4-Day Luxury Kruger Park and Panorama Route

Depart from your hotel after a quick cup of tea or coffee. Your guide will plan 3 drives – early morning, mid-morning and afternoon. We expect you will find Big 5 species (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo) as well as general game and smaller creatures. After the first drive, stop at a convenient place and your guide will provide breakfast packs with hot beverages. Continue along routes near the Sabie River and look out for hippos, crocodile and colourful birds – there you can expect some great photo opportunities. Following a lunch break and a further drive, return to Kruger Gate Hotel. Relax on the viewing deck with an infinity pool and enjoy a traditional sundowner from the bar. Finish the day with a delicious dinner in the Lapa Restaurant and overnight.

Look forward to breakfast at the Kudyela restaurant which offers relaxing indoor seating or outdoor tables under the canopy of riverine trees. Depart from the hoteland enter the Kruger Park for a final morning game drive. Your guide may be lucky to find a Big 5 sighting nearby – so have your cameras ready. We also encourage passengers to tick off a checklist, so you remember all the animals captured on your photos. Later in the morning exit the Park and travel towards the northern Drakensberg mountains.

The most dramatic viewpoint of the Blyde River Canyon is Three Rondavels, and you will also see God’s Window, Berlin or Lisbon Falls and possibly Bourke’s Luck Potholes. This depends on timing and on some occasions, there may be misty conditions affecting visibility. Drive down from the mountains via Kowyns Pass to Hazyview and check into Hippo Hollow Country Estate. The hotel is set on a beautiful Country Estate with lush gardens, a view of the Sabie River and two swimming pools. It is a traditional Lowveld hotel and frequented by families, business travellers and many international tourists.

Enjoy a relaxing breakfast on the hotel terrace and sometimes catch a glimpse of passing elephants or hippos near the river. Depart from the hotel and begin your return transfer to KMIA airport near Nelspruit, OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg or your hotel by arrangement.