Name: Kruger Park Safari in Private Concession
Brand: Discover Africa
SKU: big-five-safari-in-the-kruger-national-park
Price: 2894 USD
Availability: InStock

Is the Kruger, Timbavati and the Panorama Route for Me?

Experience sleeping in a train carriage on a bridge in the Kruger National Park, visiting the scenic Panorama Route, and ending with 2 nights at a small exclusive camp within the greater Timbavati reserve.

This journey includes a lot of wonderful activities, amazing wildlife viewing, captivating sightseeing, and cultural encounters. It is a customized safari and can be adapted as per your preferences and requirements.

Your 6-Day Itinerary

Fly from Johannesburg to Skukuza airport, located within the Kruger National Park. On arrival, you are met by the safari guide who will transfer you to the lodge. You will be spending 2 nights at Kruger Shalati, including all your meals and the shared game drives activities,

Whether you’re looking for a one-of-a-kind adventure, an enthralling break or to simply unwind while surrounded by earth’s finest creations, Kruger Shalati will welcome you on a journey of discovery with nature in a most extraordinary way.

Game drives at Kruger Shalati are undertaken by passionate and professional rangers who are eager to share their in-depth knowledge and stories of the fascinating wildlife and surroundings. With a vast range of pristine wilderness to explore in the Kruger National Park and a plethora of African animals to spot, each game drive encounter offers a story of its own.

Back at the train, you can taste the marvelous dishes prepared with fresh ingredients, relax at the pool, read a book while enjoying the vista.

Includes & excludes

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Drinks: Local brands included

Activities: Included

Transport: Included

Artist room | Photo credit: Graskop Hotel

Outside view of graskop gorge lift | Photo credit: Graskop Hotel

Garden Rooms Outside patio | Photo credit: Graskop Hotel

Graskop Gorge Lift | Photo credit: Graskop Hotel

Dining room | Photo credit: Graskop hotel

Front view 2 | Photo credit: Graskop Hotel

After breakfast, you are met by your English speaking tour guide who will transfer you to Graskop via a scenic route, including Bourke's Potholes, Lisbon Falls and God's Window

Lunch will be enjoyed at a local restaurant en-route and you will be dropped off at the Graskop hotel for dinner and night.

Includes & excludes

Meals: Breakfast, and dinner included

Transport: Included

Aerial view of camp | Photo credit: Geiger's Camp

View of the luxurious pool area at Geiger's Camp in Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.

Viewing wildlife through binoculars | Photo credit: Geiger's Camp

Side view of pool area | Photo credit: Geiger's Camp

Seating with a view | Photo credit: Geiger's Camp

Romantic dining by the pool | Photo credit: Geiger's Camp

After breakfast, the guide will meet you at reception and depart on the Panorama Route, this time including: The Three Rondavels and a Cruise on the Blyde River Dam

During the journey, there will be opportunities to capture some incredible pictures, and we'll make a brief stop for snacks while transferring to the lodge. It's important to note that on this particular day, lunch won't be provided to ensure we arrive punctually for the afternoon game drive.

Say your good-byes to your guide, as you check in at Geige'r Camp. Here, perched on a ridge within Motswari Private Game Reserve, you’ll be presented with panoramic views of the Sharalumi River and Big Five terrain. It’s a haven of privacy and tranquility. Your 2 night stay includes the meals, selected local beverages and the shared game drives.

Includes & excludes

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Drinks: Local brands included

Activities: Included

Transport: Included

Explore the best of the Greater Kruger National Park; the Timbavati and Umbabat Nature Reserve’s unspoilt 18 000 hectares.

The focus is about sharing incredibly intimate spaces with the animals and imparting a connection that one cannot explain with words. Motswari Geiger’s Camp is within the Timbavati which shares an unfenced border with the legendary Kruger and so the game viewing on offer at Geiger’s Camp is second to none. The Big Five is a common sight for the greater part and this is possibly the next best place in South Africa after the Sabi Sands to enjoy leopard sightings. Motswari’s guides are renowned for their quality and they’ll do their utmost to get you right up the very best sightings.

Game drives are hosted twice daily, in the morning (coffee is provided to chase away the early-morning tiredness) and again around sunset

Includes & excludes

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Drinks: Local brands included

Activities: Included

Transport: Included

After breakfast, you are transferred to Hoedspruit airport for the flight (included) back to Johannesburg. Arrival at OR Tambo and time at leisure until your own flight, or chat to us to extend your trip with a stay in Cape Town, or Victoria Falls, for example.

Every itinerary can be crafted to your needs, from adjusting the length of your stay to including different accommodation and refining the route. Your safari is yours, shaped around your idea of a dream experience.

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We are very seasoned travelers. We travel all around the world and the vast majority of the time, we organize and book our own travel. A safari, though, is a different matter, as far as we see it.

We didn’t know where to begin and we only had three months to get it all squared away, so we decided an agent would make the most sense. We used SafariBookings.com and had several agents respond, all with very tempting itineraries.

However, the professionalism and expertise of Discover Africa’s agent, Matthys, was head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. We worked with Matthys over several days to fine tune the itinerary and we ended up with an itinerary that seemed like it was going to provide an amazing experience for us on our first time to S. Africa and first safari experience. Each day on safari we would mention to each other how finely tuned the planning Matthys at Discover Africa was.

Transfers, food allergies, special needs … everything was all taken care of. Not only that but the safari lodges we stayed at fit us perfectly. It was as if a close friend, who knows us well, had booked these for us. The fact that Matthys is on the other side of the planet in Cape Town, has never met us before, and we only communicated via email … well, we were definitely impressed. I doubt it was just luck, either. We stayed at three different lodges. Each was typical “us” and when we looked at other lodges online, we saw that Matthys definitely pointed us in the right direction.

A safari is a must-do experience, for sure. And I can’t imagine ever going on another one without using Discover Africa as our booking and planning agency. Bravo!

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