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Kruger & the Kingdoms · Small Group Classic Tour

7-Day Kruger, eSwatini & Zululand Small-Group Tour

Seven days from Johannesburg: the Panorama Route, an open-vehicle safari in the Kruger National Park, the Kingdom of eSwatini and Zululand, ending in Umhlanga. Maximum ten guests.

The journey

Big Five country and two kingdoms

From Johannesburg the road drops into the Lowveld past Waterval Boven and the logging town of Sabie to Mac-Mac Falls and Hazyview, the base for three nights. A day on the Panorama Route — the Blyde River Canyon and its Three Rondavels, Bourke's Luck Potholes, God's Window — and a dawn open-vehicle safari in the Kruger National Park with a ranger and a packed breakfast, which includes a presentation on the park's anti-poaching dog unit.

Then into eSwatini, the independent kingdom within South Africa's borders: an interactive cultural experience with lunch, the Ngwenya glass works and a night in the Ezulwini Valley; the Swazi candle factory the next morning, and a long drive south into Zululand, with an optional afternoon safari in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, famous for its rhino. The tour ends in Umhlanga on the seventh day.

Scheduled small-group departure (minimum 2, maximum 10 guests). Accommodation is as named or a similar standard; the exact hotel is confirmed at booking. Two guests travel in a sedan; three to ten guests travel in a 13-seater vehicle.

YOUR JOURNEY AT A GLANCE

A journey through the experience

  1. Johannesburg (Sunday)

    Met at OR Tambo International Airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free — an optional Soweto and Apartheid Museum tour at your own cost, or simply rest. At 19h00 the group meets at reception for a briefing. — Accommodation: Protea Hotel Balalaika (4-star) or similar · About 35 km

  2. Johannesburg – Mpumalanga (Monday)

    A long drive into the Lowveld past Waterval Boven and Sabie, with a visit to Mac-Mac Falls, a 65-metre waterfall. Arrive in Hazyview in the late afternoon. — Meals: breakfast, dinner · Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Estate (3-star) or similar · About 440 km

  3. Mpumalanga – the Panorama Route (Tuesday)

    The 26-kilometre Blyde River Canyon and the Three Rondavels, Bourke's Luck Potholes and God's Window (weather permitting). Back in Hazyview in the late afternoon. — Meals: breakfast · Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Estate or similar · About 320 km

  4. Kruger National Park (Wednesday)

    Early coffee, then an open-vehicle game safari with a ranger and a packed breakfast — the Big Five, general game and prolific birdlife — including a presentation on the park's anti-poaching dog unit. Afternoon at leisure; an optional afternoon open-vehicle drive at your own cost. — Meals: breakfast · Accommodation: Hippo Hollow Country Estate or similar · About 120 km

  5. Mpumalanga – eSwatini (Thursday)

    Into the Kingdom of eSwatini for an interactive cultural experience with lunch, a visit to the Ngwenya glass works, where recycled glass is blown by hand, and a night in the Ezulwini Valley with dinner at the hotel. — Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner · Accommodation: The Royal Villas (4-star) or similar · About 310 km

  6. eSwatini – Zululand (Friday)

    The Swazi candle factory, then south through eSwatini and back into South Africa for the long drive into Zululand. Optional, at your own cost: an afternoon open-vehicle safari in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, Africa's oldest game reserve and the home of white rhino conservation. — Meals: breakfast · Accommodation: Anew Hotel Hluhluwe (3-star) or similar · About 360 km

  7. Zululand – Umhlanga (Saturday)

    An early breakfast, then the drive to the coast past Zulu homesteads, eucalyptus plantations and sugar cane, arriving in Umhlanga in the early afternoon, where the tour ends. — Meals: breakfast · About 275 km

What’s included

  • 9 meals: 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 2 dinners (drinks excluded)
  • 6 nights' accommodation, including porterage
  • Air-conditioned touring vehicle, including toll fees
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Entrance fees as listed in the itinerary
  • Bottled water

What’s not included

  • Meals and drinks not listed
  • Optional excursions
  • Items of a personal nature and gratuities beyond those listed
  • Travel insurance

Before you travel

Good to know

Departs
Sunday (scheduled 2027 departures — ask us for the dates)
Group size
Minimum 2, maximum 10 guests
Start / end
OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, to Umhlanga (Durban)
Minimum age
12 years
Visas
The tour crosses into eSwatini. Check whether your nationality needs a visa for eSwatini before you travel.
Accommodation
Protea Hotel Balalaika, Johannesburg (1 night) · Hippo Hollow Country Estate, Hazyview (3 nights) · The Royal Villas, eSwatini (1 night) · Anew Hotel Hluhluwe (1 night) — or similar
Optional
Soweto and Apartheid Museum (day 1), afternoon Kruger open-vehicle safari (day 4), afternoon Hluhluwe-iMfolozi safari (day 6) — at your own cost, pre-booked

Price on request

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