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EXPLORER’S
COLLECTION: MULTICOUNTRY TOUR, SOUTH AFRICA, VICTORIA FALLS AND
TANZANIA
- 14 DAYS/13
NIGHTS
Trip Highlights & Overview
Day 1 Monday –USA/Kruger National Park Touchdown in Johannesburg today, where a warm welcome under African skies awaits you. You are assisted to your domestic flight to Kruger Mpumulanga International Airport. Transfer to your luxurious lodge, surrounded by the sights and sounds of Africa. This afternoon offers the thrill of your first wildlife viewing drive. (B,L,D) Ngala Game Lodge (Silver) Day 2 – 3 Tuesday – Wednesday Kruger Park The private reserves surrounding Kruger Park offer guests spectacular game viewing experiences using open safari vehicles. Travel off road, enjoy night drives and return to your camp for the finest bush cuisine. Find yourself pampered in comfort and style (B,L,D) Ngala Game Lodge (Silver) Day 4 Thursday – Kruger/Johannesburg/Victoria Falls/Livingstone After breakfast fond farewell to the bush this morning as you fly to Johannesburg for your flight to famed Victoria Falls. This afternoon enjoy a lovely “sundowner” cruise on the mighty Zambezi. You are pampered at your luxurious hotel accommodation. (B) Zambezi Sun (Silver and Gold) Day 5 Friday – Victoria Falls This morning visit the thundering Falls and enjoy a guided tour along its scenic rim and adjacent rainforests. Afternoon at leisure to relax or to explore the little town of Livingstone. (B) Zambezi Sun (Silver and Gold) Day 6 Saturday – Livingstone/Kilimanjaro/Lake Manyara After breakfast this morning fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your private charter to Lake Manyara National park, home of the tree climbing lions and tree climbing pythons. On your way from the airstrip to the lodge, enjoy game viewing through the park, a scenic wonderland with an incredible view of the Rift valley. (B,D) Serena lodge (Silver) Day 7 Sunday – Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro Crater Morning Game Drive in the park where lions roam in abundance, the park is also home to a myriad of bird life, including flamingo and the ever present hippo. After lunch, the famous Ngorongoro Crater is our destination today, arriving at the rim in time to see the spectacular sunset. Ngorongoro is nearly 12 miles in diameter and 2000 feet deep; the largest unbroken caldera in the world! The water floor is also a ‘garden of Eden’ for the wildlife, and this natural amphitheatre hosts Africa’s finest wildlife. (B,L,D) Serena lodge (Silver) Day 8 Monday – Ngorongoro Crater A safari highlight today, as you descend into the crater for a day of game viewing. Here find lion, hyena, zebra, black rhino and wildebeest – all cohabitating in a tenuous arena of survival. Birdlife also bounds, and perhaps you’ll see masai herdsmen tending their cattle, with brave indifference to the nearby predators.(B,L,D) Serena lodge (Silver) Day 9 Tuesday – Ngorongoro Crater/Serengeti After a hearty breakfast, depart for the famed Serengeti – perhaps the best known wildlife park in East Africa, and with its vast savannah supporting the largest population of plains game in the world. (B,L,D) Serena lodge
(Silver) Day 10 – 12 Wednesday – Friday Serengeti Spend three incredible days and nights in the Serengeti. Each morning you’ll depart into the pre-dawn splendor of an African sunrise, and return, at dusk to your comfortable accommodations. This huge Park boasts every kind of animal imaginable, and with luck, you see them all! Our drivers and guides are especially skilled at tracking and locating predators, and ensuring superb photographic opportunities.(B,L,D) Serena lodge
(Silver) Day 13 Saturday – Serengeti/Kilimanjaro/Johannesburg Fond farewell to Tanzania, as you fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport. Board your flight to Johannesburg with memories and souvenirs from your ‘safari of a lifetime’. Arrival in Johannesburg and transfer to the Westcliff Hotel, which is part of the internationally renowned company, Orient Express Hotels, and is perfectly in tune with the distinctive taste of the experienced travelers. Overnight at Westcliff hotel. Day 14 Sunday - Johannesburg/USA Transfer to the Airport for your
flight to the USA.
Weekly departures: Every Monday from Johannesburg. SILVER
GOLD
SUPERGOLD
Price is subject to change based on the current exchange rate at the time of booking.
New York/ Johannesburg/ Kruger/ Johannesburg/ Livingstone/ Kilimanjaro/ Johannesburg/ New York as from $2445 (excl tax) for early birds. Add-on fares from major cities are available. Please request while booking.
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