What it is

Guinjata / Rhino Post wildlife safari combination:
Diving Mozambique / Safari in Kruger
Accommodation: Basic dive lodge & 3 star in Kruger
Duration: 13 days
Full week at Guinjata Bay Resort with a safari add-on.

Itinerary

Day 01:

Arrive Johannesburg International, own arrangements. On arrival you will board the City Lodge Shuttle bus for the short transfer to the City Lodge. Overnight at the Johannesburg International City Lodge on a bed and breakfast basis. www.citylodge.co.za and click on the Johannesburg International City Lodge.

Day 02:

After an early breakfast you will again board the City Lodge Shuttle for the return transfer to the International Departures Hall where you will check in for the 08h40 flight to Maputo. On arrival in Maputo at 09h40 you will board the 11h15 domestic flight to Inhambane. On arrival in Inhanbane you will be met by the staff of Guinjata Bay Resort for the 1 hour road transfer through coastal dune forest and coconut palms to Guinjata Bay Resort. Rest of the afternoon free to explore your new surroundings. Overnight at Guinjata Bay Resort on a fully inclusive basis (All meals) www.guinjata.com

Day's 03 to 08:

2 dive per day on the beautiful and unspoilt reefs off the coast of Mozambique. You first dive is always scheduled for a far out reef such as Manta Reef, Green Tree or Island Rock with the second dive of the day being on one of the closer "house" reefs. Overnight at Guinjata Bay Resort on a fully inclusive basis (All meals)

Day 09:

After breakfast Guinjata Bay Resort will transfer you back to Inhambane Airport where you will board the 13h00 one hour flight to Maputo. At 17h30 you will board the flight to Johannesburg International. On arrival at Johannesburg International you will again catch the City Lodge Shuttle for the short transfer to the City Lodge. Overnight at the Johannesburg International City Lodge on a bed and breakfast basis.

Day 10:

After a bit of a sleep-in and breakfast you will catch the shuttle to the domestic departures hall of Johannesburg International Airport where you will board Airlinks flight SA 8124 at 10h10 for the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP). On arrival at Kruger Mpumalanga International you will be met by Dive The Big 5 for the 2 hour road transfer, most of it through the Kruger National Park, to Rhino Post. Rhino Post and Plains Camp is situated on a 12 000 hectare private concession in the world famous Kruger National Park. Plains Camp consists of 4 luxury en suite tents and most of your game viewing is done on foot with your armed ranger and tracker. However after the afternoon walk, just before sunset, you will meet the open 4x4 Land Rover and continue your game viewing from the relative safely of the vehicle while you look for the nocturnal animals with the aid of a powerful spot-lamp. This unique combination gives you the best that nature has to offer. Getting up close and personal in the safari vehicle and getting at one with Africa's "Big 5" (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant) - on foot!!  You will arrive back at camp at about 20h00, depending on animal activity, and dinner is served under the African stars beside a roaring log fire. Overnight at Plains Camp on a fully inclusive basis. www.zulunet.co.za and click on Rhino Walking Safaris.

Day 11:

Full day on safari in Kruger. You will set off on foot at day break for your early morning walking safari. The walks are never more than a 4 hour duration and the distance that you walk is approx. 6 000 meters or the length of an 18 hole golf course. You will return to camp at about 09h00 for 'brunch". All walks are conducted in the early morning and late afternoon, during the coolest part of the day, when the animals are most active. The heat of the day is spent relaxing around the pool in camp. At about 16h30 you will again set off on foot with your armed ranger and African tracker looking for the Big 5 and the smaller animals that you miss when sitting in a Land Rover. Just before sunset you will rendezvous with the Land Rover for “sundowners” (cocktails while you watch the sun set over the African bush). You then continue on into the nigh looking for the nocturnal animals with the spot-lamp. Overnight at Plains Camp on a fully inclusive basis.

Day 12:

Anther magic day spent in the company of the residents of the Kruger National Park. After the morning walk and brunch the heat of the day is spent by the pool. When it starts to cool down you will set off on foot for what could be the most exciting "sleep-out" of your life!! The walk will take 2 hours and your destination is the "sleep out platform" built high up in the branches of a 500 year old Leadwood Tree forest. Closer to nature you cannot get. On arrival at the platform your ranger and tracker will light the fire while you relax sipping a "Castle Larger" and watch the sun set and witness the African bush come alive with sound, smell and stars. Dinner will be a traditional South African "braai" and after dinner you will sit in awe listening to the nocturnal animals as they call to one another. There is nothing on earth more thought provoking and inspiring than the sound of a lion roaring or the mournful call of the spotted hyena. When it's time to go to bed you'll lie in your sleeping bag under the stars which will be so close and bright that you feel you could pluck them out of the night sky. It is a privilege to sleep out on the platform and it will be a memory that will be with you always. Overnight at the "sleep out platform" in Kruger on a fully inclusive basis.

Day 13:

You will be woken by the call of the Natal Francolin and you will witness the dawn of another African day. After coffee and rusks you will return to Plains Camp for breakfast before being  transferred back to Rhino Post where Dive The Big 5 will collect you for the return transfer back to KMIA. You will then board the 1 hour domestic flight to Johannesburg International where, after a short lay-over you will connect with your return flight home, own arrangements.

Cost:

ZAR  net per person sharing.
Single supplement. ZAR net per single accommodation.