SD-TISD 01: Wildlife Discovery Self-Drive 2025

DAY BY DAY BREAKDOWN

Day 1 | Monday
JOHANNESBURG to HOEDSPRUIT AREA via DULLSTROOM (±456km | ±4hrs | 30min)
Meet & Greet, documentation handover and hired vehicle collection at the airport (or Europcar Sandton office by arrangement)
Lunch stop en-route (optional - own account)
Afternoon game drive in an open safari vehicle (included)
Dinner at the lodge (included)
Makalali Private Game Lodge or similar – dinner, breakfast and two game viewing excursions (5-star)

Day 2 | Tuesday
HOEDSPRUIT AREA to HAZYVIEW via PANORAMA ROUTE (±180km | ±2hrs)
Morning game drive in an open safari vehicle (included)
Breakfast at lodge
Blyde River Canyon and Three Rondawels (optional - own account)
Bourke’s Luck Potholes (optional - own account)
God's Window (optional - own account)
Late lunch en-route along the Panorama Route (optional - own account)
Arrive at hotel late afternoon
Dinner at hotel (included)
ANEW Resort Hazyview or similar – dinner and breakfast (4-star)

Day 3 | Wednesday
HAZYVIEW to ESWATINI via KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (±160km | ±4hrs)
Breakfast at hotel
Enter Kruger National Park at Phabeni Gate (optional - own account)
Lunch in the Park (optional - own account)
Exit Kruger National Park at Malelane Gate
Enter Eswatini at Jeppes Reef Border (visas for own account)
Drive through Ezulwini Valley.
Dinner at the lodge
Mantenga Lodge or similar – dinner and breakfast (4-star)

Day 4 | Thursday
ESWATINI to ST LUCIA via (±335km | ±6hrs)
Early breakfast at the hotel
Drive through Eswatini
Lunch en-route (optional - own account)
Enter South Africa at Lavumisa Border (multiple SA entry visas for own account)
Arrive at your hotel late afternoon
Dinner at hotel or in town (optional - own account)
Forest Lodge or similar – breakfast (4-star)

Day 5 | Friday
ST LUCIA to DURBAN (±215km | ±2hrs 20min)
Morning game drive in an open safari vehicle and short forest walk in iSimangaliso Wetlands Park (own account)
Breakfast at hotel
Boat cruise on the St Lucia Estuary (optional and may be pre-booked - own account).
Lunch in St Lucia on the banks of the estuary (optional - own account)
Drive to Durban
Drop-off hired vehicle at the airport