Adventure and Adrenaline in Africa - get your pulse racing at SunLux’s collection of 5* properties. From a Hot Air Balloon Safari to a dip in the Devil’s Pools – these may be activities that you do once in a lifetime, but the memories you make will become stories to tell time and time again. SunLux’s properties are destinations within a destination and form a ‘Golden Triangle’, allowing guests to create an adventure-packed itinerary that presents the best of this beautiful and varied continent.
Begin your trip with several nights at The Table Bay, Cape Town, located on the famous Victoria and Albert waterfront and benefiting from breath-taking views of Table Mountain, the harbour and Robben Island. This Leading Hotel of the World (LHW), opened by Nelson Mandela himself, is close to the blend of Atlantic and Indian Ocean beaches where you can arrange to go shark cage diving.
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| The Royal Livingstone, on the banks of the Zambezi river |
The Royal Livingstone, on the banks of the Zambezi river, and only 10 minutes walk from the Victoria Falls is the next stop on your tour. Make the most of this fabulous location and take a canoe safari along the river in the company of hippos, or visit the exhilarating Devil’s Pools. These Pools, found at the lip of the falls, can only be accessed from the Zambian side, and can be visited during the dry season – May to October. Ordinarily, the sheer force of the water would drag people over the edge, but during these months the natural rock walls of the Devil’s Pools form a pocket of tranquillity amongst the ‘Smoke That Thunders’ (Mosi-oa-Tunya). If you prefer to keep your feet on dry land, then the cheetah interaction allows you get up close to these fearsome creatures and take them for a walk.
Continue your journey at another Leading Hotel of the World: the Palace of the Lost City, just a short drive from Johannesburg. This property, set on a 1,300 million year old extinct volcanic site, is surrounded by wild African jungle and is as grand and as opulent as its name would suggest. Take an exclusive hot air balloon ride over the nearby malaria-free Pilanesberg park to see cheetahs, wild dogs and zebras as well as the Big 5: lions, elephants, leopards, rhino and buffalos.
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