SOUTH AFRICAN WONDERS 09NTS / 10 DAYS HIGHLIGHTS A complete tour at an honest price. Maximum sightseeing with minimum travelling time. Stay at conveniently located hotels. Enjoy daily American breakfast (except Day01) at the hotels. Enjoy meals at the best of local Indian restaurants. Stay 03 nights at the scenic Cape Town. Enjoy a guided city tour of Cape Town, where we visit the Houses of Parliament, District Six museum and City Hall. Visit the famous Victoria and AlfredWaterfront- Cape Town s biggest tourist attraction. Enjoy a Boat cruise at the Victoria and AlfredWaterfront. Visit Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Exciting full day tour to the Cape of Good Hope. Visit the beautiful Cape Point where the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean meet. Enjoy a cruise on Hout Bay. View the jackass penguins at Boulders beach. Visit Simon s Town. Stay 02 nights at Knysna - Paradise on Earth. Enjoy at Dias Museum and Post Office Tree driving via Mossle Bay Enjoy the scenic sunset cruise. Drive down the beautiful Garden Route visiting Oudtshoorn, the Ostrich farm, Cango caves, Cheetah Ranch and visit Crocodile enclosure Stay 01 night at the city that knows no limits and never sleeps - Sun City. Stay 02 nights at Pilanesberg. Enjoy Game Drives at Pilanesberg. Stay 01 night in Johannesburg. Enjoy an orientation city tour of Johannesburg and Gold Reef Tour. A relaxed tour with time for shopping too. Visit 06 cities in 10 days: Cape Town, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, Sun City, Pilanesberg and Johannesburg. Professional, friendly, multi-lingual and experienced Indian Thomas Cook Tour Managers travelling with you on your tour of South AfricanWonders. DAY 1 Welcome aboard Thomas Cook s exciting and comprehensive tour to South Africa (Flight Cost is not included). Today, start your exciting tour of South Africa. On arrival at Cape Town (Flight Cost is not included) you will be greeted by your friendly Thomas Cook tour manager / local representative outside the baggage hall and transferred to your conveniently located hotel (Standard Check-in time is 1400hrs). Tonight enjoy a delicious dinner at a local Indian restaurant. Overnight at Capetonian Hotel or similar in Cape Town.
DAY 2 Enjoy the city sights of Cape Town. After an American breakfast at the hotel, we proceed on an exciting sightseeing tour of this beautiful city with its majestic Table Mountain backdrop. Enjoy a scenic view at the top of Table Mountain Cable Car 3600 (weather permitting) for a panoramic view of the city and coastline. Visit the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Enjoy Lunch. Later visit the famous Victoria and the Alfred waterfront, one of Cape Town s biggest tourist attractions where you enjoy a guided boat cruise of the waterfront. Also drive past Green Market square, District Six, company gardens, Houses of the Parliament, the City Hall, the Castle and Slave Lodge. The rest of the day is free! Today enjoy an Indian dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at Capetonian Hotel or similar in Cape Town. DAY 3 Visit the famous Cape of Good Hope and enjoy a cruise to Hout Bay. View the Jackass penguins and stop at Simon s Town. After American breakfast at the hotel, proceed on an exciting full-day tour to the Cape of Good Hope. We drive via the Ou Kaapse Weg and the Atlantic Coast to Cape Point. Here the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean are said to meet. Marvel at the view from the southern most tip of South Africa. Enjoy Lunch. Today you enjoy a cruise to Hout Bay to the Seal Colony (weather permitting). We return along the False Bay Coast visiting the Jackass penguins at Boulders Beach. Afterwards, enjoy a short stop at the Simon s Town. This scenic town is also an important Naval base. Enjoy dinner at a local Indian restaurant. Overnight at Capetonian Hotel or similar in Cape Town. DAY 4 Onto scenic Knysna. Visit DiasMuseum and Post Office Tree - National Heritage site. Enjoy Sunset Cruise. After an American breakfast, checkout and start your journey to Knysna via Mosselbay. Mossel Bay is a harbour town where you visit the Bartolomeu Dias Museum complex which is the largest of the museums in Mossel Bay. Enjoy Lunch. Later visit Post Office Tree - A post box in the shape of an old boot has now been erected under the tree, and the tree declared a national heritage site. Continue your scenic journey to Knysna, proceed to your conveniently located hotel and check in. Later depart for your scenic sunset cruise. Tonight enjoy Indian dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at Graywood Hotel or similar in Knysna. DAY 5 Onto Oudtshoorn The Feather Capital of the World. Visit Cango Caves, Ostrich Farm, Cheetah Ranch and Crocodile Enclosure. After an American breakfast at the hotel, you will head to Oudtshoorn, which is set in a semiarid valley. Drive through the Wine lands along the Breede River, Valley to Oudtshoorn the Feather Capital of the World. Visit the famous Cango Caves, where the stalactite and stalagmite formations are an incredible sight. Later, proceed to the Ostrich Farm where you can enjoy shows performed by well-trained birds. You also have a chance to ride this magnificent bird and try your luck at breaking an ostrich egg, which is an impossible task. Enjoy Lunch. Thereafter, drive to Cheetah Ranch, where you can marvel at the grace and beauty of the world s fastest animal. Visit Crocodile Enclosure. Continue to Knysna. Later tonight, enjoy dinner at an Indian restaurant. Overnight at Graywood Hotel or similar in Knysna.
