Name: Delightful Cape Town & Kruger Safari
Brand: Discover Africa
SKU: cape-town-kruger-safari
Price: 3337 USD
Availability: InStock

Is the Short and Sweet Timbavati Safari for Me?

This journey is ideal if you have a little time to spend on safari and would like to experience good game sightings while staying at a comfortable and value-for-money camp. You will spend 2 nights in the Timbavati, the area is renowned for its excellent game viewing and birdwatching in truly unspoiled wilderness. Walkers Plains is one of the newest lodges in the area, opened mid-2023, it is set on an open plain savannah with expansive views towards the Drakensberg Mountains. This will be an unforgettable wildlife experience.

Your 4-Day Itinerary

View of the pool area, featuring comfortable loungers at African Rock Hotel & Spa, South Africa.

Dining area overlooking the outdoors and pool at African Rock Hotel & Spa, South Africa.

On your arrival at OR Tambo, go through customs and pick up your luggage. Once you exit the terminal, you are met by the driver and transferred to the hotel. Check in and time at leisure. The property is located about 10 kms from the airport, there is a nice size garden, a swimming pool and large patio ensuring a relaxed stay. Dinner is included at the hotel.

African Rock Hotel & Spa

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Meals: Breakfast and dinner included

Transport: Included

Tourists in a parked safari vehicle observing an elephant and her calf in distance crossing the dirt road track in the bush at Walkers Plains, Timbavati Private Nature Reserve.

After breakfast, check out and transfer to the airport on time for your flight to Hoedspruit. You are met at the airport for the road transfer to the lodge. Arrive on time for lunch and relax before the first game drive. Your stay includes 2 nights at Walkers Plains Camp including your meals, selected beverages and two game drives per day. The Timbavati Private Nature Reserve lies within the Greater Kruger National Park open system, and within the internationally declared Kruger 2 Canyons UNESCO Man and Biosphere System. You will have wonderful game sightings experience, and if you are lucky you can tick the following animals: buffalos, lions, giraffes, wildebeest, impalas, baboons, cheetahs, leopards, and the rare white lion.

Walkers Plains Camp

Includes & excludes

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Drinks: Included

Activities: Included

Transport: Included

Last morning in the bush and check out of the camp after breakfast. Road transfer to Hoedspruit airport on time for your return flight to Johannesburg. Connect with your onward flight or contact us to extend your safari.

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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This trip was booked 3 times before it finally happened thanks to the pandemic and border closures etc. Alice from Discover Africa was with us for the entire 3 years – from planning, cancelling, and rebooking. She stayed in touch and communicated with us regularly during the entire 3 years. Her insights and suggestions helped make this trip one that will be very difficult to top.

In terms of the actual holiday … Words fail me! Someone was watching out for us because we had multiple sightings of the Big 5, Magnificent 7 and Super 8 plus all of the other animals – small (mouse) to big (elephant). Pretty special when you consider that includes two sightings of Wild Dogs when there are only circa 400 in total in Kruger! I appreciate that’s completely outside of anyone’s control but worth mentioning. Going in September meant that the bush wasn’t at full height, so we were able to see the animals.

The lodges were great – Thornybush and Jock’s Safari Lodge They were luxurious without being pretentious. We were well taken care of and well fed! Gallo Manor Lodge in Johannesburg was very comfortable, and we were well taken care of again – the Director, Angel, chauffeured us to and from the golf course which was unexpected and very kind.

This holiday combined golf with safaris. The golf was good too. Hans Merensky course is well laid out and an interesting course to play. It does need some investment (as well as the hotel). Leopard Creek was an experience! Old world golf club and an interesting course (unfortunately we didn’t see any wildlife like we did at Han Merensky). We really enjoyed the Rocklands Course at the Johannesburg Country Club and had a lovely meal afterwards looking over the course.

Thanks to Alice at Discover Africa for putting this holiday together for us.

"If you want luxury and comfort. You must work with this tour operator. It can't be better than this! Amazing experience. Adelle was amazing, we had an easy booking and planning experience."

Ali, United Arab Emirates · 4 Aug 2024 ·

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"We had an amazing time visiting Namibia and South Africa. Our 15 day journey was packed with lots of adventure. Everything to accommodations, transportation by ground and air, excursions, dinner and lunches. Our tour guide/ driver Nico was so awesome...."

Tracy, United States · 23 Jul 2024 ·

"Our first trip to South Africa was an amazing experience, we had the holiday of a lifetime and it all went without a hitch. Adelle Bell was tireless, and gave us several options that might suit our timeline and our..."

Anne, Australia · 7 Dec 2022 ·

"This trip was booked 3 times before it finally happened thanks to the pandemic and border closures etc. Alice from Discover Africa was with us for the entire 3 years - from planning, cancelling, and rebooking. She stayed in touch..."

Michelle, United Kingdom · 4 Oct 2022 ·

"Visited 2 &Beyond camps - Ngala Safari Camp in the Kruger National Park and Kirkman's Kamp in Sabi Sands. Both were excellent. At Ngala amazing siting of wild dog and hyena interaction, white lion of Timbavati, elephants (in the wild..."

Kamcilla, Monaco · 17 Feb 2022 ·

"My wife and I spent a while doing research and talked to several groups to find the perfect balance of price, location, and luxury we were looking for on our 3 night safari as part of a honeymoon trip to..."

Thomas Mitchell, United States · 7 Feb 2020 ·