The best eight-day itinerary in South Africa
Recommend the best eight-day itinerary in South Africa. On the first day, we departed from Beijing/Hong Kong/Johannesburg Capital International Airport and flew to Johannesburg, the economic city of South Africa, via Hong Kong. Arriving in Johannesburg the next morning, we were greeted at the airport and given a tour of the city. Go to the famous LESEDI Folk Culture Village (Western Buffet) and enjoy a sumptuous Western buffet. After lunch, enjoy a song and dance performance. Then visit Sandton City and Mandela Square.
After dinner, check into the hotel and rest. Day 3: After breakfast in Johannesburg - Billingsberg Safari Park - Sun City - Johannesburg Hotel, drive to Billingsberg Safari Park. Upon arrival, take a tour bus to the zoo to view wildlife activities. If you are lucky, tourists can see Africa's Big Five in their natural wild state: lions, leopards, elephants, hippos, bison, as well as zebras, antelopes, giraffes and other wild animals.
After lunch, go to Sun City, the largest entertainment center in the southern hemisphere for sightseeing: unusual six-star hotel, Palace Hotel (no entrance), earthquake bridge built according to myths and legends, luxury casino, famous buildings, lost City etc. There are tranquil lakes and mountains here, as well as countless rare birds and plants. Visitors can stroll here and enjoy their leisure time. Then return to Johannesburg and check into the hotel to rest. Day 4 Johannesburg - Pretoria - After breakfast at your hotel in Johannesburg, proceed to Pretoria for sightseeing, visiting the central square of the church, the city hall, the museum and the Union Buildings. After lunch, visit the diamond factory.
After breakfast in Johannesburg/Cape Town on Day 5, fly to Cape Town, the mother city of South Africa, and head to Cape Town’s famous Signal Hill, overlooking the bustling city and having a panoramic view of Cape Town. Then visit South Africa's famous wine gardens (including wine tasting). Afterwards, go to the Victoria Esplanade Centre, where you can see the beautiful harbor and the smoky Table Mountain. Day 6: After breakfast at your hotel in Cape Town, drive to Hout Bay and take a boat to Seal Island (subject to weather conditions). After seafood dinner, visit Penguin Island. Then, go to the Cape of Good Hope at the southwest tip of the African continent at Tianya Haijiao, and take the cable car (the cable car is one-way, walk down the mountain) to climb the 238-meter-high Cape Peak.
Looking at the Indian Ocean, where the Atlantic Ocean meets, the water and sky are the same color, and the waves are vast. Day 7, Cape Town/Johannesburg/Hong Kong After breakfast, go to the airport and fly to Hong Kong via Johannesburg. Day 8 Hong Kong/Beijing Arrive in Hong Kong in the morning and fly back to Beijing in the afternoon. Upon arrival, the trip ended happily. A 10-day self-driving route through the Rainbow Country of South Africa: seven nights in South Africa, flying from Hong Kong/Beijing to Johannesburg-Cape/Hong Kong/Beijing, the self-driving journey starts from Johannesburg and reaches Sun City 667 kilometers, Kimberley 750 kilometers East London 300 kilometers Elizabeth Port 268 km Nasna 61 km George Town 54 km Mossel Bay 375 km Cape Town.
The flight schedule for the road trip back to the Rainbow Country of South Africa, the entire 2675km journey is completed here:
Day 1: Hong Kong/Joburg SA287 (2350/0710 1) in Hong Kong Assemble at the international airport and fly to Johannesburg by limousine two hours before flight departure. Accommodation: Flight day two: Johannesburg - Sun City (200 kilometers) Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa and the largest gold production center in the world, is known as the City of Gold. It is located in the upper reaches of the Fal River in the northeast, with an altitude of 1,754 meters. It was the center of the Transvaal goldfields. In 1880, it was just a farm bought for the value of two cows. An exploration station was established in 1886, and it grew into a city as gold was discovered and mined.
