4-Day Kruger and Panorama Lux Safari at Budget Price

Today is the start of your trip. You need to be at O.R. Tambo Airport at 7 a.m. to catch the bus to Hoedspruit. Hoedspruit is a small town on the edge of the Greater Kruger National Park. The town has grown around tourism, and there are lots of great things to do with wildlife. Around 1:30 pm, you will get to Hoedspruit. You can buy your own food here before leaving on an exciting trip to the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

You can see how animals are trained to be safe in the wild again, and you can even meet some of the famous animals that live there. This will be a fun and educational experience, and then you will be taken to your tour lodging. It is in the Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate where the lodge is located. This estate loves the bush and wildlife, and there are many game species that are not dangerous on the estate. In the game area, you can walk through the bush or ride a bike.

The lodge is going to serve dinner tonight.

Main Destination: The town of Hoedspruit
Accommodation: Wild Bush Lodge  

Earlier today, your guide will pick you up in an open safari car and take you to Kruger National Park for an exciting day trip. You will get to the gate at dawn and enter Kruger through the Orpen Gate in the middle of the park. The place you will be spending the day is great, and it is a great place to see wildlife. This part of the park is in the savannah grassland environment, and there are lots of open fields here that animals like to graze on.

It is also the best place in Kruger to find lions and the park's predator center. An easy-to-carry breakfast will be waiting for you in the morning as you make your way through the bush. An early morning leopard sighting might be possible if you are lucky.

You will have to pay for lunch at Satara Rest Camp. After lunch, you will spend the afternoon looking for more exciting wildlife. Back in Hoedspruit in the late afternoon, you will have a delicious meal at the lodge.

Main destination:  Kruger National Park.
Accommodation: Call of the Wild Bush Lodge

You can spend another full day in Kruger today, or you can take a day trip along the stunning Panorama Route. You have to make this choice ahead of time; you can not change your mind while you are on vacation.

It is third on the list of most-visited places in South Africa, after Kruger and Table Mountain. The roads in this area wind up over the Drakensberg Escarpment and into a very beautiful nature area. You will see the third-largest river in the world, the Blyde River river, on this day trip. The view from God's Window is so amazing that it must have been just for God, and there are two beautiful waterfalls nearby. Another two stops are the historic town of Pilgrims Rest and the cute town of Graskop, where you can buy your own lunch. Pinnacle Rock and Wonderview are two more great places to visit. The trip should last about eight hours, and you should be back at the lodge by four o'clock.

Afternoon: You can take a stroll at your own pace before the camp serves dinner.

Main destination: Panorama Route  
Accommodation: Wild Bush Lodge 

The lodge will serve a delicious breakfast to you this morning before picking you up to take you to Hlokomela, a local community project that has won awards. This is an international project that aims to improve the health and quality of life of people in the area and those who work on farms.

You will go to the Hlokomela market, the neighborhood doctor, the preschool, and the herb garden project on this trip. It is interesting to learn about other cultures and see how people from different backgrounds work together to make the community better.

The trip will end with a drop-off at the Kamagelo Tourism Centre, where you can catch a ride back to Johannesburg. Around 5 p.m., you will be back at O.R. Tambo Airport. You have to pay for your own lunch on the way.

Main destination: Johannesburg Airport 
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