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Designed for those who want South Africa's finest, and refuse to miss a single fairway. This tour combines Highveld Highlights with Kruger Untamed, bringing together three designs by Gary Player (Lost City, Gary Player Country Club, and his finest work, Leopard Creek) alongside Skukuza, the wildest course in the world. This package ensures the best safari experience the country has to offer, and every course worth playing.
DURATION: 15 Days
DESTINATIONS: Johannesburg • Pilanesberg National Park • Greater Kruger National Park
GOLF: The Club @ Steyn City • Lost City • Gary Player Country Club • Kambaku Golf Course • Skukuza Golf Course • Leopard Creek Country Club
ACCOMMODATION: The Saxon @ Steyn City • Lush Private Game Lodge • Camp Shawu • Shalati the Train on the Bridge • Jock Safari Lodge
FROM $28,040 pp
Note: Prices reflect a group of eight, sharing. Actual costs will vary based on your needs.
DAY 1
Welcome to Africa
Location: Steyn City Golf Estate, Johannesburg
Accommodation: Steyn City Hotel by Saxton
Arrival: Your golf tour starts at OR Tambo International Airport, where a member from Savanna Greens will welcome you and facilitate a seamless transfer to Steyn City Golf Estate. The luxury apartments of the Saxon Hotel, located on the fringes of this Jack Nicklaus signature course, provide the perfect introduction to South African golf.
Evening: Welcome dinner at the estate's premier restaurant, with your guide team introducing the safari golf experience.
Location: Steyn City Golf Estate, Johannesburg
Accommodation: Steyn City Hotel by Saxton
Morning: The Club at Steyn City: Start your golf tour with Jack Nicklaus's strategic masterpiece. This championship layout showcases the Golden Bear's course design philosophy. Built from an old rock quarry, the 90-hectare course has hosted several Sunshine Tour DP World Tour events, as well as the recent LIV Golf tournament.
Afternoon & Evening: Leisure time and facilities exploration, followed by
sundowner drinks and dinner.
DAY 2
Championship Debut
DAY 3
Into the Wild
Location: Pilanesberg National Park
Accommodation: Lush Private Game Lodge
Travel notes: ~2-hour transfer in a comfortable shuttle bus to Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Morning: After a leisurely breakfast, transfer to Pilanesberg Game Reserve, where manicured fairways give way to authentic African wilderness. Lush Private Game Lodge sits within a private concession inside the Park, ensuring an exclusive Big Five experience.
Afternoon & Evening: Enjoy your first game drive in Big Five territory, followed by an authentic South African dinner to officially launch your safari experience.
Location: Pilanesberg National Park
Accommodation: Lush Private Game Lodge
Morning: After an early morning game drive, tee off at your first Gary Player design of the tour: the Lost City Golf Course. The 18-hole desert-style course is surrounded by views of the bushveld, with wide fairways and a series of lakes that separate the ninth from the finishing hole. The infamous 13th is guarded by crocodiles – these are the type of safari conditions that encourage precision!
Afternoon & Evening: Share stories at the clubhouse before returning to the lodge for a bush dinner.
DAY 4
Lost in the City
DAY 5
Aerial Views of the Crater
Location: Pilanesberg National Park
Accommodation: Lush Private Game Lodge
Pre-dawn & Morning: Drift silently skyward on a sunrise hot air balloon ride, enjoying an unparalleled perspective of diverse wildlife moving through their natural habitat below. Your aerial adventure will be followed by a champagne breakfast in the bushveld to revel in your early morning adventure.
Afternoon & Evening: Leisure time and lodge facilities, followed by a ground-level game drive for close wildlife encounters and another authentic African dinner.
Location: Pilanesberg National Park
Accommodation: Lush Private Game Lodge
Morning: Your Pilanesberg finale takes place at Gary Player's championship creation. This course is a mammoth 7,315 meters (8,000 yards) of undulating kikuyu grass fairways and imaginative bunkers surrounded by the mountains of Pilanesberg National Park. Consistently ranked in South Africa's Top 10, this strategic design has hosted major tournaments, including the Nedbank Golf Challenge, and represents one of the country's finest layouts.
Afternoon & Evening: Leisure time, lodge facilities and departure preparations, followed by a farewell dinner to reflect on your Pilanesberg golfing experience.
DAY 6
Gary Player Country Club
DAY 7
Transfer to Kruger National Park
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Camp Shawu
Travel notes:
~50-minute transfer from Lush Private Game Lodge to Pilanesberg Airport
~1 hr 10 min charter flight to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA)
~45-minute shuttle from KMIA to the Kruger National Park gate
~30-minute game drive to Camp Shawu
Morning: Enjoy a relaxed morning, then transfer to Pilanesberg Airport to catch your private charter to Kruger National Park. From KMIA, you’ll take a short shuttle to the Kruger National Park gate, where the Camp Shawu team will collect you for the final stretch through the Park and into a private concession. This intimate lodge overlooks a bustling dam, where many animals are known to quench their thirst throughout the day.
