Lions tour packages
South Africa 2021 Lions Rugby Tour
Private safari tours packages
Covering British and Irish Lions South Africa tour
Safari options – Pilanesberg
Private Safari – Pilanesberg – 1 night 2 full days
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 2.
Includes:
1-night Bakubung Bush Lodge – dinner bed and breakfast.
1 sunset safari drive.
Safari using balance of all time available within the days and times as indicated (see note 11 below).
Safari code – Safari P1
Private Safari – Pilanesberg – 2 nights 3 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
Includes:
2-nights Bakubung Bush Lodge – dinner bed and breakfast.
2 sunset safari drives.
Safari using balance of all time available within the days and times as indicated (see note 11 below).
Safari code – Safari P2.
Private Safari – Pilanesberg – 3 nights 4 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 4.
Includes:
3-nights Bakubung Bush Lodge – dinner bed and breakfast.
3 sunset safari drives.
Safari using balance of all time available within the days and times as indicated (see note 11 below).
Safari code – Safari P3.
KwaZulu-Natal Battlefield options
Battlefield tour – 2 night 3 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
Includes:
2-nights KZN Battlefield route – dinner bed and breakfast.
Battlefield route covering significant Anglo/Boer Anglo/Zulu battlefield sites/related sites.
Tour code – LB2.
Battlefield tour – 3 night 4 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 4.
Includes:
3-nights KZN Battlefield route – dinner bed and breakfast.
Battlefield route covering significant Anglo/Boer Anglo/Zulu battlefield sites/related sites.
Tour code – LB3.
Battlefield tour – 4 night 5 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 5.
Includes:
3-nights KZN Battlefield route – dinner bed and breakfast.
1-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
Johannesburg/Pretoria tour focusing on the Boer war – its causes, events and consequences.
Battlefield route covering significant Anglo/Boer Anglo/Zulu battlefield sites/related sites.
Tour code – LBJ4.
Road to Freedom – the life of Nelson Mandela
Road to freedom tour/Nelson Mandela – 2 night 3 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
Includes:
2-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
3-day Johannesburg/Soweto/Pretoria road to freedom tour.
The story of the struggle against apartheid and the life of Nelson Mandela.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LM2.
Also, a 3-night 4 full days option on this.
Tour becomes 4 day and includes part of the Mahatma Gandhi tour.
1 extra night – Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
Tour code – LM3.
Road to freedom tour + Cradle of Humankind + Gold and Diamond tour – 4 night 5 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 5.
Includes:
4-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
2.5 days Johannesburg/Soweto/Pretoria road to freedom tour.
The story of the struggle against apartheid and the life of Nelson Mandela.
1-day tour – Cradle of Humankind – including Sterkfontein Cave and Maropeng.
1.5 days gold and diamond mining tour.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – MCD4.
Also, a 5-night 6 full days option on this.
Freedom tour becomes 2.5 days and includes the Mahatma Gandhi tour.
1 extra night – Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
Tour code – MCD5.
Freedom tour + Cradle + Mining underground tour – 4 night 5 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 5.
Includes:
4-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
2.5 days Johannesburg/Soweto/Pretoria road to freedom tour.
The story of the struggle against apartheid and the life of Nelson Mandela.
1-day tour – Cradle of Humankind – including Sterkfontein Cave and Maropeng.
1.5 days gold and diamond mining tour.
With 2 underground trips
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LMCDU4.
Also, a 5-night 6 full days option on this.
Freedom tour becomes 2.5 days and includes the Mahatma Gandhi tour.
1 extra night – Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
Tour code – LMCDU5.
Historical and Cultural
Cultural/Historical tours – 1 night 2 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 2.
Includes:
1-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
1-day Johannesburg/Soweto Cultural/Historical tour.
1-day Pretoria Cultural/Historical tour.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LCH1
Cultural/Historical tours – 2 night 3 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
Includes:
2-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
1-day Johannesburg/Soweto Cultural/Historical tour.
1-day Pretoria Cultural/Historical tour.
1-day tour – Cradle of Humankind + Lesedi Cultural village.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LCHCL2.
Cultural/Historical tours – 3 night 4 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
Includes:
3-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
3-day Johannesburg/Soweto/Pretoria Cultural/Historical tour.
1-day tour – Cradle of Humankind + Lesedi Cultural village.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LCHCL3.
Mining – gold and Diamonds
Gold and Diamond tours – 1 night 2 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 2.
Includes:
1-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
1-day Johannesburg gold Historical tour.
1-day Cullinan diamond mine surface motorised tour.
Including a Cullinan village tour or mini Pretoria tour.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LGDS1.
Mining tours (with underground) – 1 night 2 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 2.
Includes:
1-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
1-day Johannesburg gold Historical tour.
1-day Cullinan diamond mine underground tour – with the working shift.
Including a mini Cullinan village tour and mine surface tour.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LGDU1.
Gold and Diamond tours – 2 night 3 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
Includes:
2-night Ekala Guest House – dinner bed and breakfast.
2-day Johannesburg gold historical tour including going down Crown mines shaft 14.
1-day Cullinan diamond mine underground tour – with the working shift.
Including a mini Cullinan village tour and mine surface tour.
All tour entrances are included.
Tour code – LGDU2.
Cradle of Humankind and other tours
Private Safari – Pilanesberg – 3 nights 4 full days with en-route options:
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 4.
These may vary slightly depending on en-route options chosen.
Includes:
3-nights Bakubung Bush Lodge – dinner bed and breakfast.
3 sunset safari drives.
An en-route option both to and from the Pilanesberg.
Safari using balance of all time available within the days and times as indicated (see note 11 below).
Visit to Sun City if suitable and time as may be suitable. Only main entrance would be included in price.
En-route options (two of) Elephant Sanctuary – Cheetah Sanctuary – Hartbeespoort Dam cableway tour – Cradle of Humankind.
Safari code – Safari PS3.
Private Safari – Pilanesberg – 2 nights 3 full days with en-route options:
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 3.
These may vary slightly depending on en-route options chosen.
Includes:
2-nights Bakubung Bush Lodge – dinner bed and breakfast.
2 sunset safari drives.
An en-route option both to and from the Pilanesberg.
Safari using balance of all time available within the days and times as indicated (see note 11 below).
En-route options (two of) Elephant Sanctuary – Cheetah Sanctuary – Hartbeespoort Dam cableway tour – Cradle of Humankind.
Safari code – Safari PS2.
Private Safari – Kruger – 3 nights 4 full days.
Collection 06:00 on day 1.
Drop off 18:30 on day 4.
Includes:
1-night within the Blyde river canyon – dinner bed and breakfast.
2-nights within the Kruger – bed and breakfast.
Full day Panoramic route tour – see note 13 below.
Safari using balance of all time available within the days and times as indicated (see note 11 below).
Safari code – Safari K3.
Important notes on the safari tour packages:
- In enquiring on any of the following tour and safari packages – please supply safari/tour code with your tour/safari dates.
- Collection and drop off as required is included – thus need these to be able to advise and detail the quote as accurately as possible. Hotel name or flight number.
- Please also advise on any safari/tour restructuring requirements or additions.
- Special dietary requirements. We may be able to accommodate any type of dietary requirements, please supply these to advise/quote correctly. If not supplied, we quote as no special dietary requirements.
- Times we have given are the earliest and latest standard times – however we adjust as required or as needed for your flights. The more time located to the safari and tour the more time you actually get on safari and tour.
- Where meals are not included – is simply the best practical option to allow you to choose on the day. A snack or large meal as you may be requiring at that time. You thus pay for what is suitable at that time. Easy and best for you.
- Transfers required for the tour/safari as detailed are included as part of the fully guided experience. Thus, includes the service of a professional guide from collection to drop off.
- Not all of our extensive list of tours are included in the packages below. Only covering the most popular options. Thus, if you have specific requirements/interests/items to be included, please supply details and we will structure a package to include these as may be possible.
- All packages can be structured to have the night before or after at Ekala Guest house if your timing or flights require this.
- Minimum group size: Solo certainly and for an intimate private tour, ideally is 3. You get the most out of the private package. This can certainly be increased to a maximum of 9.
- Use of available time. Ekala applies all available time in the days allocated to the safari. Not only limited to a short drive or two. We use the time as suitable to our private group – maximum time on safari or a balance of safari time and relaxing time in South Africa’s bush as suitable to you.
- Kruger safaris – Ekala only recommends and uses the main Kruger National Park – moving from the accommodation point where we spent the night to one of the other points for the night. This way a large part of the Kruger and its diversity is covered. Far better than being based at one point, covering same part of the Kruger and its diversity daily.
