Kruger National Park Tours & Safaris , Bananien Lodge , Sabie [Saturday, June 27, 2009]
Our guide is THETA (Tourism, Hospitality Education Training Authority)
accredited, registered tourist guide and will accompany each tour group.
Our guide are highly qualified and experienced in both guiding and managing of tours and carry a relevant PDP (Public Drivers Permit).
All travel will take place in a luxury 8 seater air-conditioned Kombi which carry a Certificate of Fitness and Road Transport permit.
Package tours can be arranged from OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg International Airport and KMIA Airport (Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport) close to Nelspruit Capital of Mpumalanga.
Bananien Lodge will be the base from which all tours will commence
TOURS AND ACCOMMODATION PACKAGES:
1. KNP & Panorama 2 day tour:
2. KNP & Panorama 3 day tour:
- 1 day – Endangered Wildlife Tour or Educational Tour or
- Visit to Sudwala Caves and Dinosaur Park and Rochers
- Wineries or the Sabie or Nelspruit area.
1. KRUGER NATIONAL PARK – ONE DAY TOURS
Come with us on our specialist tours to the world famous Kruger National Park, unrivalled in it’s variety of wildlife. Transfers can be arranged from
any hotel, lodge or guest houses in the area.
Excludes meals, beverages and conservation fees
2. PANORAMA ROUTE
- The Pinnacle and Waterfall with Lowveld view
- God’s Window & Lychgate Rock
- View site at the Blyde Canyon
3. ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TOURS
- Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre
Visit the largest animal rehabilitation centre in South Africa.
Long term effects of their injuries are kept on the premises and used in educational tours. See and touch animals such as lion, leopard, serval, honey badger, eagles, owls and baby animals – or have a vulture on your hand! However, some of the species which have been rehabilitated but due to long term effects of their injuries are kept on the premises and used in educational tours. Once healthy enough they are re-introduced into their natural environment.
- Kapama Cheetah Breeding & Research Centre
Viewing more than 60 hand-reared cheetahs at this breeding project and where an unique research on endangered species such as wild dogs and the rare Barbary lion are being conducted and the progress of the project is presented.
4. CULTURAL TOURS
Share a meal with the Shangaan family in the village as the sun sets over the mountains, guests are led by a guide through the bush towards the great Kraal of Chief Soshangana. As they approach, the beating of drums grows louder and warriors usher them through a passage of stone towers and flaming torches. In the festival, choirs, actors and dances gather to tell the story of the Sangaan people in a spectacular and moving experience.
- Swazi Cultural Village – Located at Sudwala Caves
The village have a live three meter long crocodile and a Pygmy Hippo on display and authentically built huts of the indigenous South African tribes such as Swazi, Ndebele, Pedi, Zulu, Tsonga/Shangaan tribes
5. LOWVELD – ONE DAY TOURS
Forest Industry Museum
St Peter’s Church
Cork Oaks
Post Office – Ceramic Tile Panels
Jock of the Bushveld waymarker
Old Hitching Rail
Huntington Home (Founder of Sabie) – Lord Milner was a distinguished guest at Huntington
Ceylon House
Bridal Veil Falls
Lone Creek Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Sudwala Caves and visit the Dinosaur Park
Rotches Orange Winery
Riverside Mall
3. EDUCATIONAL TOURS
- Lowveld Botanical Gardens
Included: