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Splendid South Africa & Victoria Falls

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Travel Style: Array Relaxed
Physical Level: Walking or physical activity half to most of day - no carrying equipment. Easy
Lodging Level: Mid-range budget with accommodations ranging from comfortable lodges, guesthouses, and homestays to three star hotels. Value (3*)
11 days
From: $ 6,148 $ 559 / day
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Overview

Highlights (Bullets)

  • Cape Peninsula Tour (full-day)
  • Winelands Tour (Full-Day)
  • Cape Town City & Table Mountain Tour (Half-Day)
  • Zambezi River sunset cruise

Short Description

Embark on an adventure that will take you through all of the diverse aspects of South Africa. Start in Cape Town, a thriving city with beautiful coastal views as well as a gorgeous mountaintop that looks over the entire cape. Enjoy three tours leading through the city, exploring the variety of sights and wines throughout all of Cape Town,  as well as gardens to wander through and the trek up Table Mountain.

Take a flight from there to Thornybush Game Reserve, a private game drive stocked with the Big Five: African lions, African elephants, African leopards, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros. Have your camera prepared as you go on twice-daily excursions to see the wild animals of South Africa. From there, you will spend a night in Johannesburg and then move on to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Once in Victoria Falls, enjoy a sunset cruise along the Zambezi River, tours through the picturesque city, and lively meals with traditional singing, dancing, performances, and interactive customs.

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Style Self-guided tour
See all the highlights and popular spots on a classic tour.
Itinerary Focus Classic Highlights
Mid-range budget with accommodations ranging from comfortable lodges, guesthouses, and homestays to three star hotels.
Lodging Level Value (3*)
Flight & Transport Inclusions Roundtrip air to/from trip start & all internal transport
Start City South Africa
End City Victoria Falls

Itinerary

Day 1 Welcome to South Africa!

Touchdown in Cape Town International Airport where you will be met with a transfer to your hotel. The day is yours to spend at leisure, exploring the beautiful surrounding city. You could wander through the buzzing Victoria & Alfred Waterfront watching whale-spotting boats come in, grab a drink, or simply enjoy your new surroundings by lounging on the beach and relaxing after your flight.

Day 2 Cape Town

Make sure you indulge in your breakfast, because today's to-do list is encompassed by a full-day scenic tour of the Cape Peninsula. Walk along Boulders Beach, experience Chapman's Peak, find the edge at Cape Point, and more. Explore the diversity of Cape Town on this beautiful tour.

Day 3 Cape Town

Spend today sipping wine and walking in famous footsteps. Enjoy a Winelands tour as you taste wine from the Paarl Wine Region, enjoy a brief city tour of scenic Franschhoek that includes wine tasting and a photo stop at the Groot Drakenstein Prison that once held Nelson Mandela, and a tour through Stellenbosch, a university town with wine to sip. It's easy to see why Simon van der Stel decided to settle a village among these majestic mountains.

Day 4 Cape Town

Spend half the day on a beautiful City and Table Mountain Tour. Enjoy the most famous views from Table Mountain, see one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, and enjoy a leisurely ride back down from the flat-topped mountain. Then, you get to take a scenic drive along the coast to Company Gardens, where you'll have the chance to take a walk through.

Day 5 Cape Town - Thornybush Game Reserve

Rise early to meet your transfer to the Cape Town International Airport for your flight into Hoedspruit Airport for the next part of your vacation, which is going to get a bit wild. Check in at your accommodation in the Thornybush Game Reserve to embark on safari adventures. Make sure your camera is ready, the complete set of the Big Five roam among this park.

Day 6 Thornybush Game Reserve

Enjoy safari drives twice a day and get a first hand encounter with the wild animals within the game reserve. Keep a sharp eye out for lions, elephants, rhino, leopard, and buffalo. All of these and more call the game reserve home.

