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Marc’s Treehouse Lodge
has a swimming pool, a bush bar and a rustic boma where 3 course meals are served. After your evening meal, which always has a typical African flavour, you can relax around the crackling campfire and share your impressions of the day’s wildlife highlights and adventures.Compared to similarly priced camping safaris for backpackers, Marc’s offers so much more and it is easy to understand why it has become a favourite venue for the backpacking fraternity
ITINERARIES
3 DAY ITINERARY
Day One: Pick up from your hostel or Johannesburg Airport and travel in an airconditioned vehicle via Dullstroom or Nelspruit to Marc's Camp. After a short break ( swim/ early Sundowner at the bar ) you board the open Landcruiser for a 3 hour sunset drive. Your qualified guide will facilitate your first sightings of Africa's varied fauna. We stop for photos of the magnificent African sunset. After dark, your guide will use a powerful spotlight to locate nocturnal animals. Dinner in the Boma around a crackling fire will be a typical South African meal. Overnight in your fascinating treehouse or comfortable chalet.
Day Two: At the Orpen Gate of Kruger we board our open Gameviewer that provides unbeatable opportunities for a total sensual wildlife experience. These vehicles offer superior viewing and the absence of windows allows you to hear and smell the African bush and its denizens. Your experienced guide will show you many animals and birds that frequent this wildlife paradise. The Orpen/ Satara region has open plains with numerous herds of giraffe, zebra and antelope that attract the big cats. Dinner and overnight at Marc’s Camp.
Day Three: Early morning game walk accompanied by your armed ranger. You will attempt to get close to the numerous animals that have made their home at Marc’s, especially nyala, buffalo and rhino. After breakfast, you drive via the Blyde River Canyon on your return to Johannesburg where you arrive in the late afternoon. Airport dropoff by arrangement.
TARIFFS: (Valid from 01-01-2010 to 31-12-2010)
TREEHOUSE LODGE:
- R 4895 sharing
- R 5095 single
- R 3395 child under 12.
TENTS
ADVENTURE CAMP
- R 3995 sharing
- R 4695 single
- R 3195 child under 12.
* TARIFFS include all transfers, all entry fees, all game drives and game walksa and accommodation on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Excluded are lunches,drinks, gratuities and personal items
4 DAY SAFARI
The itinerary is the same as that of the Three Day Safari above, with an additional day spent in Kruger on the open vehicle
TARIFFS: (Valid from 01-01-2010 to 31-12-2010)
TREEHOUSE LODGE:
- R 5495 sharing
- R 5795 single
- R 3795 child under 12.
TENTS
ADVENTURE CAMP
- R 4695 sharing
- R 5395 single
- R 3595 child under 12.
*TARIFFS include all transfers, all entry fees, all game drives and game walksa and accommodation on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Excluded are lunches,drinks, gratuities and personal items
6 DAY SAFARI
Day One: Pick up from your hostel in Johannesburg or Pretoria or O R Tambo airport and drive to Tremisana Game Lodge in the Balule Section of Kruger. There is time for a rest in your air-conditioned chalet or a swim or a drink at the bar. Board our open Landcruiser for a 3h game drive on Balule Plains. After stopping to watch the magnificent African sunset, we use spotlights to identify nocturnal species. Dinner and overnight at Tremisana Game Lodge.
Day Two: Awaken before sunrise for a cuppa and rusks. We drive to a remote area where our armed ranger conducts a 4h Big Five Game Walk. Adrenalin rushes will be acute, notwithstanding the presence of your armed field guide. Return to Tremisana for Brunch. Transfer to Marc’s Camp where accommodation is reserved in a charming and fascinating treehouse. At 15h00 we board an open Gameviewer for a 3h game drive on the Motlala Reserve where we have a good chance of encountering Black and White Rhino as well as Buffalo. Dinner and overnight at Marc’s Treehouse Lodge.
Day Three: Full day on an open Gameviewer in Kruger Park. Your ranger will attempt to show you all of the Big Five. The area we visit has excellent visibility of open plains, home to numerous herds of zebra, giraffe, wildebeest and other antelope, that attract many lions. Elephant, buffalo and rhino are also abundant.
Day Four: Morning visit to Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre for orphaned and injured animals. You will get up close and personal to lions, leopards, cheetah and other animals that are cared for in this conservation-minded centre. After lunch at Cheetah Inn, you have the afternoon to rest or swim. At 17h00 board the open Gameviewer for a Sunset Drive on the Motlala Game Reserve.
Day Five: Another full day of game viewing and bird watching in Kruger. Your guide will attempt to show you more of this truly outstanding game sanctuary. The diversity of mammals found in Kruger is unsurpassed anywhere in Africa. Lodge.
Day Six: Early morning game walk accompanied by an armed ranger who will show you spoor and droppings of animals big and small. The walk concentrates on plants, birds and insects that are not normally appreciated from a vehicle. From time to time, dangerous animals such as Buffalo, Black Rhino and Leopard are encountered. After breakfast, we drive via the Three Rondawels of the Blyde River Canyon en route to Johannesburg where we arrive in the late afternoon. Airport drop off by arrangement.
TARIFFS: (Valid from 01-01-2010 to 31-12-2010)
TREEHOUSE LODGE:
- R 7195 sharing
- R 7495 single
- R 4995 child under 12.
TENTS
*TARIFFS include all transfers, all entry fees, all game drives and game walksa and accommodation on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Excluded are lunches,drinks, gratuities and personal items
To make a reservation please call:
Armand Breytenbach
(+27)83 301 9876
armand@avantgardelodge.co.za
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