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A Golf & Safari Journey
This itinerary comes out of AriKai Africa, my sister company and a specialist Golf & Safari DMC — so the golf side of this trip is handled with the same rigour as the safari side, not treated as an afterthought. Three championship rounds through the Cape Winelands, then a course that borders the Kruger National Park itself, followed by days spent tracking the Big Five instead of a ball.
Tee times, caddies, buggies, and clubs (if you'd rather not fly with your own set) are arranged in advance. Non-golfing partners are fully catered for at every stop — spa time and Winelands tours while you play, and full safari activities once you reach the bush.
Cape Town
Arrive and transfer to your hotel in the Winelands or City Bowl. An easy first day — settle in, and if energy allows, a short warm-up session at the practice range.
Stellenbosch
Your first round at a championship course in the Stellenbosch Winelands, mountains on every side. Lunch at the clubhouse, then an afternoon wine tasting for the group before dinner in town.
Franschhoek
A second round at a course set inside the Franschhoek Valley wine estates — one of the most scenic rounds in the Cape. Non-golfers spend the day touring the valley's estates and galleries instead.
Cape Town → Hoedspruit, Greater Kruger
A morning flight to the Kruger Lowveld, with the afternoon free to settle into your safari lodge ahead of the round to come. A short game drive in the late afternoon eases you into the bush.
Leopard Creek Golf Club, bordering Kruger National Park
Your third round at one of the most famous settings in world golf — a course that shares a boundary fence with the Kruger National Park, where it's entirely normal for elephant or hippo to be visible from the fairway. An afternoon game drive follows.
Greater Kruger
Clubs put away, cameras out — a full day of game drives, dawn and dusk, with the heat of the day free for the pool or a spa treatment.
Hoedspruit → Johannesburg
One last dawn game drive, then a flight to Johannesburg for your final night, with the evening free for a last dinner in the city.
Johannesburg
A private transfer to OR Tambo International for your onward or homebound flight.
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