In article <1137283093.511514.196780@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
SJgerdemann@yahoo.com writes
>My wife and I are planning our first trip to Africa. We will fly into
>Johanessburg from Victoria Falls and have a week before we leave. Right
>now I'm thinking of picking up a rental car and immediately driving
>to Pretoria. The next whole day would be spent driving the rim of the
>escarpment at Blyde River Canyon. The next days drive to Kruger and
>spend 3 nights there. Drive back to a motel near the Johanessburg
>Airport. Do a Soweto tour the next day before leaving on a 7:20 PM
>flight.
Yes, this sounds absolutely right and you may have time in your hands. I
did exactly the same thing in 6 days in reverse order.
>
>Is this a reasonable plan?
>Is this too much time for Kruger? We will already been to Namibia and
>the game parks of Botswana.
There's never enough time for the Kruger. It depends though on whether
you are viewing animals or just 'driving through'.
You may want to spend one day in Pretoria - there are some interesting
sites there (the Voortrekker monument, the Police Museum where Steve
Biko died, the Union Buildings, Melrose House). The new site in Jo'burg
Cradle of Mankind is very interesting, I hear, and so is the new
apartheid museum.
>How long will it take to drive from Kruger to Johanessburg?
About 3-4 hrs the quick route to Nelspruit.
--
JohnM
Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul &
Rainbow Diary: A Journey in the New South Africa
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