Duration: 10 Nights
When: Year Round
Snapshot: This family safari combines a private reserve close to the Kruger National Park with a beach in southern Mozambique. This is a great itinerary for the European summer so makes a fantastic family trip for the school holidays.
As with all our itineraries this can be used as a starting point to create your perfect itinerary, upgrading, extending or switching around to best suit you. Get in touch and let us use our expertise to send you on the perfect holiday for your family.
Itinerary
Day 1 – Makalali Reserve
Arriving in Johannesburg you will connect on with your shuttle flight to Garonga, here you will be met and driven to Little Garonga where you will stay for the next 4 nights in the gorgeous Hambleden Suite. This great family unit has two bedrooms as well as its own swimming pool and communal area.
Day 2 to 4 – Makalali Reserve
Makalali Reserve is a private reserve in the Limpopo region of South Africa, it offers a fantastic big 5 safari with great guiding and hosting. Little Garonga is the small sister of Garonga Camp. Run and managed by the owner, Bernie, Garonga delivers a brilliant safari opportunity for families in an exclusive and luxurious setting in a conservancy close to the Kruger.
Day 5 – Mozambique
Today you will say goodbye to the guides and staff of Little Garonga and head to the airstrip for your short light aircraft flight to Kruger Mpumalanga airport. Here you will be met by your transfer driver and driven across the border into Mozambique and on to Maputo, this transfer is usually around 2 1/2 – 3 hours but does vary depending on border traffic.
On arrival in Maputo you will take a boat through the sand banks of the peninsular and arrive in what seems like a different world on the Inhaca peninsular. You will stay for the following 6 nights at Machangulo Beach Lodge in a two bedroom villa on a full board basis.
The two bedroom villa at Machangulo consists of two en-suite rooms connected by a communal are with its own private pool so for those lazy days and some quality family time you really don’t need to move from your own private space.
Day 6 to 10 – Mozambique
This lovely rustic yet luxury beach retreat is the perfect place to escape all the trappings of the ‘real world’ for the next few days, to relax and unwind. There are plenty of things to keep the kids and more wrestles adults occupied from kyaking and diving to boat trips and visits to the historical Inhaca Island. With comfortably warm temperatures and stable weather this is a great summer holiday destination.
Day 11
Today it is time to head home, you will catch the boat back to Maputo for you onward flights.
Details
4 nights Little Garonga (Hambleden Suite, fully inclusive)
6 nights Machangulo Beach Lodge (two bedroom villa, full board)
Pricing: £13,750 per family of 4 travelling in mid season
All pricing is given as a guideline, as all our itineraries are tailor made actual costs will depend on dates, passengers and exchange rates as well as any alterations to the itinerary.
Inclusions: Internal flights and transfers, full board accommodation, house wines, beers and spirits.
Exclusions: International flights
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