DAY 6 Today onto the man-made wonder, Sun City (Flight Cost is not included). After a packed breakfast, proceed to the airport to take your flight to Johannesburg (Flight Cost is not included), from where you will be transferred to the fantastic man-made wonder of the world - Sun City. It is a city that knows no limits, a city that never sleeps! Each day and every night, from the heart of an ancient volcano, Sun City rocks you like you have never been rocked before. Enjoy Lunch. The rest of the day is free at leisure. There s an exploding kaleidoscope of sights and sounds to enjoy, every minute of the day and night, from disco dancing to great gaming at the tables and slots casino! Later in the evening, enjoy an Indian dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at Sun City Cabanas Hotel or similar in Sun City. DAY 7 Onto Pilanesberg. Enjoy a magnificent game drive. After an American Breakfast at the hotel, check-out and transfer to Pilanesberg. Check in and enjoy Lunch at the Lodge. Later in the afternoon get ready for a thrilling game drive which gives you a chance to spot the wild animals. Later in the evening, enjoy dinner at the Lodge. Overnight at Bakubung Bush Lodge or similar in Pilanesberg. DAY 8 Enjoy magnificent game drives. Early morning, (before sunrise) you set out on an exciting game-drive to view the teeming wildlife savoring their morning kill followed by breakfast at the Lodge. Today enjoy a Lunch at the Lodge. Later in the afternoon get ready for another thrilling game drive which gives you a chance to spot the wild animals. Tonight enjoy dinner at the Lodge. Overnight at Bakubung Bush Lodge or similar in Pilanesberg. DAY 9 Welcome to Johannesburg. Enjoy Gold Reef Tour, and a city orientation Tour. After an American Breakfast at the hotel, proceed to Johannesburg. Today we go for a Tour of the Gold Reef City. Here you have a wonderful opportunity to descend into a vast gold mine, named after the richness upon which the city of Johannesburg was built. Watch gold pouring, see the miners carry out their traditional tribal and gum boot dancing, learn a bit of their specially devised mine language still used today to cover the many and diverse tribes who worked here. Stroll through the theme park reflecting the life of the mining town. Enjoy an orientation tour of this beautiful city and check into your conveniently located hotel. Enjoy a sumptuous dinner at a local Indian restaurant. Overnight at PeermontMetcourt Hotel or similar Johannesburg. DAY 10 Return home with wonderful memories (Flight Cost is not included)! After an American breakfast at the hotel, proceed to Johannesburg International Airport (Flight Cost is not included) for your flight back home. Take back wonderful memories of your South African Wonders tour.
