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Preface

 

History

 

Language

 

Money

Rand (ZAR), see http://www.forex.se/ and http://www.forex.se/sv/Valuta/Resmal/?c=175.

Visa

You can stay 90 days without a visa. Visit http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____25779.aspx

Climate & When To Go

http://www.worldweather.org/

Compare with Gothenburg below.

Month	Mean Temperature oC		Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
	Daily Minimum	Daily Maximum
Jan	-3	1	61	17
Feb	-4	1	40	13
Mar	-1	5	49	14
Apr	2	10	41	12
May	7	16	49	12
Jun	11	20	59	12
Jul	13	21	68	13
Aug	12	21	75	14
Sep	9	16	80	15
Oct	6	12	83	16
Nov	2	6	82	17
Dec	-2	3	72	16

 

Cape Town

Month	Mean Temperature oC		Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
	Daily Minimum	Daily Maximum
Jan	15.7	26.1	15	5.5
Feb	15.6	26.5	17	4.6
Mar	14.2	25.4	20	4.8
Apr	11.9	23.0	41	8.3
May	9.4	20.3	69	11.4
Jun	7.8	18.1	93	13.3
Jul	7.0	17.5	82	11.8
Aug	7.5	17.8	77	13.7
Sep	8.7	19.2	40	10.4
Oct	10.6	21.3	30	8.7
Nov	13.2	23.5	14	4.9
Dec	14.9	24.9	17	6.2

 

Johannesburg

Month	Mean Temperature oC		Mean Total Precipitation (mm)	Mean Number of Precipitation Days
	Daily Minimum	Daily Maximum
Jan	14.7	25.6	125	15.9
Feb	14.1	25.1	90	11.2
Mar	13.1	24.0	91	11.9
Apr	10.3	21.1	54	8.6
May	7.2	18.9	13	2.9
Jun	4.1	16.0	9	2.0
Jul	4.1	16.7	4	1.0
Aug	6.2	19.4	6	2.1
Sep	9.3	22.8	27	3.7
Oct	11.2	23.8	72	9.8
Nov	12.7	24.2	117	15.2
Dec	13.9	25.2	105	14.9

 

Kruger Park

The climate is much more tolerable in the dry winter months of June, July and August. Then the days are mild and the nights a little cool. This time of the year is also ideal for animal viewing in the Kruger National Park, because the shrubs and trees don't have so many leaves to obstruct the view. Since it hardly ever rains in winter, the game must come to the waterholes to drink in the mornings and afternoons and can easily be observed from the car.

 

Whales at Hermanus

The whales start arriving in May in order to calve and to mate in the shallow water. Peak time for whales at any one time is October, but many can still be seen in November, tailing off in December.

All year round we often encounter Dolphins, Humpback whales and Brydes whales. From July to November the Southern Right whales are plentiful in the bay and you can be assured of a sighting.

 

Penguins

You can see penguins all year around but it is best when the sun shines between December and June.

 

White Shark

During the winter months the Great White Sharks are extremely active around the island and we enjoy many sightings and often witness natural predations.

The main breeding season for the Cape Fur Seal is November and December when almost 20 000 pups are born.

Summary

July/August seems to be a good time to travel. Come back in August just before the festival starts in Gothenburg. But it is cold if you plan to use a tent in Kruger Park. Therefore it is probably better to go in September.

Flights

 

Airports & airport transfers

 

Accommodation

 

Getting around

Ving use Avis and Auto Europe for car rental.

Dangers & Annoyances

http://wikitravel.org/en/South_Africa#Stay_safe

http://wikitravel.org/en/Kruger_National_Park#Stay_safe

http://wikitravel.org/en/Garden_Route#Stay_safe

http://wikitravel.org/en/Cape_Town#Stay_safe

 

It is important to visit http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____25779.aspx

 

 

 

Internet resources and guidebooks

http://wikitravel.org/en/South_Africa

http://wikitravel.org/en/Kruger_National_Park

http://wikitravel.org/en/Port_Elizabeth

http://wikitravel.org/en/Garden_Route

http://wikitravel.org/en/Plettenberg_Bay

http://wikitravel.org/en/Knysna

http://wikitravel.org/en/Oudtshoorn

http://wikitravel.org/en/Hermanus

http://wikitravel.org/en/Cape_Town

 

http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=1741048907

 

http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=1741042100

 

http://www.arrivalguides.com/en/Travelguides/Africa/South%20Africa/JOHANNESBURG

http://www.arrivalguides.com/en/Travelguides/Africa/South%20Africa/CAPETOWN

Highlights

Look for whales from Walker Cliffs at Hermanus.

http://www.hermanus.com/whalewatching.mv

 

Visit Boulders Beach and look at the penguins.

