Scenic Safari Trail

On arrival at the Hoedspruit Airport, you are met and transferred to the exclusive Timbavati Private Game Reserve for your three night safari at Simbavati River Lodge.

Simbavati River Lodge is a warm friendly lodge with a stunning river setting in the heart of the Timbavati Game Reserve. This area of the Timbavati is known for its leopard sightings and so is ideal for safari enthusiasts. Game-viewing is excellent and includes spotting of elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, rhino, general game and bird life.
Full Board & Game Activities

After a final early morning game drive, you are transferred back to Hoedspruit to collect your rental car and drive to the Tanamera Lodge for a two night stay. The Drakensberg escarpment provides welcome relaxation after the excitement of a safari. The panoramic drive alongside the Blyde River Canyon is magnificent. Many clients also enjoy the Cheetah Research and Breeding Centre and the Shangaan cultural village.

Tanamera Lodge, meaning "place of the red earth" has a hillside forest setting close to Sabie in the Drakensberg escarpment. It offers breathtaking views of the fast flowing Sabie River below and the forested slopes all around. Luxury suites each have their own plunge pool on their private decks. (1½ hours, 110km).
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast

Today you travel south and perhaps meander through the southern part of the Kruger Park for your overnight stay at Buhala Game Lodge.

Buhala Game Lodge is set on a tropical fruit and avocado farm and looks out over the Crocodile River to the Kruger Park. Parties of elephants come down to the water to drink, and hippos have even been known to walk up to the lawn! Buhala is the perfect country house retreat, offering seven bedrooms furnished with antiques and cooled by fans. (3½ to 4 hours, 120km).
Bed & Breakfast

Today you travel to the Kingdom of Swaziland for your overnight stay at Reilly's Rock Lodge. Swaziland provides a fascinating cultural experience. Travel through undulating country dotted with Swazi villages and enjoy game viewing in the Mlilwane reserve.

Reilly's Rock Lodge is the utterly captivating former homestead of conservationist Ted Reilly. The colonial homestead has a colourful pioneer history and has been sympathetically restored with great attention to period detail. (3½ hours, 180km).
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast

After breakfast you travel to the Pongola Game Reserve overlooking the beautiful Lake Jozini for your two night stay at White Elephant Safari Lodge. Here you encounter a variety of antelope, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, hyena and elephant plus loads of activities - open top game drives, sunset boat cruises, nature walks, Tiger fishing and unique excursions to track rhino or elephant. White Elephant Lodge is an elegant, colonial lodge in the beautiful Pongola reserve. (3 hours, 195km).
Full Board & Game Drives

Today you travel south to the Natal North Coast and Zimbali Lodge. The luxurious lodge has spectacular views through the lush sub-tropical forests to the warm Indian Ocean. Only 20 minutes north of Durban, Zimbali is a haven of peace and quiet, an elegant and sophisticated retreat. Every room opens onto a private, furnished balcony offering sweeping views down the valley to the sea, and is luxuriously decorated. Sink into the inviting easy chairs in the elegant drawing room or treat yourself to a traditional afternoon tea. Zimbali boasts a superb 18 hole golf-course, tennis, walking trails, a breath-taking pool and deck, a private beach with beach club and a welcoming health and beauty spa. (3½ hours, 300km).
Bed & Breakfast

Today you drive to Durban Airport to drop off your rental car in time for your onward flight.