Day 7 Thornybush Game Reserve

Another day of safari adventuring awaits. Multitudes of bird species wander through the game reserve, as well as wildebeest, zebra, hippo, and more. This private reserve has an excellent stock of animals, and reliable waterholes that make for an exciting animal-spotting experience.

Day 8 Thornybush Game Reserve - Johannesburg

Take your last chance for a safari game drive, have a quick breakfast and then you're off on a flight to Johannesburg. Touch down and check into your hotel. Maybe you'll want to turn in early for the adventures that await, but you could explore the nightlife of Johannesburg while you've got the chance.

Day 9 Johannesburg - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Rise early for another flight to Victoria Falls Airport. Upon touchdown, check into your lodge and begin your journey through this beautiful area. You get to go on a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River, and then enjoy dinner at Makuw-Kuwa Restaurant.

Day 10 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Sleep in a bit and enjoy a leisurely breakfast, then it's time for your tour through Victoria Falls. In the evening, enjoy a very special Boma dinner at the lodge, complete with traditional singing, dancing, drummers, and more.

Day 11 Depart Victoria Falls!

Bid Africa goodbye and spend the morning your way, either relaxing and packing, or picking up last minute souvenirs. Take your transfer to the Victoria Falls Airport and fly to Johannesburg for your next flight home.

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The reservations, car rental, and hotel reservations all worked well, with no issues. The additional tickets to attractions also worked well. We really enjoyed our time there and would love to go back one day. The value for the trip was great. Now, on the not-so-great side was that two of the 5 hotels were far off course from the route we wanted to take and were not in synch with the attractions we purchased as an add on. Celtic Ross and Ocean Sands hotels were a bit far removed from our preferred route that we would have liked to have taken and not feel rushed. These two hotels, although nice, were nowhere near any of the attractions and cities we wanted to see (Cork and Galway), but we were forced to adjust our scheduled to hit the attractions and make it to the hotels. This made for a couple of days where we had to drive great distances ,in the rain and in rural Ireland, to make it to the hotels. We made friends from a couple from PA that made the same exact trip to Ireland with GVV and they were unable to see the Cliffs of Moher attraction because they just didn't feel like they could make it due to the extended drive ranges. I called in to GVV home office before we left USA to see if I could adjust the hotel arrangements to make the tour more enjoyable but was immediately told that I could make no adjustments to the itinerary. Hotels in Kilkenny and Limerick were both awesome and right in the heart of the city and easy to get to. The last hotel in Swords was nice because it was close to the airport for final trip back to the airport. So, to make this Ireland trip more enjoyable, the hotels need to be closer to the attraction packages you guys sell so as not force a huge amount of driving to see them and make it to the next hotel. Overall, we loved the Ireland trip. I am surprised they let us Americans jump in a car rental and drive on their opposite side of the roads (left). PS; Wild Kerry Tours did an awesome job as well, but the start point of the tour was a little challenging to find in Killarney.
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Great time in Ireland.

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Everything was wonderful. Thank ou GVV.

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The customer service was horrible. I sent multiple emails, called multiple times and maybe got a response once. Outside of that my trip was good.

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Excellent flights to and from Dublin. Some issues with obtaining car insurance at the rental agency (it is required to purchase extra before they release the car to you). Only one out of the 4 hotels was a true 4 star hotel. The rest were closer to 2-2.5.
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Every representative was friendly and professional. They were thorough and helpful. I will definitely book with them again!

This was our first time in Ireland

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This was our first time in Ireland. We loved the accommodations and everything about Ireland. The itinerary and experiences were exceptional. Our only comment is that there was a lot of driving to the sites and locations. We would definitely recommend the 12 day. We were unable to see some recommended sites because we had to backtrack. We will be booking another vacation through Great Value.
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Flight & Transport Inclusions

Roundtrip air to/from trip start & all internal transport

Group Size

Independent

Accommodations

  • Victoria and Alfred Hotel
  • Thornybush Waterside Lodge
  • Protea Hotel Fire & Ice Melrose Arch
  • Victoria Falls Safari Lodge

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