Day 1 - Welcome to Cape Town

You arrive at Cape Town International Airport and are greeted by one of our local guides. As you travel into the city, you fall under the watchful eye of Table Mountain and can look across Table Bay to Robben Island and beyond. Your time in Cape Town can be totally customized to your wishes - wherever you want to go, your guide will take you there (Any/all entrance fees are already included in your cost; Evenings excluded). Depending on your arrival time, your guide will be most happy to commence your exploration this afternoon should you wish.

Main Destination: Cape Town (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Day 2 - Cape Town - “History & Heroes” city walk, Table Mountain & Robben Island

Today we show off our fair city with an insightful and enjoyable walk through the city’s historical heart followed by the dramatic ascension by cable car of Table Mountain. (Cableway closed for two-week annual maintenance in late-July to early-August). This is followed by a trip to Robben Island, which departs from the V&A Waterfront. For nearly 400 years, Robben Island was a place of exile and imprisonment for those regarded as outcasts and troublemakers – the most famous being Nelson Mandela who spent 18 years of his life here. The 3½ hour tour includes a return ferry trip across Table Bay, a visit to the Maximum Security Prison, interaction with an ex-political prisoner and a 45-minute guided bus tour of the island. Your return to the V&A Waterfront affords an opportunity for some quality souvenir shopping and fine dining.
This is just our suggested itinerary for the day and it can be customized to your wishes.

Main Destination: Table Mountain (Cape Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3 - Cape Town - Cape Peninsula, Cape Point & the Cape of Good Hop

A relaxing day awaits you today on a meander around the scenic Cape Peninsula with our Compass Odyssey guide. Leaving the city behind, you first visit the eclectic fishing village of Kalk Bay and the historical naval town of Simon’s Town and its resident colony of African penguins at nearby Boulder's Beach. You then venture further south to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where the many legends and shipwreck stories that abound at the “Cape of Storms” are brought to life. After visiting both Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope, you travel back to the city via the Atlantic coastline and the dramatic and picturesque Chapman’s Peak Drive.
This is just our suggested itinerary for the day and it can be customized to your wishes.

Main Destination: Boulder's Beach (Penguins)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4 - Cape Town - Cape Winelands

South Africa’s celebrated Cape Winelands region is not just internationally famous for its exquisite wines, but is also highly valued for its extraordinary beauty and diversity. Set in soaring mountains and sweeping valleys amidst the carefully preserved, natural bounty of the Cape Floral Kingdom, the Cape’s vineyards are rich in fascinating tradition, history and unique Cape-Dutch architecture, as well as exceptional wines and cuisine. Today offers a meaningful and inspirational visit to a number of vineyards, allowing you to enjoy the fine wine and good food on offer with the peace of mind that our hosts are committed to both the environmental and social welfare of this scenic and historical region.
Should the theme of this day not be of interest, you may prefer instead to visit the world-renowned Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden and/or the many museums within the city, or go on a shark dive (additional expense), or travel south to the scenic whale-watching region around Hermanus.

Main Destination: Cape Winelands (Winelands)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5 - Greater Kruger - Private Wildlife Reserve

Our guide now returns you to Cape Town Airport for your flight to South Africa’s wildlife-rich Lowveld, where you are met by one our local drivers and transferred to the Greater Kruger from where you embark on your first game drive on the way to your lodge in Maseke Game Reserve. This afternoon and over the next two days, you can anticipate quality wildlife viewing within this “Big Five” reserve adjoining Kruger National Park.
With the Olifants River running along its southern border, Maseke Game Reserve is an interesting region to explore thanks to the many rocky outcrops that characterise the terrain. These outcrops are ideal lairs for leopards and great look-out points for lions. While it provides regular sightings of the “Big Five”- buffalo, elephant, rhino, lion and leopard – Maseke G.R. is bordered by more developed and better known private reserves, hence there is a relative lack of visitors and often guests will be the only vehicle at a sighting.

Main Destination: Greater Kruger

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 6&7 - Greater Kruger - Private Wildlife Reserve

Located within a wildlife-rich area of the Maseke Game Reserve and owner-managed by Bruce and Judy Meeser, nDzuti Safari Camp is a traditional safari outfit that sits at the foot of one of Maseke’s renowned koppies (rocky outcrops). Your luxury en-suite safari tent overlooks the camp’s busy waterhole and is erected on a solid base complete with doors and curtains. A shaded patio with comfortable chairs leads into a surprisingly spacious bedroom with a fan, bedside tables and lamps, and a small book shelf or a writer’s desk. An interior door leads to the bathroom with a large walk-in shower, his and hers basins and a separate toilet cubicle. The twin ¾ beds can be made into a king.

Guests are encouraged to feel at home while staying at nDzuti Safari Camp and schedules can be arranged to suit your needs and preferences. Game drives and bush walks are offered – the latter enables guests to experience the smaller intricacies of nature that aren’t always noticeable from a vehicle.

Main Destination: Greater Kruger

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 8 - Johannesburg

This morning offers a final game drive and scrumptious brunch before your collection by a driver and return to the airport for your flight to Johannesburg. Our local guide, greets you as you enter the arrivals area and transports you to your booked accomodation. 
 

Main Destination: Johannesburg (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 9 - Pretoria & the Cradle of Humankind

Our local guide takes you north of the city for your exploration today. You first venture to the national’s capital, Pretoria and visit the imposing Voortrekker Monument and the Union Buildings. You then travel to the Cradle of Humankind, one of eight World Heritage Sites in South Africa and widely recognised as the place from which all of humankind originated. Here you visit the fascinating Maropeng Visitor Centre where the award-winning interactive displays bring humankind’s history alive. You can also venture underground to explore the Sterkfontein Caves with a specialist guide and (time permitting) take a ride up the “Harties” cableway for a sweeping view of this ancient land.

Main Destination: Pretoria (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 10 - Johannesburg - Soweto & the Apartheid Museum; Farewell

Today is a fascinating, informative and inspiring cross-cultural voyage of discovery into the many facets of South African society. Accompanied by our guide, you first visit the Apartheid Museum for a fascinating audio-visual experience depicting South Africa’s “long walk to freedom” (the title of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography) from apartheid. This is followed by a visit to the famous, sprawling township of Soweto where you are also accompanied by a local Sowetan guide. You visit Nelson Mandela's former home (the Mandela Museum), the Hector Pieterson memorial and nearby Vilikazai Street (famous for being the location of two Nobel Peace laureates - Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu), as well as 'Millionaires Row' and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (one of the world’s largest with almost 3000 beds). Towards the end of the day you depart Soweto and we say Hamba kahle (“Goodbye and go well” in isiZulu) as our local guide returns you to the airport for an evening flight departure.

Main Destination: Soweto (Johannesburg)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included