Mozambique Diving & Kruger Safari
17 days JHB - JHB

Day 1. Fly overnight to Johannesburg

Day 2. Johannesburg to Inhambane

After clearing customs and immigration, all your dive gear will be collected from you outside international departures and loaded on to a vehicle departing for Inhambane straight after. You will then take an onward flight to Inhambane and onward transfer to Jeffs palm resort where Jeff and his team will welcome you with true island style hospitality as only they can.
Day 3. Jeffs Palm resort

A day of leisure or a cultural village tour is just the thing to make you forget about home for a while. Your dive gear will arrive and will be ready for the six o’clock briefing at the dive centre .You will then meet your highly competent dive crew and the next few days dives are planned and gear is checked in.

Day 4, 5, 6,7,8,9. Diving days[B]

Dive Site Information

Scuba diving in the Inhambane area is of the best available anywhere in the world!

Still largely protected and not overcrowded, the size, variety and volume of sea life on the reefs in the area are astounding. There are few dive sites where sitings of both the magnificent Manta and whale sharks are so frequent, not to speak of game fish of all shapes and sizes. Yet the underwater photographer's interest is often captured by the smaller exotic creatures such as Manta Shrimps, Spanish Dancers and other colorful nudibranches.

The dive centre is DAN accredited and all dives are taken under the strict control of our highly qualified and experienced skippers and dive masters.

Manta Reef 18-27m (only 20min by boat)
Our signature dive site, with 3 cleaner stations, it is Manta paradise with wingspan sightings of up to 6m being commonplace. From Pinnacles to Canyon, Dragon eels, Spanish dancers, large potato bass, shoals of batfish, big eye cressi tails, blue banded snappers and game fish circling overhead. Whale sharks also frequent the area. This is a must for any visit

Green Tree 27-34m
A 10m high wall, covered in green coral trees, home to long nose hawk fish, yellow sea apples, big shoals including banner fish, sting rays, potato bass. Mid water frequented by gamefish.

Extacy Reef 22-31m
Also having 2 cleaner stations, this lesser dived site with its crevices and ledges is often the place to observe Mantas quietly circling while being groomed by cleaner wrasse. Garden eels, turtles, devil rays and large crayfish as well as zebra sharks, make this a favorite.

Paindane Express 19-30m
Game fish paradises as strong currents pass over this small wall dive. The fish life is amazing, sting rays, brindel bass, potato bass, barracuda and king fish to name but a few.

Local Reefs

Tombstone 24-32m
A good place for sighting sting rays, sharks, green tree coral with resident morays intertwined, long nose hawkfish, sea apples and shoals of game fish including the spectacular sailfish.

Pao Rock 14-18m
Only a 3 min boat ride from the launch site, this reef brags numerous species of nudibranches, guitar sharks, crocodile flat heads, manta and cleaner shrimps, crustaceans and sting rays.

Devil's Peak 16-19m
One of our best local dive sites, with an abundance of frogfish, arrow and porcelain crabs, ghost pipefish, resident paperfish and juvenile emperor angel fish. Plenty of caves and overhangs to explore!

Hard Rock 19-22m
Two large boulders identify the site.Cleaner shrimps, anyone for a manicure? Seamoths, bar tail flat heads, plenty of moray's, crayfish, devil firefish, flat worms and more…

Caves 9-14m
A pleasant shallow dive and a good start for beginners to the sport of scuba diving, shoals of bluebanded snappers, big eye cressi tails, nudibranch paradise, paperfish, morays and crustaceans.

Batfish Pinnacle 8-16m
Schools of batfish gave this site its name, while plenty of game fish, potato bass, white tip sharks and turtles frequent. Whip, plate and staghorn corals, while the pinnacle provides and interesting obstacle for encircling fish shoals.

Day 10. Inhambane to Maputo (Capital of Mozambique)
After breakfast we will sadly say good bye to your new favorite dive destination and aboard the customize overland truck or land cruiser. Heading south for the village of Xai Xai we will be traveling through some amazing tropical areas and villages dense with Mozambique history and culture.Tonigt a feast of local cuisine awaits our arrival 50 km outside Maputo.

Day 11 & 12. Kruger National Park ( Lower Sabie )
We head for the border of South Africa after a brief visit to Maputo, We game drive our way to our first night accommodation in Kruger National Park. An option of a night game drive is also available at an n additional cost for those interested in the vast nocturnal activities of animals in the park
Kruger National Park is world famous for good reason since it offers a wildlife experience which ranks with the best in Africa. It stretches 350 kilometers from north to south and is virtually unrivalled in its diversity of life forms, with 300 species of tree, 49 fish species, 33 amphibian species, 114 reptile species, 507 bird species and 147 mammal species! Notable amongst its mammals are Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Elephant, Hippo, Nile Crocodile, Giraffe and both Black, and White Rhino.

Day 13. Kruger National Park (Satara )
We spend today traveling north and exploring more of this truly amazing game park, visiting waterholes which animals frequently visit during the day and testing your ability to become the wildlife spotter of the year. A night of campfire and the sounds of the African bush will linger in your mind for some time to come.

Day 14. Blyde river Canyon
After an early morning game drive and breakfast in the park we head for The Blyde River Canyon is one of the most spectacular views in South Africa and its cliffs rise between 600m-800m from the river bed. The Blyde River Canyon is the kind of place where brochures and guide books run out of original adjectives to describe the fresh mountain scenery and magnificent panoramic views. Overnight in the canyon

Days 15 Overnight JHB
Breakfast at the world famous pancake shop; visit more of the scenic sights of the Blyde River Canyon including the Potholes and Three rondavels. Depart the park via the tropical fruit farming area of Nelspruit and the scenic Elands River Valley to arrive in Johannesburg in the late afternoon.
Day 16. Depart for home via Jhb international

Day 17.
Arrive home and start dreaming and planning your next dive destination with us

INCLUDED
Transport
15 seater fully equipped overland truck, fuel, driver, Insurance, cross border permits, all park entry fees for vehicle, toll fees
9 seater fully equipped land cruiser with trailer fuel, driver, Insurance, cross border permits, all park entry fees for vehicle, toll fees

All airport transfers

Accomodation
Jeff’s resort accommodation – 4 double rooms / en-suite bathrooms
Kruger – 2 bed chalets / en-suite
Blyde river – 4 bed house with bathroom

Food
Breakfast and dinner while at resort at Roses Portuguese restaurant
Breakfast lunch and dinner on rest of tour

Dives
10 dives – 6 local reefs and 4 distant reefs including Manta reef
All airfills for these dive

All boat ,skipper and crew charges included

Entry Fees
All park and entry fees are included in this package
Culture Tour to village and surrounds

EXCLUDED
All flights
Alcohol
All Dive equipment rental
Kruger night safari
Ocean Safari
Snorkel Trip