It was founded in 1928. There are dozens of gold mines within 240 kilometers of the surrounding area. There is a tunnel more than a mile deep under the city's streets, which is frequently visited and exited. Elof Street is a downtown area with concentrated shops, banks, and hotels. The city hall was built in 1915. There are museums, churches and other buildings in the city. Parks and grasslands account for about 1/10 of the urban area. The famous Joubert Park is located on the high ground in the city center and houses an art gallery. In addition, there are Mill Park, Donald McKay Park, Ellis Park, etc. In the northeastern suburbs of the city there is Cape Park. The zoo is located on Smeiko Avenue and has a large area with gardens and a small lake.
The northern suburbs have 43 acres of botanical gardens and 26 acres of Melrose Bird Sanctuary. Visitors can also visit the city's diamond processing factories. Segregation and racial discrimination are serious in the city. Soweto, located 25 kilometers southwest of the city, is the segregated area with the highest concentration of black people in South Africa. On June 16, 1976, the South African regime committed the horrific Soweto massacre here, arousing the anger and condemnation of people around the world. As the largest city in South Africa, today's Johannesburg has developed into a bustling modern metropolis; high-rise buildings of various shapes are lined up in rows, and a modern highway network extending in all directions covers the city. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, one of the world's top ten financial markets, is located in the city center and has extremely active trading.
Modern shopping malls with elegant environments can be seen everywhere. When night falls, the entire city is brightly lit, and the neon lights on the buildings shine, adding to the atmosphere of a modern metropolis. Go to a car company near the airport for traffic regulations training, and then get used to right-hand drive in the city. Go to Sun City. Sun City is a famous tourist destination in South Africa, known as paradise.
Sun City is not a city, but an ultra-luxury resort surrounded by green mountains and green waters.
There are creative and unique artificial beaches, lifelike artificial earthquake bridges, beautiful golf courses and artificial lakes, one of the largest gambling cities in South Africa, and two golf courses designed by world-class designers in South Africa. court. The beautiful scenery and the charm of the sun keep tourists lingering. An important attraction in Sun City is the Lost City. Legend has it that in the ancient jungles of South Africa, there once was a city with a civilization similar to ancient Rome, but it disappeared after an earthquake and volcanic eruption. The Lost City is a reconstruction of this legendary city. Because the legendary city is located in the Bo Valley Jungle, in order to recreate a Bo Valley Jungle, Sun City transplanted 1.2 million trees and plants and built a huge artificial rainforest and swamp area with clear streams and dense rainforests and plants. .
It is the largest artificial rainforest park in the world. Sun City is also famous for its casinos. Sun City has one of the largest casinos in South Africa and regularly hosts various lottery grand prizes every year. All participants can enjoy the hotel in Suncity for free. There are various slot machines in the casino, in addition to card, roulette, electronic horse racing and other content, there is also a new casino club. There are also cabaret shows, discos, cinemas (fantasy movies, etc.), amusement parks, fast food restaurants, coffee shops, restaurants, etc. In Sun City, you can enjoy the same luxurious life as in the city.
All the way. Breakfast: Hotel Breakfast: Local Chinese restaurant Dinner: Local Chinese restaurant Accommodation: Three-star hotel Day 3: Sun City-Joburg-Kimberley (667 km) After breakfast, drive from Sun City to the diamond capital Kimberley. The Great Hole in the grounds of the Kimberley Mining Museum is the largest hand-dug shaft in the world. It is the headquarters of the Kimberley De Beers Corporation and has many museums, monuments and historic buildings in the city, including the Kimberley Club, the Herzog Plaza Monument, the Rhodes Statue, the Oppenheimer Building, Oppenheimer Memorial Gardens, the British Monument to the Martyrs of the Boer War, De Beers Mine Observation Deck, Rock Art Museum, etc. Hotel breakfast: local Chinese restaurant Dinner: local Chinese restaurant Accommodation: three-star hotel Day 4; Kimberley-East London (trip 750 kilometers) Hotel goes to East London for breakfast. The Port of East London is South Africa's only river port and the Buffalo River Bridge is South Africa's only double-decker rail and road bridge. The Museum of East London houses the fossils of the prehistoric tetrapod, and the Maritime Museum displays the history of East London's development. The Ann-Bryan Gallery has an elegant environment and houses many art collections, and the East London Aquarium has more than 400 species of marine and freshwater creatures. Najon Beach is the venue for international surfing competitions, while Oriental Beach is the closest beach to the city center.
