Accommodation Type
Premier Hotel: 4-star (1 night), Rhino Rescue host lodge: 4 star (2 nights) & Safari game lodge: 5 or 4-star (2 nights)
Difficulty
Easy 1/5. This is rated easy.
Deposit
$500 is required to guarantee your space on this trip
Payment Installment Schedule:
Luxury lodge option: $2,493 plus c/card fees x 2 weekly installment payments (Due within 7 days after deposit is paid)
4 star lodge option - $1,700 plus c/card fees x 2 weekly installment payments (Due 7 days after Installment 1 is paid)
Itinerary:
Day 1
Once you land in Durban at King Shaka Airport, grab an Uber/taxi to our host hotel, Premier Hotel. Room check-in is open from 2pm.
If you arrive earlier you can leave your bags at the front desk and explore the village of Umhlanga Rocks.
Day 2
After breakfast at 9am we depart on a 3 hour drive for our host safari lodge in Zululand (located 10 minutes from where we run our rhino rescue operations)
arriving in time for lunch. The afternoon is spent at leisure followed by dinner and some local entertainment.
Day 3
Rhino Rescue Expedition: Today you will join our Wildlife Management Team bright and early for a rhino dehorning, ear notching and medical check-up procedure.
Rhino dehorning has proven to be an effective measure to deter rhino poaching. You will participate in a hands-on experience with rhinos in the wild.
You will get up close to wild rhinos whilst assisting the team in collecting DNA samples (hair and blood samples) and taking measurements, all of this
contributing to the protection of the species. The procedure is not harmful in any way and our veterinarians and wildlife management team are highly experienced
ensuring the welfare of the rhinos during the procedure.
Day 4
If you booked the luxury safari option, you will be transfered to the safari lodge after breakfast at 10am. If you did not, you will stay at
the 4-star rhino rescue lodge where we will drive you into the game reserve over the next 3 days to enjoy sunrise and sunset game drives. If you
are staying at our luxury Safari lodge you will have the
the option to
"sleep under the stars" to experience the soothing sounds of Africa while sleeping on
comfortable luxury beds out on the savannah. This can be booked separately.
Day 5
Sunrise game drive, brunch, optional walking safari, lunch, sunset game drive with sun-downers followed by dinner and entertainment.
Day 6
Sunrise game drive, brunch, checkout at 10am in time to catch your flight back home or your connecting flight to Cape Town should you
be extending your trip with us.