Luxury Big Five Escape ( 5 Days) LBF001

The Waterberg Biosphere| Limpopo| South Africa| Africa

Overview

Introduction

This 5-day tour starts with a Big 5 safari destination, the Waterberg Biosphere, a region of outstanding scenic beauty, an African Eden, and one of the few UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserves on the planet. With 8 excursions, 11 meals with gratuities and guided game drives among the benefits included.

The Adventure Experience Series is just that – adventure, exactly as it should be experienced. Decades in the making, this experience will delight your senses and excite your soul with the destination’s vibrance, its flavour, its people, its culture and history, as well as its unique flora and fauna. When you think of adventure, this experience is what you will remember for a lifetime.

Accommodation

4 Nights Royal Morubisi

Kaingo Game Reserve is a destination of outstanding scenic beauty, an African Eden, situated in the Waterberg, 2.5 hours from Johannesburg, Kaingo Game Reserve is the malaria-free, safari holiday you’...

Itinerary

Day 1

DAY 1 Your tour representative will meet you upon your arrival at Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport and take you 3 hours away to the malaria-free, Big 5, Kaingo Game Reserve. It is situated in the Waterberg Region which is one of the few UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserves on the planet and is the only savanna biosphere reserve in the world. On arrival, cocktails and snacks await at this traditional safari lodge, built from natural stone with thatch roofs, and with an olde worlde-Africa atmosphere. After settling in, enjoy a sunset game drive to experience first-hand the twilight beauty of the African bush and her wild creatures. Then it’s back to the lodge for dinner accompanied by the unparalleled orchestra and chorus of the wild African night, making your first night in the bush unforgettable.
Overnight: Royal Morubisi 5* or similar

Activities and Services

Optional

Day 2

DAY 2 Rising before dawn is a necessity if you want to see wildlife as they are most active in the cool early mornings or late afternoons. Strong coffee and one of South Africa’s iconic snacks, homemade rusks, will be served to see you through your game drive to brunch. After brunch each day, you are free to laze around, go swimming, or take a nap. Or reserve one of the recommended activities. High Tea is followed by the sunset game drive; once you’re back at the lodge, you will be treated to a delicious dinner.
Overnight: Royal Morubisi or similar

Activities and Services

Recommended

Day 3

DAY 3 The iconic and most dangerous wild animals of Africa – lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard – are at home in malaria-free Kaingo Game Reserve, but so too are over 50 other mammal species and over 350 different types of birds. Also, Royal Morubisi is just 55km from the centre of the Waterberg Region and has the mighty Mokolo River weaving through its breath taking landscapes. Your daily sunrise and sunset game drives are the best way to experience the reserve's spectacular scenery and extraordinary wildlife. Each game drive is unique and unpredictable. Sunset game drives include stopping for "Sundowners" as the sun sets, and serves as an apertif before dinner. Under the Southern night sky awash with stars and glimmering constellations not seen in the Northern Hemisphere, dinner (maybe in the boma, maybe in the bush, and maybe with your fish on the grill) will be a truly memorable experience.
Overnight: Royal Morubisi 5* or similar

Activities and Services

Recommended

Day 4

DAY 4 Your daily sunrise and sunset game drives are the best way to experience the reserve's spectacular scenery and extraordinary wildlife. Each game drive is unique and unpredictable. Sunset game drives include stopping for "Sundowners" as the sun sets, and serves as an apertif before dinner. Under the Southern night sky awash with stars and glimmering constellations not seen in the Northern Hemisphere, dinner (maybe in the boma, maybe in the bush, and maybe with your fish on the grill) will be a truly memorable experience.
Overnight: Royal Morubisi 5* or similar

Activities and Services

Recommended

Day 5

DAY 5 Depending on your schedule, your final morning at Kaingo Game Reseve provides you an opportunity for one more wild encounter in your last sunrise game drive. Savour the moment with coffee and muffins as the animals and birds welcome the new day. Enjoy a healthy and filling breakfast at the lodge before your transfer to O R Tambo International Airport. There, check-in for your flight home or onward to another adventure on your vacation.

Activities and Services

Terms and Conditions

Inclusions

  • 4 nights accommodation
  • 8 excursions, includes 8 game drives with experienced guides - 4 sunrise, 4 sunset and 
  • 11 meals and the gratuities - 4 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 4 dinners 
  • Bottled water provided daily in your room
  • Guided game drives in an open 9-seat off-road vehicle
  • Standard transfers from and to airports, accommodations and activities as outlined in detailed itinerary
  • Transport in an air-conditioned luxury vehicle and bottled water provided daily in your vehicle
  • Dedicated, friendly and knowledgeable driver and local guide

Exclusions

Unless otherwise specified

  • Local conservation fees to be paid at safari check-out
    All flights, related costs and taxes (international and local)
  • All meals and beverages (bottled water, coffee, tea, soda, specialty beverages and alcohol)
  • Visa and passport fees
  • Porterage and tipping
  • Trip insurance and items of a personal nature
  • Cost of spa treatments