5 Day Budget Kruger Park safari

5 Day Budget Kruger Park safari

For the wildlife enthusiast, with 2 full day Kruger Park open vehicle safari's. A quality budget safari experience. Enjoy small group tours that focuses on quality friendly service with a flexible outlay. Experience safari par excellence and the surrounding beauty in one scoop.
Enjoy starry nights next to the camp fire as we listen to lions roaring into the night. Make it an experience to remember by meeting and making new friends, and share an experience that will remain in your memory forever.

Itinerary

Day 1: Greater Kruger, Sunset safari

Stop At: Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park
Depart at 6.30am from O.R Tambo airport (Johannesburg) with Ashtons/Safarilink shuttle bus. A 6 hour journey with a breakfast stop and short breaks has you arrive between 1 and 2pm in Hoedspruit. Have a short lunch break in town before heading off to our camp with Safarii personnel.
You will have time to settle into your accommodation and the camp area. At 4.30pm we depart on a 2,5 hour open vehicle sunset safari, where we can search for a variety of animals including 4 of the big 5 and more rarely seen Black rhino and African wild dogs. Enjoy a sundowner stop with snacks and drinks.

We return to camp at around 7pm and enjoy a camp fire dinner at 8pm.
Meals in transit at own cost (breakfast and lunch)
Duration: 10 hours

Stop At: Klaserie Dam, Guernsey Road, Kruger National Park 1380 South Africa
Our camp is nestled in the Greater Kruger conservancy.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner: Snacks and 1 drink (beer,cider or soda) included on sunset drive.
Camp fire dinner (braai)
Accommodation included: Stay at our camp within the Greater Kruger. Waterside safari tent with communal showers/toilets.

Day 2: Full day Kruger park safari

Stop At: Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park
Early wake up at 5.15am, a quick tea/coffee and light snacks before departing for the Kruger National Park's Orpen gate, about 35 minutes drive away. We spend a full day on safari with breakfast and lunch stops in-between. We can maybe encounter big 5 and so much more on a full day safari. Return to camp around 4-5pm. Time to relax and enjoy a camp fire dinner at 8pm.
Lunch at own cost
Duration: 16 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Stay at our camp within the Greater Kruger. Waterside safari tent with communal showers/toilets.

Day 3: Blyde River Canyon and Moholoholo Wildlife centre

Stop At: Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, R543, 2351 South Africa
We start the day with a 7.30am breakfast. At 8.15am we depart for Moholoholo Rehabilitation centre for a 2 hour tour that focuses on the pressures that wild animals endure due to modernization, and helping protect and rehabilitate sick and injured wild animals back into the wild.
At 11.30am we visit a view site overlooking the Blyde River Canyon dam, and enjoy a lunch stop here. At 1pm you will join a boat cruise for 1,5 hours, that meanders between magnificent views of the Blyde River Canyon, and possibly see hippo's and crocodiles.

We return to camp at 3.30pm, where you have time to enjoy the camp surroundings or the swimming pool, dinner at 7pm.
All meals included
Duration: 9 hours

Stop At: Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, R531, Hoedspruit South Africa
Join a walk and talk tour and get up close to African animals. Learn more about the importance of conservation and actively helping wild animals that are affected by human development.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Stay at our camp within the Greater Kruger. Waterside safari tent with communal showers/toilets

Day 4: Full day Kruger park safari

Stop At: Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park
Early wake up at 5.15am, a quick tea/coffee and light snacks before departing for the Kruger National Park's Orpen gate, about 35 minutes drive away. We spend a full day on safari with breakfast and lunch stops in-between. We can maybe encounter big 5 and so much more on a full day safari. Return to camp around 4-5pm. Time to relax and enjoy a camp fire dinner at 8pm.
Lunch at own cost
Duration: 16 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Stay at our camp within the Greater Kruger. Waterside safari tent with communal showers/toilets.

Day 5: Nature walk/Johannesburg

Stop At: Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park
Breakfast at 7am. At 7.45am we enjoy a leisurely 1,5 hour guided nature walk on the camp reserve. This walk focuses mostly on the small wonders of nature, tracks and signs and birding. Large mammals such as Zebra, Impala, Kudu, Waterbuck, Nyala and more can be seen.

We depart at 10am for Hoedspruit where we meet your shuttle bus heading for Johannesburg. Arrive back at O.R Tambo airport at 5-6pm.
Meals in transit at own cost (Lunch)
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.