Upon arrival at Durban Airport, collect your rental car. There is an easy drive across the rolling Midland Hills to Lythwood Lodge, your home for the next four nights.

Overnight Lythwood Lodge bed and breakfast

Three full days here to explore the area. Either drive up into the Drakensburg for a bracing hike around rock art sites, or take a Midlands Meander that links craft workshops and restaurants, in some of the world’s beautiful countryside.

Overnight Lythwood Lodge bed and breakfast

A relaxing drive into the Battlefields brings history to life, as you pass the great battlefields of the Boer War and travel on to sites of Zulu War dramas.

Overnight Isandlwana Lodge/ Fugitives Drift dinner, bed and breakfast

Guided tours of the Battlefields bring the dramas of the colonial campaigns to vivid life.

Overnight Isandlwana Lodge/ Fugitives Drift dinner, bed and breakfast

There’s a leisurely drive across the countryside to your choice of game reserve. Either White Elephant Lodge or Mkuze Falls Private Game Reserve in the Pangola Game Reserve near the border with Mozambique.

Overnight White Elephant Private Game Reserve or similar

Two full days with morning and evening game drives, guided safari walks, or boating.

Overnight White Elephant Private Game Reserve or similar

Drive south through to the lush coastal belt towards Durban to the unbashed luxury Zimbali Lodge. This palatial country club offers ultimate refinements to guests, including its 18-hole golf course.

Overnight Zimbali Lodge bed and breakfast

There are a lot of activities for you to enjoy during your stay at this heaven. Relax n the health spa, take forest walks or make guided bird-watching expeditions into the surrounding Zulu countryside.

Overnight Boathouse bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Durban Airport, and drop off your hired car for your onward arrangements.