GREEN BUSHPIG SAFARIS
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Green Bushpig Safaris,
Attn: Russell Frankish
Tel: +27 (0)12 329 7588
Fax: +27 (0)12 86 613 7703
Mobile: +27 (0)83 576 5935
E-mail: russell@greenbushpig.co.za
P O Box 1158, Lanseria 1748 South Africa
Kruger National Park tour
4- days : Friday 23 to Monday 26 October 2009 – Cost R4 780 pp, R600 single supplement
The tour incorporates the Panorama Route with three days of game viewing in the Kruger National Park, thus combining breathtaking scenery with a good wildlife experience. Binoculars are essential!
Delegates wishing to go on this excursion would be advised to take the Tour 1 option on Friday, 23 October. Middelburg is en route to the KNP and the tour bus will meet participants at the conclusion of the Middelburg tour. Companions or delegates not wishing to go on a technical tour on the Friday, may join the tour bus in Pretoria and come through to pick up delegates in Middelburg. Participants not going on the KNP trip will naturally be taken back to Pretoria in the late afternoon.
DAY 1 : Friday, 23 October
Delegates or companions not booked onto the technical tour to Middelburg, will be collected from their Pretoria hotels after breakfast. We visit a nearby mall to spend some time shopping before continuing out towards the Eastern Highlands. The Ridge Casino is the meeting point en route where we meet up with fellow delegates from the day’s technical tour in late afternoon.
During the first day of travel, we skirt the edges of South Africa’s underground treasure chest. Witbank is the gateway to the huge coalfields that form the backbone of SA’s power generation industry. We also travel along the perimeter of the fabulously rich Bushveld Igneous Complex, the largest known layered igneous complex in the world, containing vast resources of platinum, chrome, vanadium, titanium, palladium, nickel, copper, iron and other minerals.
Overnight: a lodge in the Lydenburg area. Dinner is provided at the lodge – but lunch en route on day 1 is at own cost.
DAY 2 : Saturday, 24 October
An early start visiting scenic stops on the Panorama Route: Blyde River Canyon, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God’s Window and the Berlin Falls en route to the Kruger Park. Lunch will be enjoyed on the way.
Arriving in Kruger after lunch (own cost), we spend the afternoon exploring the southern regions of the park, seeking, amongst others, the “Big-5” (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo), but also enjoying the myriad of wildlife in the world’s most famous game reserve. The Park is a haven for bird watchers and during October when migrants are in the Park, the species list tops 500.
Overnight: We overnight in chalets or air conditioned safari tents at one of the Park’s restcamps (Satara, Letaba or Olifants camps – subject to availability) and enjoy a traditional braai (barbecue) dinner prepared by the guide.
DAY 3 : Sunday, 25 October
Another early start for some further game viewing in the southern region of the Park. This region covers a wide range of habitats and there are excellent opportunities for exciting sightings. We meander along the Crocodile River and explore the thickets around the Sabie River in our own vehicle.
As the sun starts its descent over the western horizon, we head for our overnight lodgings, either at Lower Sabie or Pretoriuskop (or at Numbi gate, where we stay at Nkambeni Tented Lodge, a safari lodge located just inside the borders of Kruger).
A morning game walk or evening game drive (when the restcamp gates are usually closed) in the Park’s open vehicles are optional activities at own cost.
DAY 4 : Monday, 26 October
Another early start allows for further game viewing in the Park, before leaving at lunchtime. After enjoying lunch at Malelane, we return to Pretoria via Nelspruit, arriving in Pretoria in the early evening.
Included in the cost are: three breakfasts, one lunch, three evening meals, three nights accommodation, transport, game viewing in own vehicle with guide/driver.
