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| Day 01 |
Depart New York or Washington for your flight to Cape Town via Johannesburg. |
| Day 02 |
Upon arrival at Cape Town Airport you will be met by a LION WORLD TOURS representative and transferred to your hotel.
Accommodation: The Commodore Hotel
The Commodore Hotel is a 4 star hotel situated in the heart of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town’s center of activity, with a variety of stores, restaurants and bars. The hotel offers superb service and excellent cuisine in a secure, friendly environment and most rooms have wonderful views of Table Mountain, Table Bay and Signal Hill. The Clipper Restaurant offers superb dining in a tranquil setting, from a mouth-watering buffet breakfast to a diverse A la Carte menu and exquisite desserts. Alternatively, relax to the nostalgic melodies played by the piano man over a light meal or high tea at The Admiralty Lounge.
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| Day 03 |
After breakfast at the hotel you will take part in a Full day Cape Peninsula tour.
The tour starts with a drive along the Atlantic Ocean en route to Hout Bay. Once a fishing community, now it is one of the most popular residential areas.
You have the choice to join the M.V. Circe for a half hour cruise to the "Seal Island" or for the less adventurous the possibility of a stroll through the fish market at the "Mariners Wharf". The tour continues to the Indian Ocean to Fishhoek for lunch. After lunch, the tour will take you for a visit of the Jackass Penguins at Boulders Beach near Simonstown. Then to the Cape of Good Hope Reserve & the Cape Point, said to be the romantic meeting place of the Indian & the Atlantic Oceans. Accommodation: The Commodore Hotel (B)
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| Day 04 |
After breakfast at the hotel you will take part in the Robben Island Tour. For nearly 400 years, Robben Island, 12 kilometers from Cape Town, was a place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment. It was here that rulers sent those they regarded as political troublemakers, social outcasts and the unwanted of society. During the apartheid years Robben Island became internationally known for its institutional brutality. The duty of those who ran the Island and its prison was to isolate opponents of apartheid and to crush their morale. Some freedom fighters spent more than a quarter of a century in prison for their beliefs. Those imprisoned on the Island succeeded on a psychological and political level in turning a prison 'hell-hole' into a symbol of freedom and personal
liberation. Robben Island came to symbolize, not only for South Africa and the African continent, but also for the entire world, the triumph of the human spirit over enormous hardship and adversity . Today, you will be escorted around the island by an ex-political prisoner, and given insight into the past and how the human spirit triumphs. Accommodation: The Commodore Hotel (B)
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| Day 05 |
Breakfast will be served at your hotel. Day at leisure to perhaps explore Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront with its array of wonderful shops, restaurants and bars.
Accommodation: The Commodore Hotel (B)
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| Day 06 |
After breakfast you will be transferred to Cape Town Airport for your Flight to Johannesburg. Upon arrival at Johannesburg Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Accommodation: The Centurion Lake Hotel (B)
The Centurion Lake Hotel is the perfect place to mix business with pleasure. It's convenient location between Johannesburg and Pretoria, in close proximity to all major traffic routes Our 160 rooms are contiguous to the lake and open up onto the most arresting views. All rooms are decorated in our unique cricket theme and have individual air conditioning, television, tea/coffee making facilities, bathroom with bath, shower and toilet, direct dial phones, electric razor plug. TV channels include DSTV and Maginet. It's the unequalled service and tranquil setting on the waters of Centurion Lake that keep guests coming back regularly.
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| Day 07 |
After breakfast at the hotel you will take part in a Morning Soweto City Tour. This morning we travel to Soweto (SOuth WEstern TOwnship), largest black residential area in South Africa; we see a fascinating contrast to Sandton and Rosebank in the northeast. This “city within a city” consists of 50 suburbs and essentially acts as a labour reservoir for the greater metropolitan area of the Witwatersrand. In many ways, the story of Soweto is the story of South Africa. Our tour includes all the major points of interest, such as Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Baragwanath taxi rank, Freedom Square, Hector Pietersen Memorial and Nelson Mandela’s former home. Lunch today will be at Wandies Restaurant in Soweto.
Accommodation: The Centurion Lake Hotel (B, L)
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| Day 08 |
After breakfast at hotel you will be transferred from the hotel to Bakubung via Lesedi Cultural Village including Show and Traditional Lunch.
Lesedi is a multi-cultural African village, set amongst the pristine Bushveld and rocky hills less than an hour’s drive from the city of Johannesburg.
The village consists of a number of different homesteads or traditional villages: the Xhosa, with their beautiful thatched homes and red blankets; the Zulu with their fighting sticks and cozy beehive huts; the Pedi, with their courtyards and rhythmic drums; and the conical straw hats and sturdy mountain ponies of the Basotho. Guests experience a traditional welcome upon arrival, guided cultural walkabout through two of the four homesteads, traditional song and dance and traditional lunch.
Accommodation: Bakubung Bush Lodge (B, L, D)
A mere two hours drive north of Johannesburg and Pretoria and you'll find yourself in the tranquil heart of the bush. Pilanesberg National Park is home to the gargantuan shapes of Africa's giants - elephants, rhino and buffalo. If you're fortunate, you may catch a glimpse of the stealthy leopard or lion, stately king of the bush. Wild country indeed, but without the risk of malaria.
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| Day 09 |
Early this morning you will take part in a Game Drive. Upon returning from your game viewing enjoy breakfast at the lodge. The afternoon is at your leisure at poolside or just to relax. Today you will have the option of visiting nearby Sun City.
Sun City was built in 1978 and is a popular tourist destination in Southern Africa. Guests will have the whole day at leisure. There is a huge range of sporting and leisure facilities at Sun City- floodlit
Tennis courts, horse riding, nature trails, lawn bowls as well as jet-skiing, parasailing, windsurfing, water-skiing, and sunset cruising at Waterworld. The Valley of the Waves offers an astonishing selection of activities, from surfing on two metre high waves to the relaxing lazy river ride.
Sun City is also home to one of the largest casinos on the Southern Hemisphere, offering the thrill of roulette, blackjack, punto banco and craps. The action never stops at Sun City-glamorous dancers,
thrilling novelty acts and baffling displays of Magic and illusion in the Sun City Theatre. Chose form a great selection of shops offering curios, clothing, jewellery, souvenirs and mementoes .
Gary Player has designed two 18-hole championship golf courses at Sun City to challenge all types of golfer from keen novice to skilled professional. These golf courses offer the opportunity to savour the sights, sounds and smells of AFRICA!!!
This evening you will go on a second Game Drive followed by dinner at the lodge.
Accommodation: Bakubung Bush Lodge (B, D)
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| Day 10 |
Breakfast will be at the lodge this morning. Bid farewell to South Africa as you head back to Johannesburg. Depart to Johannesburg International Airport for your international flight to Washington. (B)
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| Day 11 |
Arrive in New York or Washington with a lifetime of memories! |
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