Destination: Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa & Mozambique
Trip length: 11 Days
Trip Type: Guided Small Group
Price: From £2480 / €3260 per person including flights ex London

THIS TRIP CAN BE UNDERTAKEN ON A TAILOR MADE BASIS

• Big 5 Game Viewing with Wildlife Expert-Guide
• Swim with wild dolphins in Mozambique
• Visit a local village and witness modern day Zulu life
• Take a hippo cruise at sunset
• Bushwalks, snorkelling & night game drives in St Lucia Wetlands Reserve, a World Heritage Site
• Stay in luxury permanent tents in an elephant reserve
• Evening sundowners around a traditional braai

"Hi Sharon, back today from SA. Had a wonderful time, Charl, our guide, was absolutely fantastic with us and especially brilliant with the kids. He is a fantastic guide and thoroughly recommend him to anyone. The places we saw were brilliant but having someone like Charl to take us around really made it for us". Mrs Waller, Surrey (Guided Family Safari, South Africa & Mozambique, July '08)

To enquire about this trip, call us on 020 8977 7034 or email us.

Cost is per person and includes International and domestic flights to/ from London.

Cost excludes:

Airport taxes
Visas (if required)
Meals not included in the itinerary
Items of a personal nature, such as tips, beverages, etc.

We do NOT make a local payment charge not operate a group tip kitty.

This trip visits lesser-known parts of South Africa as well as Mozambique, and provides much-needed tourism revenue for local small businesses. Our entry fees to the Game Reserve help fund a conservation programme to save the endangered black rhino, whose number in Africa has dwindled from 14 000 to a pitiful 2 550 in the past decade. Fees from participation in the dolphin swim contribute towards the research station which runs the excursion, and is monitoring bottle nosed dolphin numbers and behaviour, loggerhead turtle nesting activity and coral reef condition in order to make recommendations for improving the conservation of marine biodiversity. The lodge owners at our final stop, in Kosi Bay, assist in the training of neighbouring communities to supply arts, crafts and produce to the lodge’s curio shops and kitchens, giving locals an opportunity to earn an income.

The village visit provides a very real glimpse at life for local Zulus in this area: most are very poor and many children are orphaned and looking after younger siblings. Guests to the village are encouraged to bring items such as basic English books, pencils, pens, crayons, exercise books, old school/sports uniforms, deflated footballs or rugby balls or toys: these items will be very gratefully received by local schools.

To get the most from a trip to Southern Africa, and for a completely different perspective, it's worth extending a trip. Combination holidays allow for flexibility and variety, so in addition to a safari, extensions could include a few days on the beach in Mozambique, a short city break in Cape Town or a few days at Victoria Falls. There are also some really different choices, like a 4 day houseboat trip on the Lower Zambezi, or a fly-in visit to outlying villages and tribes in Namibia. For more ideas on extensions, click on the country of choice to the left and follow the 'Extensions' link.

Travel between the countries is generally easy, making it feasible for an extension to be in a different country to the main trip. Contact us for further information on trip ideas and on organising travel between countries.