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5 Day Kruger Budget Tented Safari

From ZAR 13635
ZAR 14735 Per Single Traveller

2023 Rates

ZAR 13635 Per Person Sharing
ZAR 14735 Per Single Traveller

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Duration

5 Days

Pickup

OR Tambo Airport / Any Hotel available on request

Itinerary

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Highlights:

  • Balule Game Reserve
  • Motlala Game Reserve
  • Kruger National Park
  • Panorama Route (Subject to availability)

Description:

This popular 5-day budget tented safari offers guests a unique African wildlife experience staying in rustic but comfortable safari tents at a lodge in Motlala Game Reserve; a 3 000-hectare private game reserve that falls within the famous Greater Kruger.

It offers adventurous travellers affordable accommodation and a combination of Big 5 safari tours in private game reserves in the Greater Kruger, a full-day exploring the iconic Kruger National Park, guided bushwalks and a tour of a wildlife rehabilitation centre. The safari tour ends with a scenic return trip travelling via the world-famous Panorama Route.

Accommodation

Treehouse accommodation in the Greater Kruger

15 thatched chalets, sleeping up to 40 guests

Tremisana Game Lodge is located in Balule Private Nature Reserve which is a protected wildlife area that falls within the Greater Kruger National Park in northern South Africa. Balule is 23 000 square kilometres of pristine bushveld that stretches along the length of the Olifants River. The reserve is unfenced and game roams freely between Balule and the Kruger National Park. Tremisana Game Lodge is less than an hour’s drive from the Kruger Park.

MARC’S TREEHOUSE LODGE

Treehouse accommodation in the Greater Kruger

12 treehouse units, sleeping up to 24 adult guests

Marc’s Treehouse Lodge is located in the Motlala Game Reserve which is home to 3 of the Big 5 (rhino, buffalo and leopard) and an abundance of antelope. It offers a selection of budget-friendly accommodation ranging from unique treehouses to comfortable guest houses and permanent safari tents. The lodge is geared for the adventurous traveller wanting affordable accommodation and an authentic bushveld experience.

Motlala Game Reserve is a 3 000-hectare private reserve that falls within the Greater Kruger. It’s ideally located to the iconic Kruger National Park and the major attractions in the northern safari hub of South Africa. The private reserve is unfenced and game is free to roam between the private reserves of the Greater Kruger and the Kruger National Park.

Itinerary:

DAY 1: JOHANNESBURG – GREATER KRUGER (approx 440 kms)

Travel from Johannesburg in an air-conditioned tour vehicle to Tremisana Game Lodge, located in the Balule Game Reserve which falls within the Greater Kruger. Settle into your chalet and relax until it’s time to depart late afternoon for a 3-hour sunset game drive in the private reserve. Return to your lodge for an authentic African braai (barbeque) deep in the bushveld at Marula Tree Boma.

Overnight in a thatched chalet at Tremisana Game Lodge.

Includes: Dinner

 

DAY 2: GREATER KRUGER

Early morning wake-up for hot beverages and rusks before setting off to a remote corner of Balule Game Reserve for a 4-hour guided bush walk along the Olifants River with an armed safari guide. Enjoy the sights and sounds of a real bushveld experience while keeping a keen eye on the thick bush for the Big Five and an abundance of antelope, predators and indigenous birds.

Return to Tremisana Game Lodge for a late breakfast and refreshments; relax and freshen up before it’s time for mid-afternoon tea and the afternoon game drive which takes your from Balule to your accommodation in Motlala Game Reserve.

Overnight in tented accommodation at Marc’s Tented Lodge.

Includes: Late breakfast & dinner

 

DAY 3 and 4: KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

Wake up early for hot beverages and rusks and then it’s time to depart for a full day safari tour in the Kruger National Park. We enter via Orpen Gate and spend the day exploring the upper-south and central region. Lunch break at a popular Kruger Park rest camp (your own cost). Return to your lodge as the sun sets; freshen up and join your guide for a starlit dinner at the lodge lapa.

Overnight in tented accommodation at Marc’s Tented Lodge.

Includes: Breakfast & dinner

 

Included:

  • Transfers in a luxury tour vehicle
  • 1-nights chalet accommodation at Tremisana Game Lodge
  • 3-nights tented accommodation at Marc’s Camp ( Communal ablutions)
  • 3-hour sunset game drive in Balule Game Reserve
  • 4-hour guided bush walk along the Olifants River
  • 3-hour sunset game drive from Balule to Motlala Game Reserve
  • Full-day safari tour of the Kruger National Park
  • 2-hour tour of Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
  • 3-hour sunset game drive in Tshukudu Game Reserve
  • 1-hour bush walk in Motlala Game Reserve
  • Kruger National Park entrance fee
  • All meals as specified in the itinerary

Excluded:

  • Scheduled flights to/from OR Tambo International Airport
  • Purchases of a personal nature
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (cash bar)
  • Activities not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Gratuities
  • Visa fees if required

Good to know:

Group tours

MoAfrika Tours and its service providers offer cost effective group tours and transfers ranging from 2 – 12 persons per vehicle, please do inform us if you would prefer a private tour (additional rates may apply).

Collection / Drop off

Collection from any Hotel or address in Johannesburg between 06:30am – 09:30am depending on collection location.

Drop-off at any hotel or address in Johannesburg from 17h00

Please note

If you plan to fly out of OR Tambo International Airport on the last day of the safari tour, we suggest reserving a domestic flight that departs no earlier than 19h30 and an international flight that departs no earlier than 21h00.

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