Depart Date: |
29 Mar 2017 |
Return Date: |
10 Apr 2017 |
Touring Teams: |
Boys-U15A Boys-U14A |
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Wed 29 Mar 2017 |
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19:05 | Depart London Heathrow for Johannesburg, SA South Africa competes with the best of them when it comes to Mother Nature’s beauty pageant. SA scores top marks for its diverse offering of beautiful beaches, dramatic mountains and cliff-faces, lush forest belts, intriguing semi-desertscapes, and unforgettable sunsets over the African veld. South Africa boasts highlights such as the famed Table Mountain with its cloudy tablecloth, and the luscious Garden Route stretching from the Eastern to Western Cape, but any sojourner to her shores will soon discover that a postcard scene awaits them at every turn. View details | Thu 30 Mar 2017 |
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07:05 | Arrival in Johannesburg Johannesburg - The gold mining shanty town that just kept on growing - is now the third largest city on the African continent (after Cairo and Alexandria) and is home to an impressive number of mining houses, and to many individual millionaires! It is the industrial, commercial and financial capital of South Africa, its stock exchange, commonly known as Diagonal Street, is one of the world’s most active. The city is said to pulsate with entrepreneurial energy while, at the same time, retaining the spirit of a frontier town. View details | 10:30 | Apartheid Museum The Apartheid Museum, the first of its kind, illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid. The racially prejudiced system that blighted much of its progress and the triumph of reason which crowned half a century of struggle. The Museum has been assembled and organized by a multi-disciplinary team of curators, film-makers, historians and designers. An architectural consortium comprising several leading architectural firms, conceptualized the design of the museum on a seven-hectare site. The museum is a superb example of design, space and landscape offering the international community a unique South African experience. View details | Fri 31 Mar 2017 |
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08:30 | Loftus Versfield + Union Buildings Home to the Sundowns Football Club and the Blue Bulls rugby team, Loftus Versfeld received a welcomed revamp and renovation in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, hosted by South Africa. It was built decades ago, and has seen a number of renovations, but the latest ones have set it apart as the world-class facility that it needed to be for this prestigious event.
Like an ancient temple adorning over the city it governs, the Union Buildings are a modern day acropolis, built at the highest point of South Africa's capital city, Pretoria, it forms the official seat of South Africa's government and houses The Presidency as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs. View details | Sat 01 Apr 2017 |
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17:15 | Super Rugby - Lions v Sharks
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16:15 | Flight to Durban
View details | 17:20 | Arrive in Durban The year-round sunshine makes Durban a great destination, where visitors experience miles upon miles of gorgeous golden beaches, scenic mountains, lush sub-tropical forests, and of course, some of South Africa’s most beautiful game reserves teeming with the Big 5. Durban is where the proud Zulu nation meets east and west...a wealth of influences to entertain and enthrall the visitors with traditional warrior dancers, mystic fire-walkers and colonial heritage. For those who live to shop, Durban boasts a vast array of shopping experiences, from some of the largest shopping malls in the Southern Hemisphere to quaint craft markets and street bazaars - there is something for everyone to take home as a memento! View details | Tue 04 Apr 2017 |
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10:00 | uShaka Marine World uShaka Marine World incorporates fresh and seawater species, natural materials, and the re-creation of a wreck of a 1940's cargo ship. With the 5th largest aquarium in the world by volume of water, coupled with indigenous African imagery, lush vegetation and maritime images of the Port of Durban, plus a water slides amusement park, uShaka is a complete 'Marine World'. The retail food and beverage outlets are close to the main entrance to uShaka and at a height of about 10 metres above sea level, overlook much of the park and the Indian Ocean beyond. Located in the centre of uShaka Marine World is the salt water aquarium with indoor and outdoor displays and exhibits, a 1200-seater dolphin stadium where you'll be entertained by the world-famous Gambit and friends, the seal stadium and penguin rookery. View details | Wed 05 Apr 2017 |
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10:00 | Arrive at PheZulu Cultural Village Escape from civilisation, heighten your senses and increase your awe at the true splendour of Mother Nature’s canvas and palette. Journey inland through villages and gentle rolling countryside which give way to the most spectacular vista known as the Valley of a Thousand Hills. At PheZulu Cultural Village, you will be immersed in the fascinating culture and traditions of a proud Zulu Nation and have the opportunity to interact with the villagers and purchase traditional and modern souvenirs. View details | Thu 06 Apr 2017 |
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14:00 | Hluhluwe Game Reserve Hluhluwe Game Reserve is one of the oldest in Africa with great credentials. This is a large and incredibly scenic park with rippling hills covered in low acacia bush and lofty viewpoints giving a bird's eye view of who's doing what where. The north of the park is more rugged and mountainous with forests and grasslands, while the south and west is more undulating with open savannah. Hluhluwe is a difficult word to pronounce but something sounding like "Shoushlooee" is close enough. For Big Five game viewing in extremely scenic surroundings, Hluhluwe Game Reserve is hard to match. View details | Fri 07 Apr 2017 |
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06:00 | Game Drives Game Drives at Hluhluwe Game Reserve at 6.00am + 3.30pm View details | Sat 08 Apr 2017 |
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12:10 | Depart for Cape Town
View details | 14:15 | Arrive in Cape Town Cape Town, more commonly known as “the Mother City” is made up of graceful historic buildings, a wealth of tradition, fresh seafood, fine wines and many fascinating shops. Cape Town grew around the original site of the first European settlement of Southern Africa, which was started in April 1652, when Jan van Riebeck and his small party landed on the shores beneath Table Mountain. Their mission was to establish a refreshment station for the ships of the Dutch East India Company, which were sailing between Europe and the Spice Islands of the East. A permanent settlement soon sprang up around the station. View details | 17:00 | V + A Waterfront The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is a working harbour and shopping/entertainment development, which has become Cape Town and South Africa’s best-visited tourist attraction. Sophisticated planning, creative architecture and innovative restoration have produced a world-class facility. View details | Sun 09 Apr 2017 |
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09:00 | Table Mountain - Cable Car Since the first person laid eyes on Table Mountain, it has exerted its powerful and charismatic pull, enchanting and drawing any and all that fall under its spell. Since it's opening in 1929, over 16 million people have taken the trip to the top of Table Mountain. The Table Mountain cableway has since become something of a landmark in Cape Town, and has carried some of Cape Town's most illustrious visitors including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, as well as Oprah Winfrey, Sting, Steffi Graf, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Margaret Thatcher, Prince Andrew and Michael Schumacher. View details | 14:00 | Camps Bay With soft white sand and a backdrop of the spectacular Twelve Apostles of Table Mountain, Camps Bay is one of the city’s most popular beaches. The beachfront of Camps Bay is a long stretch of white, palm tree-lined sand and along its length is a boulevard that forms part of a series of pavement cafes, bistros and restaurants specialising in Mediterranean fare that has earned Camps Bay its trendy and cosmopolitan character. It hums all day and in particular at night when Cape Town’s trendier set come out to play. View details | Mon 10 Apr 2017 |
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09:00 | Robben Island Robben Island is most famous, or infamous, for having been the isolated prison of former South African President Nelson Mandela and many other black political descendants. Today former political prisoners act as your guides. The island is a World Heritage Site and home to African Penguins and a rich variety of marine bird life, some species of which are only found on the island. View details | 19:20 | Depart Cape Town for London Heathrow
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06:15 | Arrive at London Heathrow Terminal 3 View details |
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