 

White shark tour from Mossel Bay. Watch when they feed white sharks.

Take a speedboat from Simons Town to False Bay and Seal Island. If you are lucky you will see a big white shark jumping up in the air trying to catch a seal.

During the winter months the Great White Sharks are extremely active around the island and we enjoy many sightings and often witness natural predations.

The main breeding season for the Cape Fur Seal is November and December when almost 20 000 pups are born.

Kruger National Park

The park is 350 km long and averages about 65 km across. Southern Kruger is the most popular section of the park, with the highest animal concentration and the easiest access.

 

There are a lot of private lodges which like to call themselves 'game reserves' but they are simply lodges inside of a designated wildlife reserve with directly border to Kruker Park with no fences. The lodges are for those who want to experience the bush in the lap of luxury with all inclusive. The wildlife-watching is comparable to what you will experience in the park. They are however allowed to drive closer to the animals so you will get a closer look. Travel Help is specialized on budget travels and will therefore use the rest camps.

 

You can stay in the park for a maximum of 10 days, and at any one rest camp for five days (10 days if you are camping ). Avoid weekends and school holidays.

 

The gates and the camps are open around 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. The camps are fenced and you can get fined if you arrive late.

 

Most visitors drive themselves around the park, and this is a good way to experience Kruger. You are however not allowed to leave the major roads. Better than the drives are guided morning and afternoon bush walks. They also have wilderness walkings which last two days and three nights and wildlife drives.

You have to book the rest camps in advance where you will stay. You have to show where you stay when you enter the park.

 

114 different kinds of reptiles have been found in the park.

 

There are 12 rest camps in the Kruger Park. We will visit five of them. A round tour from airport to all of the camps is about 300 km long. Add at most three hours driving, max 50 km/h, each day which will be an additional 1500 km during 10 days. It will totally be 1800 km.

http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Maps_of_Kruger_Park-travel/knp-camp-gates-map.html

Travel route alternatives

1. Kruger Park + Port Elizabeth to Cape Town

2. Kruger Park + Cape Town to Port Elizabeth

3. Port Elizabeth to Cape Town + Kruger Park

4. Kruger Park + Cape Town to Port Elizabeth + Kruger Park

 

It is best to end the holiday with shopping and it is also a good idea to spend the last days close to a suitable airport. The first alternative therefore seems to be best.

TravelPlan

Onboard plane ( 1 night )

Flight(Lufthansa): Gothenburg / Landvetter 18:15 => 20:05 Munchen

Flight(South African Airways): Munchen 21:55 => 08:25 Johannesburg

The connecting flight below is by another air company which usually is not good!

You can fly all the way with Turkish Airlines with one stop in Istanbul.

http://www.reseguiden.se/flyg

Avoid travelling out on a Saturday since that is more expensive. The cheapest flight I found was one with Turkish Airlines from 6.898 kr but it took 2-4 hours longer each way.

Berg en Dal Rest Camp in Kruger Park ( 2 nights )

 

Flight: Johannesburg => Mpumalanga Kruger International Airport (MKIA) near Nelspruit

See page 484:

Fly to Mpumalanga Kruger International Airport (MKIA) near Nelspruit for Numbi, Malelane and Crocodile Bridge Gates.

Johannesburg 10:40 => 11:20 Nelspruit         746 kr

Johannesburg 11:10 => 12:00 Nelspruit         803 kr

Johannesburg 15:30 => 16:20 Nelspruit         803 kr

- alternative -

You can also go by a rented car. Skukuza rest camp is 500 km from Johannesburg (six hours according to Lonely Planet) and Punda Maria rest camp is about 620 km (eight hours according to Lonely Planet).

Johannesburg to Nelspruit is 358 km.

 

Rented car: Mpumalanga Kruger International Airport (MKIA) near Nelspruit => Berg en Dal Rest Camp

Rent a car, page 636.

Drive in through Malelane Gate.

Visit five rest camps and spend 2 nights at each of them.

 

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312618-Activities-Kruger_National_Park.html

 

Accommodation: Berg en Dal Rest Camp

Medium sized camp 12 km from Madelane Gate and one of the most modern. About 5 km from a water hole populated with rhinos.

72 caravan or tent sites. 180 ZAR per site and night.

Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp in Kruger Park ( 2 nights )

Rented car: Berg en Dal Rest Camp => Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp

 

Accommodation: Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp

Small camp near the Crocodile River just in from Crocodile Bridge Gate. There are crocodile and hippo pooles a few kilometres away and zebras, buffalos and wildebeests in the surrounding acacia. There is no restaurant.

8 safari tents, 400 per night and tent

18 caravan or tent sites. 180 ZAR per site and night.

Lower Sabie Rest Camp in Kruger Park ( 2 nights )

Rented car: Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp => Lower Sabie Rest Camp

 

Accommodation: Lower Sabie Rest Camp

About 35 km from Crocodile Bridge Gate overlooks a dam on the Sabie River that attracts many animals.

33 caravan or tent sites. 180 ZAR per site and night.

Skukuza Rest Camp in Kruger Park ( 2 nights )

Rented car: Lower Sabie Rest Camp => Skukuza Rest Camp

 

Accommodation: Skukuza Rest Camp

On the Sabie River. It is the main camp in Kruger with facilities similar to those in a small town. It is 500 km (6 hours) from Johannesburg.

20 safari tents, 390 per night and tent

80 caravan or tent sites. 180 ZAR per site and night.

Pretoriuskop Rest Camp in Kruger Park ( 2 nights )

Rented car: Skukuza Rest Camp => Pretoriuskop Rest Camp

 

Accommodation: Pretoriuskop Rest Camp

Kruger's oldest camp and one of its largest. The surrounding country is attractive with granite outcrops and is frequented by white rhinos. Hippos can be spotted at nearby Mestel Damp.

Many huts, 380 per night and tent

54 caravan or tent sites. 180 ZAR per site and night.

Port Elizabeth ( 1 night )

Rented car: Pretoriuskop Rest Camp => Mpumalanga Kruger International Airport

Drive out through Numbi Gate.

 

Flight: Mpumalanga Kruger International Airport => Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)

8 direct flights from Nelspruit Mpumalanga International

Flight: Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB) => Port Elizabeth airport

Nelspruit to Port Elizabeth is 1373 km so it is better to fly to save time.

Use reseguiden for flights from Nelspruit (MQP) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ). It cost from 1.180 SEK with one stop at Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB).

Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)

http://www.airports.co.za/home.asp?pid=228

O.R. Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) in Johannesburg is the air transport hub of Southern Africa, catering for more than 17 million passengers each year.

The airport’s name was changed from Johannesburg International Airport to O.R. Tambo International Airport on Friday, 27 October 2006, the late Mr Tambo’s birthday.

It cost from 544 SEK from Johannesburg (Oliver Reginald Tambo International) to Nelspruit with British Airways.

The main airport is Johannesburg International Airport.

 

Rented car, max 4 km: Port Elizabeth airport => Hotel (12 laroche drive humewood )

Rent a car in Port Elizabeth and travel to Cape Town. The route is called the "Garden Route". It is 800 km to Cape Town? There are many lovely cities and national parks on the way.

The location below marked in Hostel World isn't correct. It is just the location to Port Elizabeth!

La Roche Rd, Humewood

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312559-Activities-Port_Elizabeth_Nelson_Mandela_Bay_Eastern_Cape.html

 

Accommodation: Hostel in Port Elizabeth

Plettenberg Bay ( 1 night )

Rented car, 230 km, 2h52min: Port Elizabeth Hotel => Plettenberg Hotel

 

From the N2 main road take the entrance into Plettenberg Bay at the Shell Ultra Fuel Station. This will be Marine Drive. Take fourth turning to the left at Wilder Street. We are at 5 Wilder Street.

 

Activity: Sightseeing in Port Elizabeth in the morning before lunch.

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312558-Activities-Plettenberg_Bay_Garden_Route_Western_Cape.html

 

Visit Tsitsikamma National Park

 

Accommodation: Hostel Plettenberg Bay

Knysna ( 1 night )

Rented car, 32 km, 29min: Plettenberg Hotel => Knyssna

 

From the mainroad - turn north towards the hill in Queenstreet. 4 Blocks up - corner of queen and Newtonstreet.

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312664-Activities-Knysna_Garden_Route_Western_Cape.html

 

Sightseeing in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay

 

Accommodation: Hostel in Knysna

Oudtshoorn ( 1 night )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudtshoorn

http://www.oudtshoorn.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoo

 

Rented car, 140 km, 1h40min: Knyssna => Oudtshoorn

 

We are on the main road to the Cango Caves, on the corner of Victoria and Baron van Reede Streets, let us know how you will be arriving, with hired car, Baz Bus, Coach bus service or Taxi. We have a pick up service in George daily.

