5 Day Kruger Student Group Safari

Day 1: Transfer from Johannesburg & Sunset / Night safari

(Lunch & Dinner included)

Students will be collected from various lodges and hotels within a 5 km radius of the OR Tambo International Airport at 7 am.

Students can fly directly into Skukuza Kruger National park, or Kruger Mpumalanga International Airports and be collected by your Kurt safari Guide at no additional cost.

Please confirm with online@kurtsafari.com your pickup details the day before the tour.  We will travel directly to our lodge in Hazyview and arrive between 11:30 am – 12:00 pm. Students will have time to check in and have a light lunch. We depart the lodge around 14.30 Pm for an Afternoon – sunset safari in the Kruger National Park before returning to the lodge around 18.00 pm for a lovely dinner, and a good night’s rest preparing for your full day safari in the Kruger National Park.

Day 2: Full Day open vehicle safari in the Kruger National Park

(Breakfast & Dinner included- lunch at own account)

All safaris start before sunrise, Mpumalanga means the place of the rising sun and is the first province in South Africa to see the sun rise. This is the best part of the day, not knowing what to expect, after a short drive to the park, we enter the park gates and your guide will have an idea of the best areas to find the wildlife including the Big 5 and plains game, this is the finest time of the day to see predators.

The Lodge will arrange breakfast packs and your guide will stop after about 3 hours for a breakfast and bathroom break and chance to get a coffee. We then continue with your safari, Kruger offers a variety of eco zones and each one has a different range of wildlife, we visit rivers and watering holes as well as plains and Bushveld regions.

We then stop for lunch at a rest camp, where this meal will be for your own account, time to do some curio shopping. The guide will then continue with the safari heading towards the lodge, we arrive around 15.30 – 16.00 pm, time to relax, swim and have a great dinner.

Guides are really informative and will share their knowledge and passion with all, ask as many questions as you wish and we will try our hardest to answer them as best we can.

DAY 3: Full day Panorama safari

(Breakfast and Dinner included, Lunch on own account)

Visit Gods windown, Bourkes luck potholes, Blyde river canyon (world’s 3rd largest canyon), Lisbon water falls, the 3 rondavels and Graskop.

Today we start with Breakfast at the lodge at 7.30 Am and your guide will meet you at 8 am in a closed air-conditioned vehicle, The Panorama route starts only 45 min drive from Hazyview However we climb almost 1000 meters in elevation to the Northern Drakensburg Mountain range, the temperatures vary a lot from Hazyview so brings a jacket and comfortable walking shoes as we do some lovely walks.

We visit God’s Window which allows people a window from the escarpment and 1 000 m below one can see as far as Kruger and beyond on a clear day. Your comfortable walking shoes will be needed as the various lookout points have paths and trails to the view sights. To get to the top takes an average person around 15-20 minutes, but it is worth the walk through a natural rainforest environment.

Bourkes Luck Potholes is a stunning natural formation created by water erosion over hundreds of years. The Bourke’s Luck potholes have round carvings and holes with different sizes formed in the Treur river and Blyde river confluence in the red sandstone. Your guides will brief you on all the history of the region. Guests can use small foot bridges and walk over the chasms, looking at the water flowing through the cracks and holes. There are also several small but beautiful waterfalls that litter the area, we spend about 1 hour here and it’s a great walk of about 1 Km in total.

Blyde River Canyon, the 3rd largest canyon in the world. The canyon is over 40km long and is as deep as 1 200m. The canyon contains vast amounts of plant life with rivers and dams making up the floor of the canyon. At a certain lookout point on the canyon, guests get to see another beauty of the Panorama Tour, the 3 Rondavels – The Rondavels get their name from their similar appearance to the Rondavel houses a traditional hut commonly built in Africa, these 3 outcrops stand prominently from the landscape.

The Guides will also visit Lisbon falls, a beautiful waterfall that has a strong flow of water throughout the year. Lunch and some curio shopping will be in the Highveld town of Graskop, famous for its great Pancakes, there some great small shops and quests will have time to enjoy a stroll through the town.

Today is a more active day with a few good walks, some waterfalls to visit if time allows, lots of fresh air and chance to get out of vehicles and enjoy nature and all its beauty.

Arrive back in the afternoon around 4 – 5 pm Pm after a great relaxed day, and enjoy swim and dinner at the lodge, before an early start for another and last Morning safari.

DAY 4: Morning safari and Afternoon at Leisure.

(Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

We always depart before sunrise and this is the best time for viewing wildlife as predators are mostly active in the early hours of the day, your guide will focus on animals and regions not yet seen or covered, The Kruger National Park has 148 mammal species and over 500 bird species so there is always something to see, no safari is ever the same.

Kruger has a huge network of roads to choose from guides will safari in different areas of the park in different seasons, giving clients the chance to see more sightings and also the beautiful wilderness and vegetation.

We return to the lodge around 11 am, today we have an afternoon at leisure, swim, enjoy some great walks around the lodges or just enjoy our great African weather. A light lunch and great dinner will be served at the lodge.

The lodge has a small conference room, a games and TV room, Wi-Fi thought out the lodge and a great way to enjoy a relaxed afternoon after a busy week

DAY 5: Morning safari and Transfer back to Johannesburg

(Breakfast included Lunch on own account)

Early Departure from the lodge and again we depart before sunrise, The guide will focus on animals we couldn’t find on the first 3 safaris and hoping for lion and leopard as they are most active in the early mornings, Cheetah and Wild dogs are the rarest of the Predator species and the more safaris the better the chances of sighting these great species.

No safari is ever the same and Kruger has a huge network of roads to choose from guides will safari in different areas of the park in different seasons, giving clients the chance to see more sightings.

After a short breakfast and coffee stop, we will continue with the safari returning to the lodge at around 11 am, here you say goodbye to your guide and freshen up before the journey back to Johannesburg. Clients are collected by the shuttle at around 11.30 am, and we return to Johannesburg OR Tambo shuttle terminal and lodges within a 5 km Radius, arriving between 17.00 – 18.00 pm.

Kurt safari makes use or 2 lodges in the Hazyview area, Umbhaba Eco lodge and if fully booked we use Hazyview Sun, both lodges are quality 4 star lodges and within 15 min of either Numbi and Phabeni gates. Kurt Safari only offers quality accommodation for our clients for all tours and safaris. All rooms are fully serviced, en-suite, safe and comfortable 4 star accommodation.

All rooms have single beds, WIFI thought the property and a TV room, pool, and huge grounds to explore, and we can arrange conference room for lectures if needed.

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