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MAGNIFICENT SOUTH AFRICA TOUR
“JOHANNESBURG & SUN CITY & CAPE TOWN PANORAMIC CITY TOURS INCLUDED”
JOHANNESBURG (1) – SUN CITY (2) – CAPE TOWN (3)
QATAR AIRWAYS / 6 NIGHTS
DAY 01 ISTANBUL AIRPORT – DOHA
Meet with our valued guests at 11:00 at the Qatar Airways counter in the international departures terminal of Istanbul New Airport. After passport and baggage check-in procedures, depart for Doha at 13:50 on Qatar Airways flight QR 240. Arrival in Doha at 17:50 local time. After arrival, rest until the flight time for our connecting flight.
DAY 02 DOHA – JOHANNESBURG
After passport and check-in procedures, depart for Johannesburg at 01:10 on Qatar Airways flight QR 1363. Arrival in Johannesburg at 08:40 local time. After meeting our guide at the airport, we begin our Panoramic Johannesburg city tour with our private vehicle waiting for us. During our panoramic city tour, City Center, Houghton-Mandela House, Rosebank, and Sandton areas are among the places we will see. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. After hotel check-in, room assignment and free time. Overnight at our hotel in Johannesburg.
DAY 03 JOHANNESBURG – SUN CITY
After breakfast in the morning, we depart for the Sun City region. On the way, our guests who wish may join the optional Lion Park tour (90 USD). In our Lion Park Tour, we will have the opportunity to see the rare white lions playing in their natural environment. Then, for those who wish, there is an optional lunch-inclusive Lesedi Cultural Village tour (100 USD). Lesedi is a cultural village where you can closely see the lifestyles, dances, traditions, and customs of the black tribes living in South Africa. At the beginning of the tour, the history of black cultures is explained with a video presentation, then the group is divided into small groups and enters areas displaying the home life of the Zulu-Xhosa-Basotho and Pedi tribes. Afterwards, African cultural dances are watched. We have our lunch, included in the optional tour, with traditional African cuisine at the Lesedi Cultural Village. After visiting Lesedi Village, we continue on our way and arrive in Sun City, where we will take our panoramic city tour. Sun City is on the banks of a calm lake on the grasslands of South Africa’s North West province and is surrounded by the majestic mountains of Pilanesberg. Sun City is unique among resort towns with the combination of many features. Every year it attracts thousands of tourists with its four- and five-star hotels equipped with magnificent sports and entertainment activities and the magical Lost City. After the panoramic city tour on arrival, we settle into our hotel. Overnight at our Sun City hotel.
DAY 04 SUN CITY
After breakfast in the morning, free time. Our guests who wish may join the optional Pilanesberg Safari Tour (135 USD). On our safari trip with safari vehicles in Pilanesberg National Park, we will have the opportunity to spend unique hours full of unforgettable memories in nature. In Pilansberg National Park, we will witness the daily life of various wild animals living in a natural environment of volcanic formation among mountains. During our trip, we will have the chance to see the Big Five, defined as the lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and hippopotamus, as well as 350 bird species, 65 reptiles and hundreds of different animal species; after the safari, we will transfer to our hotel to rest. Overnight at our hotel.
Our guests who wish may also join another extra safari at sunset, in addition to the safari to be done at sunrise. (135 USD)
DAY 05 SUN CITY – JOHANNESBURG – CAPE TOWN
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we transfer to the airport to make our Johannesburg – Cape Town flight. On the way, as part of our package, you will have the opportunity to take the Elephant and Monkey Park tour (155 USD). In Elephant Park, you will interact with elephants and touch their uniquely created body parts. During our tour, you will meet the rangers with whom our elephants share a special, trust-based relationship and be able to understand and be part of this relationship. You will also learn much more interesting facts about how elephants are uniquely created and formed in anatomy. In Monkey Park, you will have an interactive experience with monkeys and lemurs living freely in a natural and exotic forest, and you will have the chance to hug and touch them. After our tour, we arrive at the airport and the Cape Town flight takes place. Upon arrival in Cape Town, we board our private vehicle waiting for us and begin our panoramic city tour. The Parliament Building, Company Gardens, Long Street, Castle of Good Hope, Reibeck Statue and Adderly Street are among the places to be seen. After the city tour, we transfer to the hotel and settle into our rooms. Overnight at our hotel.
DAY 06 CAPE TOWN
After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, free time for the whole day. Opportunity for shopping, rest and sightseeing. Our guests who wish may join our optional Cape of Good Hope tour with lunch included (170 USD). Passing through Bantry Bay, Camps Bay and Llandudno, we will arrive at the fishing village of Hout Bay. By boat, we will go out to see the Cape Fur Seals on Duiker Island. Then, passing through Chapmans Peak or Constantia Nek, we see African Penguins at Boulders Beach near Simons Town. After lunch at the ocean-view Black Marlin Seafood Restaurant, the Cape of Good Hope, discovered by Barthelomios Diaz, and the world’s highest lighthouse at Cape Point will be seen by funicular. Then we return to Cape Town by passing through different coastal towns. Overnight at our hotel.
DAY 07 CAPE TOWN
Free time after breakfast. With our guests who wish, an optional Table Mountain & Stellenbosh Wine Farms tour with lunch included (160 USD) will be organized. First, we depart for our tour where we will taste the region's famous wines. After a 45-minute journey, at KWV Wine Emporium; we first tour the cellars and then do a tasting. Then we go to the town of Stellenbosh, established in 1679, and take a panoramic city tour in this town famous for its wines, oak trees and university. After lunch at the restaurant of Tokara Wine Farm, you can go up to the 1087 m high summit of Table Mountain and surrender yourself to the magic of this breathtaking view. Afterwards, we return to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
Optional: Gold Restaurant Dinner (Accompanied by Traditional African Dance Shows) 65 USD
DAY 08 CAPE TOWN – DOHA
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we complete our hotel check-out procedures. Free time until transfer time. Our guests who wish may join the optional Symbols of South Africa tour (105 USD). Our first stop on the tour will be Ostrich Ranch Cape Town Ostrich Farm, where we will visit the ostriches and also have the opportunity to see all aspects of ostrich breeding and farming, including leather goods production. Afterwards, we will move on to Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. Covering an area of 36 hectares of cultivated garden and 528 hectares in total, this large garden is a meeting point of South African flora. In this garden, where only native South African plants are exhibited, Fynbos, Proteas, cycads and rolling grass, streams and ponds, and well-arranged paths for easy walking are intertwined. After the magnificent scenery we will enjoy among various bird species in the garden, we will go to the Treetop Canopy walkway bridge, which gives visitors the chance to experience the forest above the ground. The galvanized steel structure awaits us for an adventure crowned above the forest among the trees and branches. After the tour, transfer to Cape Town airport with our private vehicle waiting for us. After passport and baggage procedures, depart for Doha at 18:55 on Qatar Airways flight QR 1372. Overnight on the plane
DAY 09 DOHA – ISTANBUL AIRPORT
Arrival in Doha at 05:25 in the morning local time. With the transfer here, depart for Istanbul at 07:45 on Qatar Airways flight QR 239. Arrival at Istanbul Airport at 12:20 local time. End of our tour.