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Kwazulu Natal Wildlife

Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park
Style
Wetlands & rhino
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
What you're tracking

What you'll see

White rhino
White rhino
Where the species was saved.
Lion
In the hills.
Elephant
Through the bush.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Durban → Hluhluwe

Into Hluhluwe

Out at first light.

Arrive in Hluhluwe, met and transferred to your accommodation.

02Hluhluwe

Rhino & green hills

Cats before the heat.

Drives for the white and black rhino in the park that saved them, with the full Big Five.

03Hluhluwe

Rhino & green hills

The bush wakes.

More of the green hills — rhino, lion and elephant, with the chance of a wilderness walk.

04Hluhluwe → St Lucia

On to St Lucia

A sundowner to close.

Transfer to St Lucia and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

05St Lucia

Estuary & wetland

Eyes on the tracks.

Estuary boat trips for hippo and crocodile, and the wetland and coastal birding of iSimangaliso.

06St Lucia → Durban

On to Durban

Out at first light.

Transfer to Durban and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

07Durban

Indian Ocean city

Cats before the heat.

The beachfront, the harbour and the subtropical, multicultural city before flights.

08Durban → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – Sep

Dry-season bush

Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.

Nov – Mar

Green summer & the Cape

Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds Elephant Lion Rhino

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

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