From CAD 6,164 Was CAD 6,725
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Group Tour
Easy
Rating
(10 reviews)
Experience Overview
Bush, beach, and two vibrant cities—capture the essence of South Africa on this culmination of a Cape Town to Kruger experience, including Johannesburg, the 'City of Gold'.
Highlights
Dining Summary
- 5 Dinner (D)
- 9 Breakfast (B)
- 1 Be My Guest (BMG)
- 3 Lunch (L)
Be My Guest
- Hermanus: Join a local Hermanus business owner for a traditional braai (barbecue) and some of his homemade wine against a clifftop backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean.
Dive into Culture
- Learn to track animals on an African bush walk with a Local Specialist. You’ll uncover the secrets of medicinal plants, identify animals from just their tracks and spot birds, insects and small animals in their natural habitat. This is your chance to connect with nature like never before and leave with stories –and skills–that will stay with you forever.
- Johannesburg: Learn about South Africa's turbulent past on an interactive Johannesburg and Soweto Freedom tour.
Iconic Experience
- Cape Town: Spend the day discovering the wonderful views of Table Mountain.
- Cape Town: Take in the landmarks of Cape Town during a city tour with your Travel Director. See the Company Gardens, Bo-Kaap and the Castle of Good Hope.
- Cape Peninsula: Discover the incredible views of the Twelve Apostles.
- Cape Town: Spend the day surrounded by penguins on Boulders Beach.
- Franschhoek: Take in the spectacular wine valleys of Franschhoek.
- Hoedspruit: Have your camera ready to capture the beautiful scenery and fascinating wildlife on your Reserve Tour with a Shangaan tracker-guide.
- Karongwe Portfolio: Spend the day marveling at Africa's iconic wildlife on your Karongwe Private Reserve Visit.
- Johannesburg: Spend the day seeing the iconic sight of Mandela's house on your Johannesburg City Tour.
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®
- Hoedspruit: Meet the Shangaan people and learn about their way of life through music, dance and daily traditions. Watch a performance celebrating the heritage of the San, Shona, Venda, Tswana, Zulu and Shangaan communities. Try your hand at grinding maize or building huts, and learn how architecture, agriculture and family customs shape daily life, before sharing a traditional meal with the community. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Must-see Highlights
- Explore Cape Town and Johannesburg
- Visit Table Mountain by cable car (weather permitting) and Bo-Kaap in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Franschhoek, Hermanus, the Karongwe Private Game Reserve, the Constitutional Hill, Mandela House Museum and the Regina Mundi Church in Johannesburg
- View Boulders Beach Penguin Colony and Soweto's Mandela House
Trafalgar Difference
- Hoedspruit: Your stay in Karongwe Private Game Reserve contributes to the area's environmental sustainability and community development.
Trip Details
Product Code: 35361
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: Deluxe
Transport: Private
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Family, 55+
Supplier Code: 380.1046B
Starts: Cape Town, South Africa
Finishes: Johannesburg, South Africa
Duration: 10 days
Departures: Guaranteed
Physical rating:
Easy
Includes
Whats Included
- All transport and transfers shown
- An expert Travel Director and professional Driver
- Cherry-picked hotels and safari lodges, all tried and trusted
- All porterage and restaurant gratuities
- All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
- Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals
- Air-conditioned coach or Quantum bus
- Must-see sightseeing
- Optional Experiences and free time
- On occasion, hotels of similar standard and location may be utilized.
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD 6164 (CAD 616 /day)
Itinerary
South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ and her iconic Table Mountain extend a warm welcome as you embark on a small group journey that will reveal the highlights of South Africa. Spend the day delving into Cape Town’s cosmopolitan surrounds before joining your fellow travelers and Travel Director for a dinner.
