Sublime wildlife: the migration of wildebeests
Serengeti National Park in Tanzania more or less guarantees a sublime wildlife experience. There are so many species and the largely open landscape means that you can spot animals from afar. During this trip you will fly to the part of the Serengeti where the great migration of wildebeest and zebras takes place. In September-October-November this is in the extreme north, the border area with the Masai Mara in Kenya. There, wildebeest plunge unhesitatingly from the riverbank into the swirling river water for an unnervingly exciting crossing. After a day on the coast near Dar es Salaam, fly south to the equally stunning Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. How different is the landscape, through which the Zambezi River runs as its main artery. From the water - in a stable canoe - you can quietly approach and observe drinking elephants, and see thousands of Crimson Bee-Eaters nesting in the steep bank walls. Where the world can't find you ...
The Western Cape and vineyards
Beautiful scenery and lots of sights, and a rental car that you drive yourself to see everything at your pace. Will you choose a trip to Table Mountain and Robben Island? The trendy beach at Camp's Bay? Go to the penguins at Boulders' Beach? You can go see all that from your base in Cape Town. Then you will drive via Paternoster to Franschhoek, the culinary capital of South Africa located in a picturesque setting full of vineyards, hills and valleys.
Tips & Tops Luxury roundtrip Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa:
- The first part of the trip - Tanzania and Zimbabwe - is a combination of scheduled and charter flights (shared and private), sometimes with a dirt airstrip in the middle of the bush as the final destination. Your destination: the most beautiful game parks
- In the Serengeti, you will stay in one of the few highly luxurious mobile tented camps, closely following the migration; great options are Serengeti under Canvas and Laba Laba Migration Camp
- During periods when the immense herds are dispersing in the central or western part of the Serengeti, you also have the option of staying at a lodge
- In Mana Pools there are several fantastic bush camps, such as Molori Mashuma, Kanga Camp and Nyamatusi Camp
- The second part - in South Africa - you will travel by rental car, driving yourself to the various destinations
- Travel distances are not great; there is plenty of time for stops along the way, a hike or picnic
- In Paternoster - the "white village" - stay in an attractive boutique hotel not far from the sea
- Franschhoek is the culinary capital of South Africa; you will find renowned restaurants and the best wineries here
- Amid the vineyards of Franschhoek Valley, you can do endless hiking, as well as mountain biking or horseback riding, take a wine tour or participate in a chocolate tasting
- In Franschhoek, stay at La Petite Ferme, a charming winery with an award-winning restaurant
