Your South African adventure package includes:

• 4-night stay in a one-bedroom apartment including daily breakfast for (2) at the 5-star Mandela Rhodes Place in Cape Town.
• Meet and greet service upon arrival Cape Town.
• Private, round-trip airport transfers.
• 3-night stay at the 4-star Pondoro Game Lodge in Kruger Park.
• Round-trip airport transfers to the game lodge.
• All meals included while on safari, plus afternoon tea and snacks.
• Early morning and late afternoon game drives to view the “big five” (lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, and rhinos).
• Afternoon guided walking safaris.
• Emergency evacuation and medical insurance.
• South African Airways international coach class airfare from New York (JFK) or Washington, DC (IAD) and airfare within South Africa.

NOTE: Your complete itinerary will encompass ten (10) total days, including two nights used during international flights.

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart USA
Depart from New York (JFK) or Washington, DC (IAD) for South Africa to begin your cultural odyssey. 

DAY 2: Arrive in South Africa
Arrive in Cape Town via Johannesburg. Check in at the 5-star Mandela Rhodes Place Hotel & Spa.  Mandela Rhodes Place is a unique concept of modern city living, with a subtle blend of old and new in the magnificent surrounds of Cape Town’s ‘Old Town’.

DAYS 3 through 5: Cape Town
Cape Town is dominated by a towering, table-shaped mountain, set on a peninsula of soaring, rocky heights and lush valleys, where two oceans converge - Indian and Atlantic.

Enjoy free time to explore Cape Town on your own. Visit the famous Cape Peninsula, hike or take a cable car to Table Mountain, explore Robben Island (site of Nelson Mandela’s former prison cell) or meet locals in townships, churches and lively ‘shebeens’. 

DAY 6: Depart Cape Town, Arrive at Kruger National Park
Depart the Cape on a flight to Johannesburg and then on to your private safari lodge in Kruger National Park. Check in at the 4-star Pondoro Game Lodge.

Pondoro offers its visitors comfort, sophistication, elegance and a canvas on which to create a truly unforgettable African safari. The Lodge is set on the cool river banks of the Olifants River in the 40,000-hectacre exclusive Balule Private Game Reserve, inside the greater Kruger National Park. In this small, very exclusive 12-bed lodge, you will discover the only way to experience the African bush. In addition to luxurious accommodations and the caring attention from trained professionals, visitors are lavished upon with international fare and humble African hospitality.

This afternoon, you will experience the thrill of your first wildlife excursion.

DAYS 7 & 8: Kruger National Park
Two full days in Kruger allow for morning and afternoon wildlife viewing excursions and the opportunity to pass through the bush on escorted walks. Observe the wildlife while enjoying lavish comfort, traditional cuisine and local culture at your safari camp.

The world-renowned Kruger National Park offers a wildlife experience that ranks with the best in Africa. Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, this national park is unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms. Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa, covering 7,332 square miles. 

DAY 9: Depart South Africa
A final morning to enjoy breakfast and a game drive before returning via air to Johannesburg to board your international flight.

DAY 10: Arrive USA

Package excludes meals not indicated, gratuities, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and airline departure taxes.

Valid through December 6, 2010. 
Blackout dates:  December 7, 2009 through January 7, 2010 and from June 1, 2010 through July 31, 2010.

AIRFARE

South African Airways
This package includes coach class airfare from New York (JFK) or Washington, DC (IAD) to South Africa as well as all domestic airfare within South Africa.

Any airport departure taxes, fees or fuel surcharges (if charged) are the responsibility of the winning bidder. Reservations are subject to availability. Certificates cannot be replaced if lost, stolen or destroyed.  All packages have a no refund policy.  Suggested retail value is calculated using tariff air rates and rack room rates.