12-Nights Jewels of South Africa

A Trove of Gleaming Gems

We honour four especially radiant gems on this wonderfully eventful, under-two-week safari: sparkly Cape Town and its Winelands, Phinda Private Game Reserve’s seven marvelously varied ecosystems, and the classic safari landscapes of the Thornybush Private Game Reserve and the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, both private reserves on the unfenced border of the far more visited Kruger National Park.

Adding to Jewels of South Africa’s luster: our Cape Town hotel, the historic, lushly gardened Mount Nelson; the Phinda Reserve’s Forest Lodge and its hilltop Mountain Lodge (we frequent one or the other according to the seasons); the Sabi Sand’s quietly, but nonetheless emphatically luxurious Tengile River Lodge; and the equally luxe and serene Saseka Tented Camp, like Tengile, set on a serene river bend.

Highlights

• In-depth days in effervescent Cape Town, exhilarating visits to Table Mountain, the charmingly colourful Malay Quarter, an inspirational visit to Micato-AmericaShare’s Red Hill Library and Community Centre, and the city’s many other shopping, historical, and human highpoints.
• Encounters with, and oenophilic wisdom from elite vintners in the gorgeous Cape Winelands.
• Meeting up with the Big Five, more or less of course, in the Phinda Private Game Reserve’s marvelously varied septet of habitats, including Africa’s last sand forest.
• Wondrous wildlife and a seriously stylish tented retreat on the banks of the Monwana River, complete with your own private pool.
• Touchdown to takeoff services of your Micato Safari Director, and 24-hour access to our one-of-a-kind Concierge Service.
• Wildlife excursions in the wonderfully isolated Sabi Sand private game reserve adjoining Kruger National Park, in 4-wheel drive vehicles and on expertly guided, deeply informative walking safaris.