Itinerary

1. Johannesburg January 16, 2024

   Arrive Johannesburg International Airport under your own arrangements (details to be advised). 
   
   You will be met off your flight by a representative of our local partners (just look for the representative as you enter the terminal building off the aircraft-chute or shuttle) who will assist you through immigration and customs, and to the nearby Intercontinental Hotel, where you will join the Winger Group. 

   Spend one night at the Johannesburg International Airport Intercontinental Hotel in Classic Rooms. 
   
   The Intercontinental Hotel is a five star hotel conveniently situated just across the street from, and within easy walking distance of, Johannesburg International Airport’s terminal building. 
   
   Each room has an en suite bathroom, air conditioning, television, radio, coffee and tea making facilities, as well as a mini-bar and access to 24-hour room service. The hotel has a first class restaurant with an informal atmosphere, offering modern cuisine, from breakfast through to late night a la carte dining. The cocktail bar is an ideal meeting place for the international traveler. In room dining with an optional “flight friendly” menu is available. The hotel has its own health and fitness centre as well as indoor pool. 
   
   * Please note that while travelling with the Wingers (beginning with dinner on 14 January and ending with lunch on 27 January) all meals and gratuities are included. In Cape Town you will be free to dine at a restaurant of your choice - just save your receipts and you will be reimbursed for your meal as well as a customary 10% gratuity (alcoholic beverages are for your own account). On your last night in Cape Town a cocktail and dinner party has been arranged for you at the Cape Grace Hotel, which is fully inclusive. 

2. Fly to Svuti Camp January 17, 2024

   This morning you will be met in the hotel lobby and assisted through check-in and security, and to the boarding gate for your onward flight. 

    

   Check in for your Airlink flight 4Z300 to Maun, departing at 12:05pm and arriving at 1:45pm. 

    

   You will be met and transferred by shared charter aircraft to Savuti Camp. 

    

3. Svuti Camp January 17 - 20, 2024

   Spend three nights at Savuti Camp in Tented Rooms, on a fully inclusive basis (including accommodation, all meals, all activities, refreshments while on activity, all non-premium brand beverages, laundry, and the services of a professional guide). 
   
   * Please note that you will enjoy the services of two private vehicles and guides while at Savuti Camp.  
   
   Savuti Camp is located in the Linyanti Reserve, adjoining Botswana's Chobe National Park. The camp is located on the Savuti Channel, an ephemeral waterway that started flowing again in 2008 for the first time since 1980, providing a primary water source for wildlife in this otherwise highly arid region. 

    

   

   
   Savuti Camp is a small intimate camp providing accommodation in seven large walk-in tented rooms, with ceiling fans. Each room is raised off the ground on a polished wooden deck, affording wonderful private views over the Savuti Channel and surrounding grasslands. All are tastefully decorated using natural materials and neutral colors. There is a thatched dining area, bar and plunge pool, also raised wooden decks, overlooking the active water hole in front of the camp. Dinner is generally served outdoors, under the stars. Afterwards, guests retire fireside to soak up the atmosphere of safari life. The more adventurous can sleep out under the African sky on the camp's "star bed." 

    

   

   
   Activities include day and night game drives in open Landrovers, walks with an armed escort, and boating excursions on the Savuti Channel (water levels permitting). There are several hides on the concession, where guests can enjoy wildlife viewing away from a vehicle. Wildlife in the area includes all of Botswana's big game, and the Linyanti Concession is one of the best places in the country to view predators. From June through November, the Chobe/Linyanti ecosystem is also home to Africa's largest elephant population. 

4. Chitabe Camp January 20, 2024

   Today you will be collected and transferred by shared charter aircraft to Chitabe Camp (roughly 45 minutes).

5. Chitabe Camp January 20 - 23, 2024

   Spend three nights at Chitabe Camp in Tented Rooms, on a fully inclusive basis (including accommodation, all meals, all activities, refreshments while on activity, all non-premium brand beverages, laundry, and the services of a professional guide). 
   
   * Please note that you will enjoy the services of two private vehicles and guides while at Chitabe Camp. Chitabe is a luxurious tented camp built on one of the most beautiful islands in the Okavango Delta, on a private concession that is bordered on three sides by the Moremi Game Reserve. The camp is surrounded by waterways and lagoons, which host a variety of wildlife. 
   