The university town of Graham Town is also known as the City of Saints because it has more than 40 churches and is a famous cultural city. Every year, the National Arts Festival is held here. There are prehistoric museums, monuments, the Museum of English Literature and the Observatory Museum in the city. Overnight stay in East London. Breakfast: Hotel Breakfast: Local Chinese restaurant Dinner: Local Chinese restaurant Accommodation: Three-star hotel Day 5: East London-Port Elizabeth-Nasna.
After breakfast, proceed to Port Elizabeth (port elizabeth). Port Elizabeth is one of the cleanest cities in South Africa and the former capital of the Eastern Cape Province. It is located in Alga Bay in the Eastern Cape Province. The population exceeds one million. As the center of South Africa's automotive industry, it enjoys the reputation of sister city. British colonists began to settle here in 1820, so there are many historical buildings in the city, including Duncan Street, the oldest street in the city, and a fortified building built in 1827. There is a lighthouse built in 1861, which is now a military museum, and an ostrich auction market built in 1883, which is now an ostrich feather exhibition center. Other monuments include St. Augustine's Cathedral, Frederick's Castle and Colatanton.
The narrow gauge railway from Port Elizabeth to Lowry is 283 kilometers long and is one of the only narrow gauge railway lines in the world. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen and many other international automobile companies have assembly plants here, and it is known as the Detroit of Africa. In addition, there are rubber, textile, electronics, machinery, building materials, pharmaceutical, food, wool and mohair industries. As one of South Africa's transportation hubs, the airport and port facilities are good. The scenery is beautiful and the tourism industry is developed. Guha Port, one of the ten major projects of the South African government, is under construction in this city, which will open the door to the world for Port Elizabeth.
Visit Naina after lunch and stay in Naina in the evening. Breakfast: Hotel breakfast. Lunch: local Chinese restaurant. Dinner: Local Chinese restaurant.
Accommodation: three-star hotel. Day 6: Naina-Mosau Bay-Cape Town. Driving 490 kilometers in a full day. After breakfast, take a sightseeing boat to Huanjiao Lake, known as the Featherbed, to view the waves of the lake and the Indian Ocean, steep cliffs and famous attractions. Then, go to Mosuo Bay and visit the 500-year-old postal tree. This tree is known as Africa’s First Post Office. Visit the Dias Museum and observe the adventures of the navigators of the Eastern world. Overnight in Cape Town hotel.
Breakfast: Hotel Breakfast: Local Chinese restaurant Dinner: Local Chinese restaurant Accommodation: Three-star hotel Day 7: Drive 100 kilometers throughout the day in Cape Town. After breakfast, head to Hout Bay for a boat trip to Seal Island (subject to weather conditions). After lunch, visit Penguin Island. Then, go to the end of the world, the Cape of Good Hope, the southwestern tip of the African continent. Visitors can climb to the top of the 238-meter-high promontory.
Looking at the Indian Ocean, where the Atlantic Ocean meets, the water and sky are the same color, with vast mist.
After dinner, check into the hotel and rest. Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Original lobster lunch Dinner: Chinese table Accommodation: Three-star hotel Day 8: Return to Cape Town hotel after breakfast and take a tour bus to the famous Ostrich Garden, where you can enjoy ostrich-style meals. After dinner, return to the city and take the cable car to Table Mountain (if this program will be canceled due to weather conditions). Table Mountain is named because the top of the mountain looks as flat as a tabletop.
Here you can overlook the city, the vast sea and the majestic mountains. Then, you can go sightseeing in Cape Town city and go sightseeing and shopping in the beautiful Victoria Harbor. Breakfast: Hotel Breakfast: Chinese Lunch: Dinner: Chinese dinner Table Accommodation: Three-star hotel Day 9: Cape Town/Joburg/Hong Kong SA (1710/1210 1) After breakfast, go to Cape Town Airport and fly via Joburg To Hong Kong. That night we got on the plane.
Day 10: The Hong Kong plane arrived in Hong Kong on the same day and paid the return transportation fee, ending the 12-day expedition to the Rainbow Country of South Africa.