Accommodation: Southern Sun The Cullinan
Meals: Dinner
This morning, we encounter Table Mountain first-hand, ascending via aerial cableway to its vast flat top – a rocky wonderland of rich Cape fynbos and curious dassies (hyraxes). Peer over the bustling City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard keeping a keen eye out for the landmarks your Travel Director will show you during this morning's city tour, including Company Gardens, Bo-Kaap and the Castle of Good Hope. The rest of the day is yours to explore Cape Town at leisure. Ramble up Bree Street to sample the city’s vibrant coffee culture or take a stroll along the Sea Point promenade with the fellow outdoor enthusiasts. Consider joining our Optional Experience to explore infamous Robben Island, with your guide revealing its turbulent past and the cell where Nelson Mandela spent the majority of his prison term.
Accommodation: Southern Sun The Cullinan
Meals: Breakfast
Circumnavigate the Cape Peninsula, from trendy Camps Bay to Cape Point and back. The crashing waves of the Atlantic to your right, the rocky 12 Apostles to your left, wind your way along one of the world’s most magnificent coastal roads towards the outcrop that is Africa’s most extreme south-western tip. Say a quiet hello to the shy penguins of Boulders Beach, see the Cape of Good Hope and travel through charming coastal towns along the way.
Accommodation: Southern Sun The Cullinan
Meals: Breakfast
Venture to the town of Franschhoek and see during your orientation why it is proclaimed as one of the most beautiful wine valleys in the world. Take the scenic Franschhoek Pass to the coastal town of Hermanus for your Be My Guest experience. Connect With Locals when you meet local business owner Stefan, who will treat you to a delicious traditional braai (barbecue) featuring deliciacies such as boerewors, pap and melktert. Over a glass of his homemade wine he’ll share stories of his life in South Africa’s whale watching capital. Return to Cape Town via a scenic driving route, arriving in the late afternoon. Enjoy your evening at leisure.
Accommodation: Southern Sun The Cullinan
Meals: Breakfast, Be My Guest
This morning, you’ll bid farewell to the Mother City and fly to Hoedspruit, where a private game reserve near Kruger National Park awaits. Begin your time in the South African bushveld with a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at a Shangaan village, learning about their traditions, customs, and way of life. Later, settle into Shiduli Private Game Lodge, a Stays with Stories accommodation and your home in the bush for the next three nights.
Accommodation: Shiduli Private Game Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Your adventure begins with an early morning game drive through Karongwe Private Reserve with a Local Specialist game ranger and Shangaan tracker-guide. As the sun rises, you’ll see the bush come alive with the sights and sounds of awakening birds and insects, creating the perfect backdrop for your search for the Big 5. After lunch, join a local ranger for a hands-on bush walk, where you’ll learn how to track animals and uncover the hidden stories of the African bush, before heading out on an afternoon game drive.
Accommodation: Shiduli Private Game Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today enjoy another full day of game drives through Karongwe Private Reserve. Continue to scour the dense brush with your Local Specialist for incredible encounters with Africa’s iconic wildlife. End the day with a traditional sundowner drink overlooking the Game Reserve, keeping your eyes peeled for signs of wildlife that emerge from their cover of darkness.
Accommodation: Shiduli Private Game Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
This morning have your camera's ready for the last of your game drives before your flight to Johannesburg. Check into your hotel in the heart of Sandton that's well located for exploring the nearby restaurants and shopping during your free evening.
Accommodation: The Maslow
Meals: Breakfast
Unlock the secrets of the 'city of gold' on a full-day tour. Dive Into Culture during a visit to the Constitutional Hill, Mandela House Museum and the Regina Mundi Church, which chronicles South Africa's tumultuous Apartheid years.
Accommodation: The Maslow
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Our epic encounter with South Africa’s iconic sites comes to an end today. Transfer to Johannesburg International Airport for your onward flight.
