All of us like to celebrate Christmas and New Year with friends or if your a single traveller or just the two of you - it makes sense to look at getting away and celebrating in some sunny spot away from the greyness of the UK. 

 

 

 

 

The tour starts in San Francisco before heading inland, with Sacramento and gorgeous Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains our first stops. From there, we head to Reno and into the Black Rock Desert before crossing the Nevada state line into Idaho at Twin Falls. After a visit to the Craters of the Moon National Monument we arrive in the magnificent Yellowstone National Park, with its geysers and waterfalls. We move on to Grand Tetons National Park, Jackson Hole in the Rockies and Salt Lake City in the Mormon state of Utah. Our next stop is the canyon country of Moab and Arches National Park before we head for Bryce Canyon, Lake Powell and the unmissable splendour of the Grand Canyon. If you can tear yourself away, we move on to Flagstaff, Arizona before pushing on through the Mojave Desert to the 24-hour hustle and bustle of Las Vegas. After trying your luck at the casinos, or indulging in some luxury shopping, it’s back across the desert to Los Angeles, where our tour concludes. 

 

Inclusions 

 

 

Optional 

 

 

This fly drive itinerary is especially popular with first time visitors to South Africa as it combines some of the country's top attractions - Cape Town, the Winelands, the Garden Route and a game safari, travelling through non-malarial areas throughout. This itinerary can be enjoyed exactly as described or it can be adjusted at any point. You can choose from guesthouse style accommodation or top grade hotels depending on your taste and budget, the below are our suggestions. 

 

Day 1 - Manchester or Heathrow to Johannesburg, then onward flight to Port Elizabeth. 

On arrival be met and transferred to your hotel for one night - Garden Court or similar 

 

Day 2-5 - transfer to the transfer to Pumba Private Game Reserve (full board and game activities) for 3 nights, arriving in time for the afternoon game drive. 

 

Days 5 - Early morning game drive the transfer back to the airport and collect your hire car, compact grade with all insurances. 

 

Cross the Outeniqua Pass and join the Garden Route at George. Drive along the coast passing through Wilderness and Knysna to Plettenberg Bay (c.2½ hours). Stay at Lairds Lodge for 3 nights (with breakfast). 

 

Day 5-8 

At leisure to explore the surrounding area. Perhaps a drive through Nature’s Valley to Storms River Gorge or take a walking trail through the Tsitsikamma Forest. 

 

Day 8 

Drive across to Mossel Bay and then inland to Oudtshoorn (c.4 hours). Stay 1 nights at Hlangana Lodge (breakfast). 

 

Day 9 

Visit an ostrich farm and the famous Cango Caves or spend the day at leisure. 

 

Day 9-11 

Drive to the Winelands (c.1 hour) for 2 nights stay at Avondrood Guest House, Franschhoek (with breakfast). 

 

Day 11-15 

On arrival into Cape Town you stay at the Abbey Manor for 4 nights (with breakfast). 

 

At leisure for local sightseeing. Table Mountain is a must and there are a host of shops, cafes and restaurants at the V&A Waterfront, as well as local food markets at the weekends. 

 

Day 15 - Drop off the car at the Airport ready for your flight home to the UK