cultural, scenic and other day tours

Sam’s Tour endeavors To give you an Authenti insight

Sam’s Tour endeavours To give you an Authentic insight into African rural village life and how the local people are dealing with combining tradition with inevitably changing life situations. Not a tour for the faint-hearted, but for those prepared to immerse for a while into a different way of life. The tour includes a visit to the premises of a one of the largest distribution centres for traditional remedies, headed by a Nyanga; as well as a sangoma training school with a performance of a dance in trance (“entrances” included). A visit to a church community centre caring for local children and a governmental primary school are also included (minimal donations included, if additional donations want to be made your guide will advise you accordingly or contact us in advance for requirements). An honest and worthwhile experience.

SDME – ELEPHANT INTERACTION

You will be collected from your hotel and transferred approx. 45 minutes to the Elephant Sanctuary. An experienced guide will introduce you to the elephants and you will learn about their background, behaviours', characters and more, while being able to touch, feel, feed, interact and walk trunk-in-hand with the elephants.

Additional add-on experience of an elephant ride is available. An amazing experience traditionally reserved for kings. After the tour return transfer to your hotel.

SDMS – AERIAL CABLE TRAIL

You will be collected from your hotel and transferred approx. 45 minutes to the last remaining natural forested valleys along the Sabie River, where you will “Experience the thrill of Africa’s longest aerial cable trail”; the freedom of gliding down into the valley basin, stopping along the way on a number of elevated platforms to admire the natural vegetation, birdlife and the views of the forest floor below. Each section varies in length from 70 to 230 metres linking a total of 10 platforms. The trail has been designed and built to South African civil engineering standards and all the equipment has been designed specifically for this activity and tried and tested worldwide. Qualified guides escort all groups.

SDMQ – PANORAMA HIGHLIGHTS

Too little time, too much to experience in this corner of the world, but you cannot miss out on the unique landscape the escarpment as carved out. The highlights on this tour include, Kowyn’s Pass, Graskop, thePinnacle, God’s Window or Wonder View (weather permitting, of course), Berlin or Lisbon Waterfalls, Mac-Mac Falls and return via the centre of the forestry industry Sabie.

SDMV – SHANGANA CULTURAL VILLAGE MIDDAY TOUR

You are collected at 12h30 from your hotel or alternatively stop off on return from Panorama Highlights Tour for a full traditional lunch at Shangana Cultural Village. The village reflects the traditional set up of a Shangaan (Tsonga) family of years gone by and is owned by the Mapulana Community. The tour offers an insight into the by-gone history, customs and traditions and ends at the Marula Market, where crafts and curios are available. Return to the hotel approx 15h30–16h00.

SDMP – PANORAMA ROUTE TOUR

Mpumalanga offers it all – from the typical savanna landscape you travel from a height above sea level of approx. 400m to a height of 1700m at Graskop. The drive takes you through vast tracts of afforested areas to the edge of the escarpment, which gives rise to unique landscapes and views. The tour includes a stop in Graskop, God’s Window or Wonder View (weather permitting, of course), a number of water falls, the unique Bourke’s Luck Potholes and a viewpoint over the third largest canyon in the world, the Blyde River Canyon. A lunch stop en route (not included) is made en route. A drive through Pilgrim’s Rest, the historical gold mining town, can be included en route to Sabie – the centre of the forestry industry. Return to your hotel in the late afternoon.

SDMT – MAPUTO DAY TRIP

Visa / Passport Multiple entry visa for South Africa where applicable
Visa & border conditions and tariffs apply and are available at the border (Excluded)

This full day trip enters Mozambique through the Lebombo border post, heading for the capital Maputo, formerly known as Lourenco Marques, which was once considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Lunch is enjoyed at the landmark Costa Do Sol Restaurant, overlooking the Indian Ocean (not included). The restaurant is renowned for its fantastic seafood. After lunch we drive through the city and visit the historical Maputo Train Station, Catholic Cathedral and some of the bustling markets. Return to your hotel early evening.

SDAC – ADAMS CALENDER

Arguably the oldest man-made structures ever to have been found, older than the Pyramids of Egypt, older than Stonehenge, hidden amongst all the intrigue, these structures can be linked through the stars, to these as well as other well known structures like the Pyramids of China, Zimbabwe ruins, and Mocha Picchu, and possibly give the answer to many questions we as humans have about our origins, This interesting day will hopefully give you a glimpse of how it could have been in many years gone buy and enlighten one to keep exploring.

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