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Day 3: Tour the Cape wine estates and picnic at Boschendal Estate. Coast drive along Indian Ocean shore to Hermanus for the night.

Day 4: Whale-watching boat trip in A.M. and cliffside walks to observe Southern Right Whales close to shore. Visit Fernkloof Fynbos Reserve to see protea at peak of bloom. Drive to Gaansbai for night.

Day 5: Depart Kleinsbaai Harbor by boat for Great White Shark cage dive and/or topside shark viewing. Cruise among thousands of Cape Fur Seals off Dyer Island. Return overland to Capetown for night.

Day 6 Fly to Durban; visit Indian and Zulu markets. Drive through Valley of 1000 Hills to the Drakensberg escarpment, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Night at South Africa's most famous horse farm and stud.

Day 7: Early morning drive and hike to reserved blind at Giant's Castle to observe Lammergeier Vultures feed at close quarters. Hike Bushmen's River to ancient San rock art. Drive north along escarpment to Bergville for night.

Day 8: In the Drakensberg. Hike to upper reaches of Tugela Falls atop the Drakensberg Amphitheater, the world's second-higest falls during the rainy season. Drive north; near Harrismith for the night.

Day 9: Early departure overland for Johannesburg, and fly to Kruger Mpumalanga Internatl Airport (KMIA) near Kruger National Park. Transfer overland to safari lodge in Sabi Sand Reserve on Kruger's SW border. Afternoon game drive and night at lodge.

Day 10: Morning and afternoon game drives plus Ranger-led bush walk. Night at lodge.

Day 11: Morning game drive followed by bush walk. Return overland to KMIA and fly to Johannesburg for the night.

Day 12: Time permitting, tour Johannesburg's gold-mining legacy in A.M. Homeward-bound flight departures later in the day. Calidex "Capetown to Kruger National Park '06" comes to a close.

• Capetown, one of the world's most beautiful cities, and seaside Durban with its heady Zulu & Indian cultural mix;
  
  
• Walking on top of Table Mountain with its glorious views over Capetown and the Cape of Good Hope;
  
  
• Sampling fine South African wines at venerable Cape Dutch wine estates dating back to the 17th Century—some of the oldest and most well-established viticultural properties in the world;
  
  
• Encountering Great White Sharks at close quarters—from above or below the water... Calidex group member's choice!
  
  
• Boat-side observations of Southern Right Whales, with their approaches often close enough for whale-petting;
  
  
• The rolling hills and landscapes of KwaZulu-Natal, and its Zulu inhabitants;
  
  
• Hiking in the mighty Drakensberg massif—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—and up on the Amphitheater, a giant rampart rising up from the plain;
  

• Millenia-old examples of Bushmen (San) rock art in the Drakensberg;
  

• Watching from a blind as the world's largest vultures—the Lammergeiers—gather to feed on a carcass just yards away;
  

• Safari game drives and bush walks with armed rangers in the Sabi Sands Reserve, one of South Africa's premier game reserves bordering Kruger National Park;
  

• Photo ops of the "Big Five" (lion, leopard, Cape buffalo, white rhino and elephant);
  
  
• Comfortable, atmospheric lodging in country inns, rustic lodges and a night at South Africa's finest horse farm and stud—where Middle Eastern sheiks keep and breed their Arabians;
  
  
• Spectacular springtime protea bloom in the South African "fynbos"—one of the world's five unique plant kingdoms

No finer blend of South Africa's compelling attractions and adventures can be had—we invite you to come aboard!

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