   Chitabe is a luxurious tented camp built on one of the most beautiful islands in the Okavango Delta, on a private concession that is bordered on three sides by the Moremi Game Reserve. The camp is surrounded by waterways and lagoons, which host a variety of wildlife. 
   
   Accommodation consists of eight spacious  walk-in tents that are built on elevated wooden decks, beneath the lush leafy forest canopy. Each tented room has a ceiling fan, en suite facilities, an outdoor shower, and a wonderful view. The thatched dining room, living room and bar areas are also raised on decks overlooking the surrounding flood plains. There is a plunge pool  for cooling off during the day. 
   
   Activities consist of game walks, and day and night game drives in open Landrovers, accompanied by an experienced guide. There is a hide on the property where guests can enjoy wildlife viewing away from a vehicle. Buffalo, Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Reedbuck, Lechwe, Impala, Zebra and Hippo are among the major game attractions of the area. One of the main highlights is the prevalence of the very rare and endangered African painted dog in the area; guests on the Chitabe concession have more chance of seeing these beautiful animals than almost anywhere else in Africa.

6. January 23, 2024

   Today you will be collected and transferred by shared charter aircraft to Maun Airport (roughly 50 minutes). Check in for your Airlink flight 4Z315 to Cape Town, departing at 1:40pm and arriving at 4:20pm. 
   
   You will be met off your flight by a representative of our local partners (just look for the representative as you enter the terminal building off the aircraft-chute or shuttle) who will assist you through immigration and customs, and to your waiting transfer driver. 
   
   You will be met and transferred by private vehicle to the Cape Grace Hotel.

7. Cape Town January 23 - 27, 2024

   Spend four nights at the Cape Grace Hotel in Table Mountain Luxury Rooms (including breakfast, use of the hot spa area and its facilities, 24-hour use of the in-house fitness studio situated at the spa, unlimited wireless internet access, morning tea and coffee with wake-up calls, morning local newspaper upon request, complimentary shower rooms, with standard guest amenities, available for early arrivals and late departures (pre-booking required), overnight shoe-shine service, luxury chauffeur transfers for up to 3 guests within the City Bowl (10km) radius) between 7:00am and 11:00pm (pre-booking required). 
    

   

   
   Situated on the West Quay of Cape Town's Victoria and Alfred Waterfront on its own promontory, the Cape Grace occupies a prime position in Cape Town and provides the perfect link between the ‘old city’ and the vibrancy of the waterfront. 
   
   The hotel’s architecture celebrates the myriad cultural influences upon Cape history. Décor is tastefully simple, with a strong emphasis on quality. All of the Grace’s 120 rooms feature large French doors, which open on to views of Table Mountain, the yacht marina or the working harbor. The hotel provides the perfect base for travellers, and is fully equipped with every modern convenience. Each guest room is luxuriously appointed with a sitting area, walk-in dressing room, and en suite bathroom, with separate shower and double vanities. 
   
   Signal, the in-house restaurant, features a fusion of sophisticated flavors in a relaxed and casually elegant setting. Bascule Whisky Bar offers a superb collection of the world’s finest whiskies and a cellar of selected Cape wines. A luxurious state-of-the-art spa, decorated in colors inspired by the spice trade, delivers a full range of therapies and rejuvenating treatments. 
   
   As the Cape Grace is located in the heart of the waterfront, leisure activities abound. The Victoria Wharf offers high-end shops, restaurants, cinemas, and a theatre. The hotel is situated three minutes from the city center, and is within easy reach of Cape Town's art galleries, museums, botanical gardens, wine farms and beaches. The Cape Grace well deserves its numerous accolades (which includes World’s Best Small Hotel). 

8. January 24, 2024

   This morning (9:00am) you will be collected from your hotel for a half day private tour of the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain, including entrance fees. 
   
   Your guide will collect you at your hotel and take you to the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest building in South Africa, with its beautiful collection of old Cape paintings. It is home to the Western Cape Command and the Grand Parade, where Nelson Mandela made his firrst address to the nation after his release from prison in 1990. With this backdrop, your guide will provide a brief orientation on the fascinating history of Cape Town and South Africa.  
    