Afternoon & Evening: Guests can choose to go on an evening game drive or simply relax at the lodge before enjoying an early dinner overlooking the dam
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Camp Shawu
Morning: Kambaku Golf Course takes its name from one of Kruger’s legendary “Magnificent Seven” — a group of bull elephants renowned for their exceptional tusks. Opened in 2006 as a 9-hole layout, the course has since evolved into a distinctive hybrid of 14 holes played across 11 separate greens. Its most iconic hole runs alongside the Crocodile River, where elephants and hippo frequently visit the fairway.
Afternoon & Evening: Enjoy drinks at the clubhouse before returning to the lodge for some well-deserved downtime. You’ll have the option of an evening game drive before settling in for a traditional boma dinner under the stars.
DAY 8
Bushveld Birdies
DAY 9
Journey to the Heart of Kruger
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Shalati the Train on the Bridge
Morning: Choose between a morning drive or a well-deserved lie-in before enjoying a leisurely breakfast at Camp Shawu. You’ll then be transferred through the Park to Shalati the Train on the Bridge, one of South Africa’s most unique luxury safari stays. Perched on a historic railway bridge, the reimagined vintage train has been transformed into an exclusive lodge that offers breathtaking views in exceptional comfort.
Afternoon & Evening: A relaxed lunch followed by an evening game drive and a traditional boma dinner.
*Note: Option to upgrade to our deluxe package and stay at Narina Lodge in Lion Sands. Talk to our team for more information.
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Shalati the Train on the Bridge
Morning: The day has finally arrived to tackle Africa’s wildest golf course: Skukuza. Located within the Kruger National Park, it is the only course in the world to sit within a Big Five Reserve. The unfenced, 9-hole layout offers the possibility of wildlife encounters during your round, with hippos a certain sighting in the central water feature, aptly named Lake Panic.
Afternoon & Evening: Choose between leisure time or an afternoon game drive, followed by another gorgeous dinner under the African sky.
*Note: Option to upgrade to our deluxe package and stay at Narina Lodge in Lion Sands. Talk to our team for more information.
DAY 10
The World's Wildest Golf Course
DAY 11
Slow Down, You're on Safari
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Shalati the Train on the Bridge
Morning: Change things up with an early morning bush walk. Away from the vehicle, your senses will sharpen as the landscape transforms around you. A bushwalk offers a rare opportunity to shift from observer to participant, experiencing the wilderness exactly as the animals do.
Afternoon & Evening: The day is yours to enjoy on your own terms, so we recommend taking full advantage of the lodge facilities. Later in the afternoon, you’ll hop into a game viewer for another opportunity to view the Big Five and soak up the sunset, followed by dinner on the tracks.
*Note: Option to upgrade to our deluxe package and stay at Narina Lodge in Lion Sands. Talk to our team for more information.
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Jock's Safari Lodge
Travel notes: ~90-minute scenic transfer through Kruger National Park
Morning: Enjoy an optional morning game drive and bush brunch before checking out mid-morning. You’ll then take a scenic transfer through the reserve to Jock’s Safari Lodge, which is located in the first private concession in the Kruger National Park. Named after the legendary dog from Sir Percy FitzPatrick's classic tale, Jock of the Bushveld, this exclusive lodge combines literary history with uncompromised luxury in pristine wilderness.
Evening: Sunset drinks on the deck followed by a delicious dinner.
DAY 12
Trundle to Jock's Safari Lodge
DAY 13
Leopard Creek Country Club
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Jock's Safari Lodge
Morning: Your Kruger safari golf series finds its crescendo at another Gary Player masterpiece, with many considering Leopard Creek to be his finest work. Perched above the Crocodile River, the course is a seamless cocktail of golf and safari, capturing the grandeur of the African bush with an exclusivity that rivals Augusta National.
Afternoon & Evening: Enjoy snacks and conversation at the clubhouse before returning to the lodge for drinks overlooking the riverbed and dinner.
Location: Greater Kruger National Park
Accommodation: Jock's Safari Lodge
Morning: Rise early for a final game drive through Kruger before returning to Leopard Creek for a closing round on one of the world’s top 100 courses.
Afternoon & Evening: Linger at the Leopard Creek clubhouse with snacks and good conversation before returning to the lodge for sundowner drinks overlooking the riverbed. Over dinner, raise a glass to the South African bushveld and all it has offered — tomorrow, the journey continues beyond these borders.
*Note: You are welcome to extend your safari by a day to enjoy some rest and recovery, as well as additional safari activities. Speak to our team to tailor-make your stay.
DAY 14
So Nice, Play it Twice
DAY 15
Bid Africa Adieu
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Accommodation: InterContinental
Morning: Enjoy a final morning breakfast in Southern Africa’s bushveld before bumbling to Kruger International Airport to catch a direct flight back to Johannesburg.
Evening: Arrive at OR Tambo and check in to the Johannesburg InterContinental, an award-winning luxury hotel within walking distance of the international airport terminal. Take a moment to relax, kick up your feet, and reminisce over your once-in-a-lifetime safari golf experience before heading back to your home country.