- Panorama route: covering as many of the points as possible in the time available. Generally, we cover all important points and some of the others. However, does depend on the time you wish to spend at the sites. Also including the old mining town of Pilgrims rest where possible.
- Extend the Panoramic route to 1.5 days or 2 days. If 2 days, then 2 nights are spent in the canyon.
- Day tours duration – depart and return Ekala Guest House: Generally, depart Ekala 08:30 returning 17:30. However as private if you require less tour time – easy.
- Package prices supplied once customised to your individual requirements or that of your group
Contact Ekala Tours
Different tour/safari options available – historical/cultural/wildlife – while structured around your requirements and timing to create a multi day local tour package:
- Cullinan Diamond Mine Surface Motorised Tour – Shafts, Kimberlite dumps, slimes dam, big hole and new operations.
- Mine Historical Tour – Cullinan Diamond village to early operations additionally the black worker compound.
- Cullinan Diamond Mine Underground tour – underground tour in a working mine – indeed, underground with the working shift.
- Gold Mine tours – Johannesburg gold history – while over 130 years of Johannesburg as one of the biggest gold producers
Wildlife experiences – Sanctuaries – then South Africa Bird tours:
- Ann van Dyk – De Wildt Cheetah Sanctuary – cheetah as well as wild dog experience.
- Elephant Sanctuary – indeed, an interaction tour that is compatible with wildlife conservation.
- Monkey Sanctuary – while experiencing primates in a natural environment – NO interactions with these primates.
- Ekala Eco Bird tours – South Africa then one of the most desirable birding areas in the World.
- Soweto Township Cultural tour – non invasive.
- Alexandra Township tour – part walking tour and further part tour in an Alex Taxi.
- Lesedi cultural village – African Culture – Colourful Culture
Historical tours
- Soweto Historical tour – early 1900’s establishment, through the Apartheid struggle with major events that played an important part of our history – indeed for South Africa as a whole.
- Johannesburg historical city tour – the backbone of South Africa.
- Freedom Route – South Africa’s Journey to Freedom tour – including life of Nelson Mandela and struggle against Apartheid.
- Liliesleaf historical site including Umkhonto we Sizwe – Nelson Mandela and others involved in the Rivonia trial and the opposition to Apartheid.
- Battlefield tours – South Africa Battlefield Route Tour – Anglo/Boer and Anglo/Zulu and additionally Voortrekker/Zulu.
Safari:
Other Professional tours:
- Constitution Hill including Constitutional Court – Old Fort to Prisons and Constitutional Court Complex.
- Paleontology tour – Cradle of Humankind including both Maropeng and Sterkfontein Cave furthermore current finds and activities.
Best ability to contact Ekala around our British & Irish Lions tour packages:
Then will respond within 24 hours. Actually in most cases less. However depend on time differences.
Additionally Cell phones do create some problems. Due to time difference or because we may all be on tour and thus unable to answer your call at that time. Thus email works perfectly.
Furthermore difficult to deal with tour specifics on a cell phone.
For multi-day safari tour package – Ekala Guest House
Safety: For the full package, apart from the actual match day, you would be with one of Ekala’s team.
Same team that you would be discussing the package requirements right from the first enquiry.
This goes a long way in ensuring your safety and overall satisfaction in the end.
Due directly to current uncertainties around COVID-19:
Ekala has postponed taking any bookings and thus no deposit or payments currently required.
If you have any interest in our packages – pre, during and post British & Irish Lions tour, please discuss with us exactly what you are looking for and size of your group. Ekala will then see how we can structure, hopefully getting to the point of exactly what you are looking for.
Then as you have registered your interest, we will place you on our list that will give you first option as soon as these uncertainties do not exist. We will then confirm what we can supply, then if you wish to proceed, the first deposit would immediately be required.
South Africa as current World Champions will certainly bring the best out of the Lions and can certainly expect a close and hard-fought tour.
Eight matches in total, five weeks (that you can certainly extend).
6 Cities – Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Durban, Nelspruit and Johannesburg with three tests against the reigning World Champions. Two of these tests being in Johannesburg.
First test between the British and Irish Lions and the Springboks at Soccer City (FNB stadium) – 24th July – would see the Springboks in action in this stadium for the first time in 8 years
We cannot wait for the Lions Tour 2021 in South Africa. Specifically considering the months of little to no sporting events. Due directly to COVID-19:
