Trip Info
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open-sided 4x4 vehicle
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02-20
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To be provided for during the trip
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Johannesburg
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Game drives
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English, French, Spanish, Arabic
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To be provided for during the trip
Overview
Join us for an immersive 5-day, 4-night South African tour that blends wildlife and scenery at its finest. Spend time in Kruger National Park on Big Five safaris and explore the Panorama Route, home to Blyde River Canyon, God’s Window, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, and the stunning Lisbon and Berlin Falls. Led by Field Guides Association of SA registered experts, our safaris boast an 80% Big Five success rate—ensuring an unforgettable adventure.
Trip Highlights
- Budget tour: This budget tour uses lodges
- Shared tour: On this shared tour, you will join a group of other travelers. Max 8 people per vehicle.
- Can start any day: If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- Can be customized: You can request changes to this tour.
- Suitable for single travelers: Single travelers can join this group tour.
- Suitable for all ages: This tour is suitable for children of all ages.
Itinerary
This Kruger budget safari departs daily from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport. You need to be at the OR Tambo bus terminal by 6:30 am as it departs no later than 7:00 am. We will send you full instructions when you book your safari.
There will be a brief change-over of vehicles at Nelspruit. Here you will travel in a smaller vehicle to the lodge about an hour away. The expected time of arrival at our lodge in Hazyview is around 11:30 pm.
After check-in, you will have time to relax and freshen up before boarding an open sided 4×4 game drive vehicle for an exciting afternoon game drive in Kruger starting at 3:30 pm. The lodge is about 15 – 20 minutes drive from the Phabeni Kruger Gate.
After your safari game drive, you'll return to the lodge where you can unwind. Have drinks on the deck at the bar and relax before dinner is served at 7:00 pm in the restaurant area.
Included: Transfer from Johannesburg, afternoon game drive, and dinner.
Excluded: All other meals (while in transit).
Main Destination: Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Kruger Adventure Lodge
Budget lodge located near Hazyview (Town)
Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 2
Kruger National Park – Open Vehicle Game Drives
This morning you will enjoy coffee/tea and rusks before departing on a full day of game viewing in the Kruger National Park (Skukuza area). Your full-day game drive is 8 hours long, starting from about 5:30 am and ending at about 3:30 pm. A packed breakfast is also included.
Game drives will be in small groups in specially modified open-sided land cruisers. The Skukuza area is rich in wildlife and the elevated height of the 4×4 open-sided vehicle makes for excellent viewing and photographic opportunities.
You will enjoy lunch at one of the park’s restaurants (at your own account). After lunch, you will start the afternoon game drive in the Kruger National Park. During these game drives, you will see a wide variety of wildlife and have plenty of photographic opportunities.
After the tour, you will make your way back to your lodge or camp, followed by dinner and an overnight stay.Main Destination:Kruger National ParkAccommodation:Kruger Adventure Lodge
- Budget lodge located near Hazyview (Town)
Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
- Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 3
Panorama Route Tour
From Hazyview, the tour begins as it climbs towards the town of Graskop and the southernmost point of the Blyde River Canyon. The Panorama Tour encompasses some spectacular scenery, with breathtaking views of the Blyde River Canyon and out over the endless Lowveld beyond. We take guests along the edge of the escarpment, to lookout points that offer magnificent views, including Gods Window, Wonder View and the Three Rondawels.
Along the route, we will visit the famous Bourkes Luck Potholes ¨(deep cylindrical cavities) formed by thousands of years of water erosion at the confluence of the Blyde and Treur Rivers.
At lunchtime, the tour will stop back in Graskop so that guests can have lunch at a restaurant. Near Graskop, where numerous waterfalls tumble down the mountains, we will visit the beautiful Berlin Falls and Lisbon Falls on the way back to Hazyview.
After the tour, you will make your way back to your lodge or camp, followed by dinner and an overnight stay.Main Destination:Panorama Route (Highlight)Accommodation:Kruger Adventure Lodge
- Budget lodge located at Panorama Route (Highlight)
Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
- Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 4
Kruger National Park – Open Vehicle Game Drives
This morning you will enjoy coffee/tea and rusks before departing on a full day of game viewing in the Kruger National Park (Skukuza area). Your full-day game drive is 8 hours long, starting from about 5:30 am and ending at about 3:30 pm. A packed breakfast is also included.
Game drives will be in small groups in specially modified open-sided land cruisers. The Skukuza area is rich in wildlife and the elevated height of the 4×4 open-sided vehicle makes for excellent viewing and photographic opportunities.
You will enjoy lunch at one of the park’s restaurants (at your own account). After lunch, you will start the afternoon game drive in the Kruger National Park. During these game drives, you will see a wide variety of wildlife and have plenty of photographic opportunities.
After the tour, you will make your way back to your lodge or camp, followed by dinner and an overnight stay.Main Destination:Kruger National ParkAccommodation:Kruger Adventure Lodge
- Budget lodge located near Hazyview (Town)
Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
- Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 5
Last Day: Return to Johannesburg (Optional Morning Game Drive)
This is the last day of your African Kruger budget safari. This morning, you will have a choice between another morning game drive or relaxing at the lodge and enjoying the great facilities it offers.
Should you choose to stay at the lodge, you can enjoy breakfast at the restaurant. If you join us on the morning safari, a picnic-style breakfast will be served at one of the picnic spots in the park.
An optional morning game drive is approximately ZAR 1150.00 per person (payable at the lodge).
You will be picked up at the lodge (from reception) at about 11:00 am for your return to Johannesburg with the shuttle.
There will be a brief change over into a larger shuttle, which will depart at 1:00 pm. Drop off at Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport will be at around 5:30 pm. Please do not book a flight for earlier than 7:30 pm to allow enough time for airport procedures.
This is the end of your Kruger National Park safari.Main Destination:Kruger National ParkAccommodation:No accommodation (End of tour)Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
- Non-alcoholic drinks
This morning you will enjoy coffee/tea and rusks before departing on a full day of game viewing in the Kruger National Park (Skukuza area). Your full-day game drive is 8 hours long, starting from about 5:30 am and ending at about 3:30 pm. A packed breakfast is also included.
Game drives will be in small groups in specially modified open-sided land cruisers. The Skukuza area is rich in wildlife and the elevated height of the 4×4 open-sided vehicle makes for excellent viewing and photographic opportunities.
You will enjoy lunch at one of the park’s restaurants (at your own account). After lunch, you will start the afternoon game drive in the Kruger National Park. During these game drives, you will see a wide variety of wildlife and have plenty of photographic opportunities.
After the tour, you will make your way back to your lodge or camp, followed by dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Kruger Adventure Lodge
Budget lodge located near Hazyview (Town)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Non-alcoholic drinks
From Hazyview, the tour begins as it climbs towards the town of Graskop and the southernmost point of the Blyde River Canyon. The Panorama Tour encompasses some spectacular scenery, with breathtaking views of the Blyde River Canyon and out over the endless Lowveld beyond. We take guests along the edge of the escarpment, to lookout points that offer magnificent views, including Gods Window, Wonder View and the Three Rondawels.
Along the route, we will visit the famous Bourkes Luck Potholes ¨(deep cylindrical cavities) formed by thousands of years of water erosion at the confluence of the Blyde and Treur Rivers.
At lunchtime, the tour will stop back in Graskop so that guests can have lunch at a restaurant. Near Graskop, where numerous waterfalls tumble down the mountains, we will visit the beautiful Berlin Falls and Lisbon Falls on the way back to Hazyview.
After the tour, you will make your way back to your lodge or camp, followed by dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Panorama Route (Highlight)
Accommodation: Kruger Adventure Lodge
Budget lodge located at Panorama Route (Highlight)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Non-alcoholic drinks
This morning you will enjoy coffee/tea and rusks before departing on a full day of game viewing in the Kruger National Park (Skukuza area). Your full-day game drive is 8 hours long, starting from about 5:30 am and ending at about 3:30 pm. A packed breakfast is also included.
Game drives will be in small groups in specially modified open-sided land cruisers. The Skukuza area is rich in wildlife and the elevated height of the 4×4 open-sided vehicle makes for excellent viewing and photographic opportunities.
You will enjoy lunch at one of the park’s restaurants (at your own account). After lunch, you will start the afternoon game drive in the Kruger National Park. During these game drives, you will see a wide variety of wildlife and have plenty of photographic opportunities.
After the tour, you will make your way back to your lodge or camp, followed by dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Kruger Adventure Lodge
Budget lodge located near Hazyview (Town)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Non-alcoholic drinks
This is the last day of your African Kruger budget safari. This morning, you will have a choice between another morning game drive or relaxing at the lodge and enjoying the great facilities it offers.
Should you choose to stay at the lodge, you can enjoy breakfast at the restaurant. If you join us on the morning safari, a picnic-style breakfast will be served at one of the picnic spots in the park.
An optional morning game drive is approximately ZAR 1150.00 per person (payable at the lodge).
You will be picked up at the lodge (from reception) at about 11:00 am for your return to Johannesburg with the shuttle.
There will be a brief change over into a larger shuttle, which will depart at 1:00 pm. Drop off at Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport will be at around 5:30 pm. Please do not book a flight for earlier than 7:30 pm to allow enough time for airport procedures.
This is the end of your Kruger National Park safari.
Main Destination: Kruger National Park
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
Non-alcoholic drinks
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Cost Excludes
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items
- (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
FAQs
The 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari includes guided game drives in Kruger National Park, accommodation, some meals, and a scenic tour of the Panorama Route, featuring landmarks such as God’s Window and Blyde River Canyon.
On the 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari, you have a high chance of seeing the Big Five—lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino—alongside giraffes, zebras, antelopes, and diverse birdlife.
Yes, the 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari is suitable for families, offering safe accommodations and guided experiences that can be enjoyed by both adults and children.
The best time for the 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari is during the dry season (May to September), when wildlife is easier to spot as animals gather around waterholes.
No, the 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari is perfect for both first-time safari-goers and experienced travelers, as professional guides ensure a safe and informative adventure.
6. How should I prepare for the 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari?
For the 5-Day Kruger NP Big Five & Panorama Route Safari, pack light, neutral-colored clothing, comfortable shoes, a hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, binoculars, and a camera for game drives and Panorama Route sightseeing.