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312667-Activities-Oudtshoorn_Garden_Route_Western_Cape.html

 

Visit Wilderness NP

 

Activity: Look for reptiles at Oudtshoorn in the evening

http://www.oudtshoorn.com/content.php?item=29&stroom=3&menu=31&showdetail=0

 

Activity: Cango Caves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cango_Caves

 

Accommodation: Hostel in Oudtshoorn

Oudtshoorn ( 1 night )

 

Rented car, 750m, 1min: Backpackers Paradise => Yotclub B&B

 

 

Activity: Visit Cango Cheetah & Crocodile Ranch. You can touch and take photos together with a cheetah.

http://www.cango.co.za/

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312667-Activities-Oudtshoorn_Garden_Route_Western_Cape.html

 

Visit an ostrich farm. Ride on an ostrich.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_Show_Farm

http://www.safariostrich.co.za/

Visitors get to sit on an ostrich and those who are brave enough can even try their hand at riding one. Every tour ends with an "Ostrich Derby" where local jockeys display their riding skills.

 

Activity: Visit Meerkat Magic Conservation Project

http://meerkatmagic.com/

 

Activity: Look for reptiles at Oudtshoorn in the evening

 

Accommodation: Luxury hotel  in Oudtshoorn

Swellendam ( 2 nights )

 

Rented car, 222 km, 3h11min, R62: Oudtshoorn => Swellendam

- or -

Rented car, 253 km, 3h24min, N2 & R328: Oudtshoorn => Swellendam

 

Activity:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g469397-Activities-Swellendam_Overberg_Western_Cape.html

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g312653-d667313-Reviews-De_Hoop_Nature_Reserve-Western_Cape.html

 

Search for cape cobra in De Hoop NR

 

Accommodation: Hostel in Swellendam

Hermanus ( 1 night )

Rented car, 137 km, 1h54min: Swellendam => Hermanus

 

We are directly behind No 8 Main Road, take either Fourie Street or Albertyne Street off the Main Road. Or Take the Flower Street turn on the Main Road opposite the police station.

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g312663-Activities-Hermanus_Overberg_Western_Cape.html

 

Look for whales from Walker Cliffs at Hermanus.

http://www.hermanus.com/whalewatching.mv

 

Accommodation: Hostel at Hermanus

Cape Town ( 3 nights )

Rented car, 104 km, 1h25min: Hermanus => Cape Town airport

 

Leave the car at the airport (http://www.acsa.co.za/home.asp?pid=3638 ).

There are currently 9 car rental agencies operating at CTIA.  The car rental facilities are situated in front of the Transport Plaza and Central Terminal Building.  Access to the facility is gained from two pedestrian subways that are placed on either side of the terminal building.  Pedestrians no longer have to cross any busy roadways to gain access.

 

 

Taxi: Airport => Hostel

 

 

Activities:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g1722390-Activities-Cape_Town_Western_Cape.html

 

Dive with white sharks

http://www.africa-adventure.org/s/sharkafrica/index.htm

http://goafrica.about.com/od/adventuretravel/a/sharkdiving_2.htm

White shark tour from Mossel Bay. Watch when they feed white sharks. Take a speedboat from Simons Town to False Bay and Seal Island. If you are lucky you will see a big white shark jumping up in the air trying to catch a seal. During the winter months the Great White Sharks are extremely active around the island and we enjoy many sightings and often witness natural predations. The main breeding season for the Cape Fur Seal is November and December when almost 20 000 pups are born.

Activity: Visit Boulders Beach at Simonstown and look at the penguins. You can see them during the whole year but the weather between July and December is colder and windy and then the penguins hide under rocks. The best time to see them is when the sun shines between December and June.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulders_Beach

 

Activity: Visit Table Mountain.

http://www.sanparks.org/parks/table_mountain/

 

Activity: Visit "Godahoppsudden".

 

Activity: Check out the nightlife

 

Activity: Visit the "kåkstäder" outside Cape Town. Join a guided tour, for instance Moya Travel.

 

Accommodation: Hostel in Cape Town

Onboard plane

Activity: Shopping

 

Taxi: Hostel => Airport

 

Flight: Cape Town => Johannesburg

An awful lot of flights for 861 kr or 867 kr.

 

Flight: Johannesburg 20:40 => 07:20 Munchen

 

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