Day 1: Durban
Meet and assist on arrival in Durban and collect your hire car, drive into Durban for an overnight stay.
Day 2: Durban - Drakensberg
Make your way to the Drakensberg Mountains, an area of soaring heights and dramatic peaks.
The majestic Drakensberg is the country's highest and most impressive mountain range rising to over 3 000 metres. Known to the Zulu people as Ukhahlamba, or 'Barrier of Spears', the Mountains of the Dragon provide a magnificent semi-circular border between KwaZulu-Natal and the inland mountain Kingdom of Lesotho.
Day 3: Drakensberg
Today enjoy the natural beauty of these magnificent mountains. Enjoy a scenic walking/hiking trail, or go fly-fishing in the cold mountain streams and lakes. With a host of activities on offer including horse-riding, hiking, mountain biking, bowls, tennis, golf and much more, you'll be kept busy!
Day 4: Drakensberg - Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Depart from Drankenberg for Zululand, home to the most famous tribe in Africa, the Zulu, as well as a wealth of nature reserves. The Zululand region abounds with wildlife in extensive reserves; the largest of these is the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Reserve where the white rhinoceros was rescued from extinction.
Day 5: Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Spend today exploring Hluhluwe Game Park, the oldest game reserve in Africa where Zulu kings such as Dingiswayo and Shaka hunted and put in place the first conservation laws. Visitors can also go for game walks in the reserve accompanied by experienced, armed rangers and have the opportunity of coming to within a few paces of rhinos, giraffe, buffalo, elephant and a range of other African animals (own account).
Day 6: Hluhluwe Game Reserve - Durban / Pennington - Selborne Hotel Spa and Golf Estate
Depart Hluhluwe Game Reserve and drive back to Pennington, just south of Durban. Here you will stay at the Selborne Hotel Spa and Golf Estate, located on South Africa's Golf Coast, set in a magnificent indigenous coastal forest and close to the shores of the Indian Ocean.
A stately country retreat with the understated elegance of yesteryear, enjoy fine dining in elegant restaurants, which serve breakfast, lunch and dinner or relax on an outdoor terrace and enjoy alfresco dining. Play a round of golf on the beautifully manicured 18-hole championship golf course, a game of tennis on the floodlit courts or indulge yourself at the Health Spa while your children amuse themselves at their own recreation centre. Close to scenic pristine beaches, Selborne also boasts its own private beach club and chapel.
Day 7: Pennington - Selborne Hotel Spa and Golf Estate
Full day to relaxe and enjoy the hotel and the beautiful coast.
Day 8: Depart
Today you travel back to Durban, International Airport for your onward journey.
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