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KRUGER NATIONAL PARK DAY TOURS

Full-Day guided Kruger National Park tour

Tour duration: Full day

The Kruger National Park is one of the largest National Parks in Africa and home to spectacular wildlife including the Big 5. It covers an area of approximately 20,000km2.

Your tour of the park will begin with you being collected from your accommodation at the crack of dawn by your qualified nature guide. We will travel to Orpen Gate where we’ll enter the park and where your safari experience begins. By lunch time, you will arrive at Satara Rest Camp where there are picnic sites (if you have a packed lunch) and a restaurant. After lunch, you will begin the journey back to your lodge through the park.

What to bring:

Comfortable walking shoes
Binoculars (recommended)
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Spending money for drinks, snacks, curios and lunch

Included: Qualified guide, all transport in an open safari vehicle, entrance fees, bottled water, tea & coffee

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities

PANORAMA ROUTE

Full-day guided Panoramic Tour

Tour duration: Full day

Not only does the Panorama Route offer the most remarkable views over the Lowveld, it is also home to a number of phenomenal geographical features, such as waterfalls, gorges, potholes as well as the 3rd largest, and greenest, canyon in the world – the Blyde River Canyon. Time permitting; your qualified guide will take you to the Three Rondavels and views the canyon below, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, Lisbon and/or Berlin Falls, and God’s Window, where Northern Drakensberg plunges 900m to the Lowveld. Complete the experience with an optional light lunch at the infamous Harries Pancakes in Graskop.

What to bring:

Comfortable walking shoes
Binoculars (optional)
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Spending money for lunch, drinks, snacks and curios

Included: Qualified guide, all transport, entrance fees, bottled water

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities, Graskop Gorge Lift (optional)

HOT AIR BALLOON SAFARI

Hot air balloon safari

Tour duration: 1.5 hours (excluding travel time)

Meeting just before sunset at the foothills of the Drakensburg Mountains, whilst enjoying a cup of tea or coffee, your 8-storey high hot air balloon will be inflated before you. After a safety briefing, you will take-off in time to view the sunrise and soar as high as 2,000 feet making for exceptional views and photographic opportunities. The tour is conducted by a fully qualified pilot.

What to bring:

Comfortable walking shoes
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Spending money for drinks, snacks and curios

Included: All transport, tour fees, bottled mineral water, guided tour

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities

HOEDSPRUIT ENDANGERED SPECIES CENTRE

Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre

Tour duration: 2 hours (excluding travel time)

Home to a variety of endangered animal species, Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) plays an important role in the conservation of wildlife, particularly cheetah and rhino. Your professional guide will take you on a drive in an open safari vehicle through the enclosures of the animals that call HESC home and share insights into their life stories and their struggles with human-wildlife conflict.

What to bring:

Comfortable walking shoes
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Spending money for drinks, snacks and curios

Included: All transport, tour fees, bottled mineral water, guided tour

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities

BLYDE BOAT CRUISE

JABULANI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY

MOHOLOHOLO REHABILITATION CENTRE

Blyde Dam Boat Cruise

our duration: 1.5hours (excluding travel time)

The Blyde River Canyon is a place of pure untouched beauty and is best seen from the water of the Blydepoort Dam. On the cruise you will experience astonishing views of the Blyde River Canyon, a natural wonder that forms part of the Northern Drakensberg, boasting views of the Three Rondawels, The Kadishi Waterfall and Mariepskop. If you are lucky, you may also see hippo and crocodile on shores of the dam. The tour is conducted by a professional guide and skipper.

What to bring:

Comfortable shoes
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Binoculars are optional

Included: All transport, tour fees, bottled mineral water, guided tour, Swadini Nature Reserve entrance fees

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities

Jabulani Elephant Sanctuary

Tour duration: 1.5 hours (excluding travel time)

Meeting Jabulani elephants up close is an extraordinary experience. Arriving at sunrise, your guided tour will include a personal introduction to a very special family of elephants. Your guide will share the incredible story behind this herd of elephants while you have the opportunity to observe the herd in close proximity, learning more about their behavior and unique character traits. The experience takes place in the elephant’s natural environment, making for spectacular photographic opportunities.

What to bring:

Comfortable walking shoes
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Spending money for drinks, snacks and curios

Included: All transport, tour fees, bottled mineral water, guided tour

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities

Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

Tour duration: 90min (excluding travel time)

The Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is home to many of South Africa’s abandoned, injured, and poisoned wildlife. The centre is world-renowned for its efforts in conservation and wildlife education in South Africa. There are a number of permanent residents at the centre who are ambassadors for their respective species as their injuries are too severe for them to survive in the wild. During your guided tour of the centre, you will get an up close and personal experience of these incredible creatures.

What to bring:

Comfortable walking shoes
Sunscreen, sunhat, sunglasses
A warm jacket (especially in the winter months)
Spending money for drinks, snacks and curios

Included: All transport, tour fees, bottled mineral water, guided tour of the centre

Excluded: Lunch, drinks & snacks, items of personal nature, gratuities

client testimonials

We had a fantastic experience with Osprey for a day tour of the Hoedspruit area & transfers to and from our accommodation. Both Ruan and James were brilliant and very knowledgeable about the area/wildlife – it was highly worthwhile to have a professional guide taking us on the day tour. Read more…

I would highly recommend Osprey Tours to anyone looking for super-efficient transfer services and amazing tours led by knowledgeable guides! James and Ruan from Osprey were incredibly friendly and prioritized the quality of their customers experience above all else. Read more…

Osprey arranged both transfers and accomodation for us. Everything was done as promised per our requests. Queries were attended to prompty and efficiently resulting in a completely hassle-free experience. The vehicles are spotless and in very good condition with puntuality being 100%. Read more…

HOEDSPRUIT WILDLIFE ESTATE

Tel: +27 15 000 6822

Emergencies & after-hours:
+27 81 032 7936

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