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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sal" data-source="post: 1534968" data-attributes="member: 639">John I think you are wise to cut what you have out of the trip and before I suggest cutting out 'one night driving through the Draks' could you clarify where you mean? To me this means the Drakensberg Mts. You will be visiting the Drakensberg when you go to Sani so I think I must have misunderstood?I cant help with the pelagic trips much except to say that Zest for Birds  might make a plan if you contact them early see below:The boat is normally booked for the entire weekend, so that, in the case of inclement weather on the Saturday, the trip is able to go out on the Sunday. Ad hoc trips can be organised either during the week, or over weekends, based on the client's specific requirements. Included below is the itinerary of regular trips for 2005 and 2006. For further information or to make bookings, please fill in our  on-line booking form or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bookings@zestforbirds.co.za.The">bookings@zestforbirds.co.za.The</a> boat is normally booked for the entire weekend, so that, in the case of inclement weather on the Saturday, the trip is able to go out on the Sunday. Ad hoc trips can be organised either during the week, or over weekends, based on the client's specific requirements. Included below is the itinerary of regular trips for 2005 and 2006. For further information or to make bookings, please fill in our  on-line booking form or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bookings@zestforbirds.co.za">bookings@zestforbirds.co.za</a>.Their website is <a href="http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/" target="_blank">here</a>The trip would take a whole day so you will need a night in the Cape afterwards. I'm not sure what else you want to do in the Cape but I would say four nights if possible. This means you will leave on 13th. You would spend the night of 13th and maybe 14th at Garingboom. So then you would get to Sani on 15th, and I think you will need to spend at least  two nights there. The day you arrive, you will be to late to go up the pass, so you would go up on 16th, then you would stay one more night before driving down to the North coast  on 17th because you only come down in the afternoon. I'm not sure what time you would come down if you stayed the night at the top, or whether you plan to drive yourselves up the pass or take one of the excellent guided trips. The road up is in very poor condition at present as far as I can gather. So on 17th you would travel to wherever you decide to go on the North Coast. This would give you five nights on the North coast before Kruger.At Kruger itself, if you are planning to go to Satara, this is the best  are for game in the entire park. You are most likely to see predators here and there are a number of different and interesting drives. It might be better therefore, if you want to be in an area where game proliferates, to spend one night at Berg-en-Dal, two nights at Lower Sabie, making the day in between those two nights a day when you drive up river to Skukuza and Lake Panic, and then drive up to Satara for two nights. You could then leave the park via the Orpen Gate.  (Or two nights at Berg-en-Dal and one at Lower Sabie. They are not too far apart so it wont take all day to get from on to the other, and go up to Skukuza whilst at Berg-en-Dal). Just suggestions, other people may have better/more logical ideas.</blockquote>

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