8 days/7 nights
Group Journey
Guide Price €1,408 per person (based on 2 adults sharing)
Get close to the big 5 in Kruger National Park and take game drives and walks with your Safari Ranger guide, as they teach you the tricks of the trade.
- Wildlife encounters on 10 x fully guided Game Drives/Walks
- Daily practical instruction and experiences designed to mirror Safari Guides Training
- Keep your eyes peeled for 'The Big Five' on a full day game drive in the Kruger National Park
- Learn about animal tracking, conservation and identification
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Itinerary
Day 1 Johannesburg
Welcome to South Africa! An included transfer will take you to your hotel close to the airport. You have today to explore Johannesburg - head to the Apartheid museum for a dose of history, check out sprawling Soweto, or take the Gautrain to the shopping destinations of Rosebank or Sandton. Your dinner tonight is included back at the hotel.
Day 2 Johannesburg to Kruger National Park
Departing Johannesburg today you'll drive to Pafuri Gate, the entrance to Kruger National Park. After meeting your guides and taking the safety briefing, you'll get acquainted with Makuleke Camp. After settling in, it's time for your first adventure, an unforgettable game drive and night drive, to get introduced to the reserve, its wildlife, and that sweeping night's sky.
Day 3 Kruger National Park
Rise and shine! Today is all about Ecology & Conservation, so after a cooked breakfast you'll head out on a game drive or bush walk. Along the way your Game Ranger guide will teach you about the area's ecology and geology, as well as how the wildlife interact with the land. Back at camp, enjoy an interactive discussion about the inter-relatedness of geology and soils, weather and atmosphere, food webs and energy flows, and habitats and conservation. Clued up on all things ecology, head out on another game drive, incorporating game viewing with an emphasis on ecology and the topics covered during the lecture.
Day 4 Kruger National Park
Today's topic is tracking, an essential skill if you want to be a safari ranger! Take a morning bush walk and learn all about how to identify animal tracks. After living your best Aragorn life, it's back to camp for your daily lesson, focussing on track identification and trailing skills. Then it's time to put it into practice, as you take a bush walk and try to trail some animals.
Day 5 Kruger National Park
Good morning! Today's topic is bird identification and behaviour, so you'll take a morning walk and learn how to spot different types of birds using reference guides. Back at camp, enjoy another interactive discussion, this time on Kruger's magnificent birdlife. Then it's time for a game drive, as you try to spot hornbills, storks, kingfishers, starlings and more, learning about their behaviour and conservation status.
Day 6 Kruger National Park
Another day, another fascinating topic - this time Navigation & Orientation. Take a trail from camp and learn how to use nature as a tool to navigate and orientate ourselves in the bush. Making your way to the midday picnic spot, enjoy lunch in the bush before heading back to camp. Here you'll take today’s interactive discussion around bush skills and navigation, including how to use landmarks, the sun, a compass and maps to make your way in the wild. Then it's time for another game drive, with the opportunity to take a walk and put everything you've learned into practice.
Day 7 Kruger National Park
One more day of lessons, and today's topic is animal identification and behaviour. Take your customary morning bush walk, trailing from camp and learning about the behaviour of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and arthropods. Then enjoy another interactive discussion on how to identify and study wildlife, before another afternoon game drive, with a focus on spotting Big Game animals.
Day 8 Kruger National Park
There’s time for one more unforgettable game drive to end the trip on the high. Then it's back to Johannesburg where our adventure comes to an end.
Departs: Selected departures, Jul - Dec.
Price & Inclusions
- 6 nights safari lodge & 1 night hotel
- Journey by private vehicle
- 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches & 6 dinners
- International flights
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The tour itinerary, inclusions and departures are based on travel from 01/04/2024 to 31/12/2024. Guide prices are based on twn/dbl share, are subject to availability and may vary by departure date. For travel outside of these dates, the itinerary and inclusions may vary to that shown above - please ask for details.Offers are subject to availability and restrictions may apply.
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