WHAT YOUR TOUR PRICE INCLUDES SIGHTSEEING AND EXCURSIONS Cape Town: Visit Table Mountain one of the Natural Wonders of theworld. Guided city tour including Houses of Parliament. District Six, Green Market Square, Clifton and Sea Point. Enjoy a Boat cruise at the Victoria and AlfredWaterfront. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Full Day tour to the Cape of Good Hope. Cruise to Hout Bay. View the Jackass penguins at Boulders Beach. Simon s Town. Knysna : Visit Dias Museum and Post Office Tree via Mossle Bay. Enjoy the Knysna sunset cruise. Oudtshoorn: Visit the Ostrich Farm. Crocodile Enclosure. Cango Caves. Cheetah Ranch. Pilanesberg: Enjoy Game Drives. Johannesburg: Orientation City Tour & Gold Reef City. ACCOMMODATION 03 nights accommodation at Capetonian Hotel or similar in Cape Town. 02 nights accommodation at Graywood Hotel or similar in Knysna. 01 night accommodation at Sun City Cabanas Hotel or similar in Sun City. 02 nights accommodation at Bakubung Bush Lodge or similar in Pilanesberg. 01 night accommodation at PeermontMetcourt Hotel or similar in Johannesburg. MEALS Daily American breakfast (Except Day 01). 07 basic Indian vegetarian lunches. 09 Indian Jain / vegetarian / non-vegetarian dinners. VISA REQUIREMENTS Single entry South Africa Visa. IMPORTANT The tour will operate subject to a minimum of 08 full-paying passengers travelling together. For 02-07 full paying passengers travelling together there may be an additional FIT supplement applicable. The tour will be operated on seat-in-coach basis, for a group strength of 2-19 adults. The services of a Thomas Cook Tour Manager will be provided with a group of minimum 20 full-paying passengers. Our local representative will be there to assist you in case this above requirement is not fulfilled.
DEPARTURE DATES EX CAPE TOWN Apr 15: 11, 25 May 15: 09, 23 Jun 15: 13, 27 Jul 15: 11, 25 Aug 15: 08, 22 Sep 15: 12, 26 Note: For certain departures, we may re-route the itinerary. However all sightseeing & inclusions will remain the same. For exact departure dates from your hub cities, please check with your respective local sales office/ travel agent. PRE & POST-TOUR ACCOMMODATION TWIN/TRIPLE SHARE SINGLE OCCUPANCY CHILDW/O BED Cape Town ZAR 750 ZAR 1050 ZAR 425 Johannesburg ZAR 700 ZAR 1000 ZAR 375 (All the above rates are approximate and per person per night inclusive of accommodation and breakfast.) Note: A person below 12 years is considered a child and above 12 years, an adult. As a 3rd person in a Triple room, most hotels use roll away beds or 2 queen size beds and the room size may be the same as a double room. WHAT YOUR TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE Airfare (Main and Internal Tickets), Ticket Taxes, Visa, Insurance. Any increase in the rate of exchange leading to increase in surface transportation and land arrangements which may come into effect prior to departure. The tour price is subject to increase without notice if this rate of exchange changes substantially prior to departure. Any expenses of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, food and drink not in the regular menus provided by us. Tips to hotel waiters, drivers, etc. Meals are pre-set and a choice of menu is not available. Cost of excursions, city sightseeing, entrance fees and local guides availed of by the passenger other than those included in the What your Tour Price Includes box are to be paid for extra. POINTS TO BE NOTED Meals at all the destinations are pre-set and a-la- carte is not possible. American breakfasts will be served throughout the tour (except on the day of arrival). Any damage caused to the hotel rooms or coach during the stay shall be payable by the passengers. Thomas Cook will not be liable for the same. We reserve the right to amend, alter, vary or withdraw any particular departure, excursion advertised or substitute a hotel of similar class if deemed necessary. For the convenience of our passengers, we will sometimes amend the itinerary. However all services will remain the same. The Company reserves the right to alter the order of the itinerary. The same will be informed to the client before departure. Due to Trade Fairs and conventions in
the cities, it is possible that the hotel accommodation provided would be outside the city. The same will be informed in advance. There are no refunds for any services i.e. meals, sightseeing etc. not utilized on your tour. The Company shall not accept any liability or responsibility for any damages, loss, injury, accident, death, delay, breakdown or irregularity which may occur in carrying out of the tour arrangement. Certain departure dates will have surcharges applicable, please contact out local sales office for details. Standard check-in time for the hotels is 1400hrs while check-out is at 1200hrs. The management reserves the right to claim any additional expenses due to delay or changes in the schedule of trains, flights, coach, cruise or other services, weather conditions, strikes, war, quarantine and any other cause whatsoever and all such loss or expenses must be borne by the passenger. Thomas Cook will not be liable in any loss/damage of baggage by the Air-line. Please refer to the booking form for detailed Terms & Conditions.