Kalahari Safari


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6 days, 5 nights

Day 1: Arrive at Kimberley Airport

Tour of the Big Hole (Kimberley Mine) & Village Museum

  • Home of the diamond mines and De Beers

Check in at 4-star Hotel – dinner & overnight

Day 2: Breakfast

Travel to Witsand Nature Reserve

  • White sand dunes accumulated and retained by a water-filled quartzite basin
  • Home of the Roaring Dunes
  • Unlimited walks, bird hide, dinner around the campfire

Overnight in chalets

Day 3: Breakfast

Depart for Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
This route is famous for the regular sightings of Pygmy Falcon, occupying the nests of the sociable weavers
Wine tasting at Grootdrink Wine Cellar

  • Orange River Wine Cellars – one of the largest cooperative wine cellars in the world

Lunch at Kalahari Guestfarm

Late afternoon game drive in Kgalagadi

  • Transfrontier Park of 3.7 million hectares of unspoilt red sand dunes, waving bushman grass, camelthorn trees and desert-adapted wildlife
  • famous for sightings of the black-maned Kalahari lions, leopard, cheetah, herds of springbok, wildebeest and oryx (gemsbok)
  • due to abundance of smaller mammals and rodents, Kgalagadi is a paradise for raptors, such as Pale Chanting Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon, Lanner Falcon (preying on the sandgrouse at the waterholes), Tawny Eagle, Bateleur, Martial Eagle, Lappetfaced Vulture, Whitebacked Vulture, Spotted and Giant Eagle Owl, and much more

Dinner

Overnight in en-suite chalets

Day 4: Early morning game drive, after coffee and “beskuit”

Picnic brunch
Continue game drive
Sunset drive on open-top vehicle
Dinner and overnight

Day 5: Early morning game drive, after coffee and “beskuit”

Picnic brunch
Continue game drive
Dinner around the campfire (“braai”)
Overnight in en-suite chalets

Day 6: Breakfast

Depart for Upington Airport for flights to Johannesburg or Cape Town

Tour includes:

  • Travel by Minibus or Luxury 4x4
  • Accommodation as specified, on a D,B&B basis
  • Guiding and entrance fees & activities as specified

Excluded:

  • Meals not specified – fully licensed restaurants available
  • Items of personal nature & personal travel insurance

Tour price: on request, based on accommodation availability

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