   You will then be driven to the lower cable station at Table Mountain. Here you will have the opportunity to board the new Rotair cable car that takes under 5 minutes to reach the summit of the Mountain, 1036 meters above sea level. From the summit you will experience the spectacular views of the city and surrounds. If weather prevents the cable car from operating, your guide will take drive you up Signal Hill, from where you will also enjoy breathtaking views.  
   Next, the tour visits the moving District Six Museum, which highlights the horror of the forced removal of citizens from their homes in that district during the 1960’s. The museum contains a collection of memorabilia donated by former residents of the area and their descendants. 
     
   Finally, you will make your way back to your hotel via the colorful and historic Bo-Kaap District. 
    
   Enjoy lunch at a restaurant of your choice followed by the afternoon at leisure. This evening you will enjoy dinner at the restaurant of your choice. 

9. January 25, 2024

   This morning (9:00am) you will be collected from your hotel for a full day private tour of the Cape Peninsula, including lunch (with beer, wine and soft drinks) and entrance fees. 

    

   

   
   The tour begins with a drive along the Atlantic Seaboard coast, past the seaside suburbs of Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point, and the beach of Camps Bay. You will stop along the way to enjoy magnificent views of the Twelve Apostles, along the Atlantic coast side of Table Mountain, before traversing Chapman's Peak Drive, one of the most scenic coastal drives in the world. 
   
   Continue past Noordhoek's beautiful beach and the town of Kommetjie to the tip of the Cape Peninsula, from where you can walk (or ride) the funicular to the lighthouse at Cape Point. From this vantage point, you will enjoy spectacular views of False Bay and the tumultuous meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.  

    

   Enjoy lunch at Two Oceans restaurant along the coast. You then proceed to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve where your guide will drive off the main road to the untouched area of Olifants Bay. There is a herd of endemic Bontebok living on this side of the reserve and you may see them on the beach and in the surrounding “fynbos”, South Africa’s magnificent indigenous floral vegetation. Interesting bird species include the African Black Oystercatchers and Avocets as well as endemics such as the Cape Sugarbird and Protea Canary, as well as various Sunbirds.  

   
   From the south-western tip of the continent, you then proceed north to historic Simonstown, South African naval headquarters, and Boulders Beach, home of the only penguins found on the continent of Africa, the African jackass penguin. 
   
   Your return to Cape Town takes you along the False Bay coastline, by the seaside towns of Muizenberg St. James and the fishing village of Kalk Bay before returning to the Waterfront. 
   
   After the tour you will be returned to your hotel. 
   
   This evening you will enjoy dinner at the restaurant of your choice. 

10. January 26, 2024

    This morning (9:00am) you will be collected from your hotel for a full day private tour of the Cape Winelands, including entrance fees and a picnic lunch (weather permitting) at Boschendal (including beer, wine and soft drinks). 
    
    This morning you will be collected at your hotel by your guide for a full day exploration of the Winelands region, nestled below the spectacular Boland Mountains about 50 minutes’ drive from Cape Town. The tour will focus on the Cape’s “wine route” towns of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek. Guests will taste the “fruits of the vines” and enjoy the charm and hospitality of this unique area.   
     

    

    
    One of the day's highlights will be wine tasting at the award-winning Delaire Graff Estate. Set against the striking backdrop of the Simonsberg Mountains, with sweeping views across Stellenbosch, the property is a symphony for the senses, combining understated elegance with cutting-edge contemporary design; a sense of provenance with modern sustainability; and natural beauty with the finest South African art. Stellenbosch, the second oldest town in South Africa, will be visited next. Highlights are a drive down Dorp Street, with its beautiful Cape Dutch houses, and a visit to the museum (if time allows), which highlights the different architectural styles in the Cape from the 17th century. There are also many shops and galleries to explore.  The tour will next take you to the historic estate of Boschendal, boasting some of the most beautifully preserved Cape Dutch buildings and period furniture of the Cape. The estate offers insight into how the early Cape settlers lived. You will enjoy a delicious picnic lunch at Boschendal. 
    
