for transfer to the neighbouring state of Lesotho, AfriSki ski resort. Accommodation in apartments in the resort on DB&B basis.
AfriSki 6 - 8 day
AfriSki Resort. Free time for skiing
After breakfast, transfer to Johannesburg, accommodation at the Hotel 4 B&B.
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Tour of the financial capital and the largest city of South Africa, You will drive through the streets of the business district, where the offices of De Beers and AngloGold, visit places where the first adventurers of the "gold rush" pitched their tents. You will have the opportunity to visit a company that exports diamonds, jewelry and souvenirs and, if you wish, to make a purchase. Then you will visit the famous Lion Park, where guests can watch lions and make unforgettable pictures. You will have the unique opportunity to hand feed a giraffe. The tour will culminate in a dinner at the famous "Carnivore” restaurant, which serves meat of exotic animals on an all-you-can-eat basis.
After a traditional Anglo-African breakfast, transfer to the province of Limpopo, which you have heard about since childhood. Arrival at Marataba Company camp 5 on FB basis In the afternoon you will depart in a specially equipped car for a safari in the African bush in search of African Big Five (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, and leopard). Do not forget to prepare your cameras! A well-trained professional huntsman will help you find the animals and bring you as close as possible to them.
The day begins with a morning safari. You will rise early and with a professional huntsman you will ride to the thick forest of the park in search of animals. Upon returning to the lodge you can enjoy a gourmet breakfast and rest. Additionally, you can go on a walking safari, with experienced rangers armed with shotguns to protect you. The pleasure from such walks cannot be compared with anything! After the hike you will return to the lodge for lunch and rest. In the afternoon you will have another wildlife adventure, a safari in an open jeep.
- You may additionally order a safari riding on an elephant, a balloon safari or river fishing.
After the morning safari and breakfast, transfer to Johannesburg.