Meals: Breakfast
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Tour Operator
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Reviews
Linda Moore - Traveled, March 2019
It was magical, a life changing experience. Your customer service was great, providing tour guides, transportation, the best hotels. For everything I received, the cost, the hotels, staff was just great.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/25/2019
Craig Chananie - Traveled, March 2019
Trafalgar was on top of it all, from arrival to departure even the tour guide called to check in on us one day in Capetown when we decided not to go on an excursion. You may want to check out other excursions in Capetown and Johannesburg.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/30/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2019
Trafalgar did a very good job for giving us a luxury vacation. We always felt safe and taken care of. All of the guides were friendly and fun!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/29/2019
John Robinson - Traveled, March 2019
Essence of South Africa. The travel directors were very knowledgeable and hospitable. The staff at all of the hotels were friendly and helpful. The Safari was awesome-easily 5 stars! However, the Cape Town and Johannesburg itineraries were somewhat lacking. All in all we enjoyed Cape Town, but there was almost too much free time when I believe there was lots more to see and do. Surprisingly there were no excursions (I.e., Robben Island, shark cage diving, etc.). The coast tour was great, as was the visit to Cape Point and Boulder Beach, and the winery meal was wonderful. More time in Stellenbosch would have been nice. Lots of shopping to squeeze into an hour. As for a Johannesburg, I understand the tour must end there since all flights seem to go out of there. However, while the Road to Freedom tour was very interesting, there was very little to see and do in Johannesburg other than that tour. The city itself is too dangerous for tourists to even go into. Anything following the Safari would be a let down, but finishing the tour in Johannesburg kind of ends it all on a down note. Not sure how they can address that, though.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/28/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2019
Good itinerary covering the expected places. Helpful & knowledgeable concierge. Have provided comments under service experience.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/27/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2019
Arrangements worked like a well-oiled clock. Guides and drivers were great. Experience at Cape Town was great, private safari park very good as a resort, however numbers of game animals few. Think we would benefit from an extra day in Johannesburg - Soweto experience a real plus.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/26/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2019
All staff were polite, pleasant, punctual and knowledgeable. Itinerary was excellent, however there was a clash with a public holiday in Johannesburg resulting in missing a museum. Coaches were good size for the number of participants. Hotels in Cape Town and Becks Safari Lodge were excellent. Our room in the hotel in Johannesburg was not clean and had an odd placement of the shower - and was not of the same standard as the first two.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/05/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2019
Amazing trip! The hotels were very nice, the safari experience was amazing. Tour guides were super nice and informative. Restaurants were so so, especially since I'm very picky about having good food. I really didn't care about Johannesburg at all since there was not much to see, so for that I think its a waste of time and money for to go there, but the only thing that made nice was meeting our smiley face tour guide Patricia. Over all South Africa has been my number one trip and best experience of my life. It was worth every penny.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/06/2019
Eric Dsouza - Traveled, April 2019
Excellent tour, well chosen itinerary and African safari was beyond expectation. Very good service, value for money, good hotels and all the staff through the tour were very courteous. Very well informed tour guides. Excellent tour. Anything more would be waste of money.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/06/2019
Kathleen Havers - Traveled, March 2025
Overall this was an excellent tour. The Cape Town section was great with a wide variety of sites to visit. The lunch at Penguino in Hermanus was delicious and hilarious. The Cullinan Hotel was very good and we appreciated the visit to the District Six museum - an eye opener. However, the transition to Hoedspruit was poor - we were not given our flight times, the flight was delayed for 5 hours, there was no direct communication with Trafalgar. That was redeemed at the Karongwe game reserve - great game viewing (Big 5 + cheetahs in 2 days) with skilled rangers and simple, comfortable accommodation. The food was good except, surprisingly, the meat was tough. The staff there were very courteous and friendly. The brief visit to Johannesburg was very good: the guided tours to the Old Fort Prison and new Constitutional Court and to Regina Mundi church and other sites in Soweto were really great. As former South Africans, we thought this tour gave all of us an excellent, short overview of the Cape, the Bush and Johannesburg. And we appreciated the personalized attention to detail from Trafalgar s guides.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/08/2025
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