Cape Town and Kruger Accessible Safari

You land at Cape Town International and transfer to Noordhoek Hotel in your accessible vehicle. Noordhoek sits below the mountains on the peninsula’s Atlantic side, quieter than the city bowl and a short drive from Chapman’s Peak. The rest of the day is yours to settle in after the flight. Breakfast is included each morning; lunch and dinner are your own choice, with the hotel restaurant and Noordhoek Farm Village nearby. Your guide confirms the next three days of touring with you tonight, and adjusts timings and distances to suit you.

Table Mountain first, weather permitting, where the cableway carries you to the summit for views across the bowl to Robben Island. The upper station has accessible pathways along the plateau. You descend and drive Signal Hill for the city from a different angle, then continue into the centre for the city tour. The afternoon runs along the V&A Waterfront, level and paved throughout, with harbour, shops and the working docks. Lunch and coffee stops are built around what you want. The cableway operates on its own wheelchair policy and weather rules, which we confirm on the morning.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden fills the morning, its lower paved paths winding through indigenous fynbos beneath the eastern face of Table Mountain. The Boomslang canopy walkway is step-free and takes you into the treetops. After lunch you drive out to Stellenbosch through the Cape Winelands, oak-lined and framed by mountains. Two tastings follow at estates chosen for level access to their cellars and terraces. Your guide handles the driving, so the tastings are yours to enjoy. Distances between vineyards are short. We match the estates to your pace rather than rushing a fixed circuit.

South along the peninsula to Cape Point, through Simon’s Town and the naval coast. At Boulders Beach a boardwalk runs level above the sand to the African penguin colony, where the birds nest an arm’s length from the walkway. At Cape Point the Flying Dutchman funicular climbs from the car park toward the old lighthouse, avoiding the steep path. The reserve’s viewpoints look out over the meeting of two oceans. Baboons roam here, so the guide keeps windows and food managed. Paragliding from Signal Hill can be added on any Cape Town day, tandem and weather-dependent.

Breakfast in Noordhoek before your transfer to Cape Town International. You fly direct to the Kruger and your Wild Paths team meets you and starts your safari in the accessible game viewer, with a good chance of first sightings on the way. Skukuza sits on the Sabie River in the south of the park, the busiest game area in Kruger. Dinner is at camp tonight. Your guide will cook all your meals when you’re in the Kruger, so you’ll get a great introduction to South African bush cooking.

Morning game drive along the Sabie, where the river draws leopard, lion, elephant and buffalo to the dense riverine bush. This corner of Kruger holds the park’s highest game densities, and the southern loops reward slow, patient driving. You travel in the accessible vehicle with your own guide. Back at camp, the perimeter walkway overlooks the river and is step-free, so the wildlife continues between drives. Your bungalow is one of Skukuza’s barrier-free units, reached by ramp from paved parking. Lunch and dinner are at camp. The afternoon drive runs until dusk.

You drive north through the park to Satara, and the road is the game drive. The landscape opens from riverine bush into the central grasslands, and the transfer takes most of the day with stops at hides and picnic sites along the way. This is lion country. Satara sits amid open plains that carry high concentrations of grazers, and the predators that follow them. Your accessible bungalow at Satara is confirmed before arrival. You settle in before dinner at camp. Distances are longer here, so the guide plans water and rest stops into the drive.

A full day on the central grasslands, known across Kruger for lion. The open country makes for long sightlines and unhurried viewing, with cheetah on the plains and large elephant herds moving between waterholes. Morning and afternoon drives run in the accessible vehicle, timed around the heat and the animals. Between drives, camp is yours. An optional sunset drive in Kruger’s own accessible vehicle can be added, taking you out as the nocturnal animals begin to move. Meals are at camp. As you have a private driver you can choose how you spend your days.

Your final full day follows the game as it has fallen over the week, returning to the sightings that worked and looking for what is still on the list. Early mornings are the richest hours on the plains, so the dawn drive is the one not to miss. The accessible vehicle and your guide are yours throughout. The afternoon can be a final drive or time at camp, whichever you prefer. Meals are at camp. If there is a species still unseen, this is the day the guide builds the drive around finding it.

A last short drive or a slow breakfast, depending on your flight. Your Wild Paths team transfers you to Kruger airport in the accessible vehicle, with a final chance of sightings on the way out. You fly from the Kruger toward home, or on to your next destination. For guests wanting to avoid additional flights, we can drive you back to Johannesburg. This is a longer journey but means one less flight and connection.