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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Megan, We just returned from our family trip to your country on June 4, 2021. We had a GREAT TIME! Thank you for changing things as required over 2 years (as our trip had to be postponed from May 2020 to May 2021 due to COVID-19).

Now our thoughts on the two lodges and our trip overall: Ngala tented camp: Personalized attention, food was a notch up from the safari lodge. The accommodations were a notch below the safari lodge, given that it is tented. The accommodations were fine (as in decent) but did not really like the outdoor showers.

Saw the white lions at Ngala on our first and second days there. Was one of the highlights of our trip. Would we stay at the tented camp again?? … Possibly. All the transfers everywhere were seamless. The Fairlawns stay on both occasions was very nice! They really do a very nice job at this hotel.

The PCR test to return to the US at Jo berg airport was pretty painless (took the PCR test to avoid the hassle of whether the antigen test would work). Got the results via email in four hours and got the certificates printed out at the airport PCR facility the next day.

Tengile River Lodge; This lodge was truly stunning. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The food was divine. The snacks on the game drives were a notch better than Ngala. The drinks were top of the line and the four of us had our own safari vehicle. We had Warren as our ranger and Jophet as our tracker. They were both very, very good and really friendly. On day two we saw four of the big five on the morning game drive (lion, black rhino, buffalo, and elephants). On the evening game drive on day two we saw lion, buffalo, elephants and the leopard. Also saw lions with cubs on day 6 and also saw leopard with her cub on day 5. Finally saw the honey badger, which as our ranger at Tengile pointed out is extremely rare to spot. Once again thank you for everything.

One final point the game viewing in the Sabi Sands was very good… as good or better than 2017. The game viewing we thought at Ngala this time was not as good as what we saw in 2017. Paucity of animals… though we were very, very happy to see the white lions of Ngala.

"Booking with Justin at Discover Africa, to plan my safari and Victoria Falls adventure turned out to be the best choice I made. Right from the start, Justin was friendly, responsive, and incredibly thorough—he answered all my questions and provided..."

James, Australia · 24 Apr 2026 ·

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"Megan, We just returned from our family trip to your country on June 4, 2021. We had a GREAT TIME! Thank you for changing things as required over 2 years (as our trip had to be postponed from May 2020..."

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