Day 4: Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Kariega Game ReserveAfter breakfast, depart Port Elizabeth and spend the morning visiting Addo Elephant National Park. Continue towards Grahamstown, 'the city of churches'. This cultural centre boasts a wide variety of interesting sites including schools, Rhodes University, historical early settler architecture and monuments. You will also visit the fascinating Camera Obscura, giving you a bird's eye-view of the city.
Depart for the pineapple plantation. Arrive at the private game lodge in time for an afternoon game drive in an open safari vehicle. Accommodation at: Kariega Game Reserve or similar - dinner, bed and breakfast basis including 2 game viewing activities. Day 5: Ciskei, Transkei, Nelson Mandela MuseumTravel through the former homelands Ciskei and Transkei to experience a typical African city with its street markets and traders. The afternoon is spent following the early footsteps of Nelson Mandela's youth at his home village of Qunu. You will also visit the Nelson Mandela Museum. Accommodation at: Holiday Inn Garden Court Umtata or similar - dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Day 6: Umtata, Wild Coast, DurbanDepart Umtata to the Wild Coast. Traverse this unspoilt beautiful route and stop at Cremorne where the wreck of the famous Grosvenor can be seen. Proceed to Port St. Johns where the Mzimvubu River reaches the sea through towering cliffs and thick indigenous forest. After visiting the 142 metre waterfall on the Magwa River, travel through the tea plantations and local villages to Ramsgate. After a short tea stop, continue up the South Coast to Durban for drop off at an hotel or Durban International Airport. |