    Following lunch, you will have the opportunity to stroll through Franschoek, a small town nestled in the "Valley of the Huguenots," where the French first settled in 1688, with its lovely antique shops and gardens. 
    
    At the end of the day, you will be returned to your hotel. 
    
    This evening you will enjoy a farewell cocktail party at the Cape Grace followed by a three course dinner with wine included (a selection of white and red wines will be available).

11. January 27, 2024

    Spend the morning at leisure in Cape Town and take lunch at the restaurant of your choice. You will be collected and transferred by private vehicle to Cape Town International Airport. 
    
    You will be met and assisted through check-in and security, and to the boarding gate for your onward flight. From this point you will depart under your own arrangements (details to be advised). 

12. Two Night Victoria Falls Add-On (Optional)

    January 14, 2024

    Arrive Johannesburg International Airport under your own arrangements (details to be advised).  

    You will be met off your flight by a representative of our local partners (just look for the representative as you enter the terminal building off the aircraft-chute or shuttle) who will assist you through immigration and customs, and to the nearby Intercontinental Hotel. 

    Spend one night at the Johannesburg International Airport Intercontinental Hotel in Classic Rooms.

    January 15 2024 

    This morning you will be met in the hotel lobby and assisted through check-in and security, and to the boarding gate for your onward flight.  
    
    Check in for your Airlink flight 4Z482 to Livingstone, departing at 11:00am and arriving at 12:45pm.  
    
    You will be met and transferred by private vehicle to Toka Leya Lodge.  
    
    This evening you will enjoy a sunset cruise, with cocktails, on the Zambezi River.  
    
    The Zambezi River is the 4th largest in Africa after the Nile, Zaire and Niger. Its source is in North Western Zambia, and the River flows approximately 1,750 miles to its mouth in Mozambique, where it delivers its water into the warm Indian Ocean. It is a wide, attractive River dotted with islands and sandbanks, and the stretch of River preceding the Falls is bordered on the Zimbabwean side by the Zambezi National Park. 

     

    

     

    Relax and enjoy the riverine vegetation as you glide along one of the most unspoiled major rivers in the world. The birdlife is excellent, and you will cruise past hippo and occasionally crocodile. In the drier months, wildlife such as elephant and many antelope species can be seen grazing on the River banks or swimming across to the smaller islands. 
     

    January 15 - 17 2024 

    
    Spend two nights at Toka Leya Camp in Tented Rooms, on a fully inclusive basis (Including accommodation,  3 meals daily, local non-premium alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, laundry, 2 activities per day including  a river cruise, a game drive into the Park, a tour of the Zambian side of the Falls, a tour of Livingstone town and museum and a visit to a nearby village and local curio shops). 

     

    

     
    
    Toka Leya Camp is situated on the banks of the Zambezi River in the eastern sector of the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, some 12km upstream from the Victoria Falls. The camp nestles between mature shade trees on the banks of the Zambezi, and has been sensitively designed with minimal impact on the riverine forest and wildlife movement patterns.  
    
    Accommodation consists of 12 safari-style tents, each en-suite and with a magnificent view of the Zambezi River. The camp's dining and bar area are under a canopy of jackalberry and waterberry trees overlooking the River, and there is a swimming pool.  
    
    Activities include a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River on your first afternoon, and tour of the Falls and rhino tracking excursion the next day.  
    
    At over a mile wide wide, Victoria Falls is the most expansive curtain of water in the world, dropping more than 300 feet into the sheer Zambezi Gorge. The Tonga and Makalolo peoples lived here for centuries before the Falls were 'discovered' by David Livingstone in 1855, who named them after his queen. Its local name is  Mosi-Oa-Tunya, "the Smoke that Thunders," reflecting the huge spiral of spray that can be seen from  20 miles away. 
     

    January 17, 2024

    
    Today you will be collected and transferred by private vehicle to Livingstone Airport.  
    
    You will be met and transferred by shared charter aircraft to Kasane Airport, departing at 9:25am and arriving  at 9:50am.  
    
    From where you will be transferred by shared charter aircraft to Savuti Camp (roughly one hour). At this point you will join the rest of your group and proceed with the main itinerary, through Botswana and Cape Town.