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Medicine in South Africa

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Tour leader
Chantal Sargent
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Dates
7 Oct
19 Oct
2025

Experience this beautiful and diverse land while gaining fascinating insight into South Africa's medicine, culture and history. .

Visit rural and urban clinics, a provincial hospital in KwaZulu, the Red Cross Hospital and the famous Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Explore Cape Town and the Cape, Stellenbosch wine region and Durban. Onto KwaZulu Natal with its rich bird and animal life and Mpumalanga for game drives in Kruger National Park. End in Pretoria and visit Soweto and the former home of Nelson Mandela.

Your journey is punctuated with regular professional visits and talks and provides real insight into medical and social issues in South Africa.

There is an optional post-tour extension to spectacular Victoria Falls.

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At a glance
What you need to know
Type of tour
Professional
Profession
Medicine
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Nights
12
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Countries
1
Tour grade
Moderate
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Remaining places
10
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Dates and places

Itinerary at a glance

1
Cape Town
Tuesday
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7
October
Arrive in Cape Town and transfer to the President Hotel. Dinner at the hotel.
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Cape Town
Wednesday
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8
October
Take a cable car ride up to Table Mountain for spectacular views. Drive through the Bo Kaap area, stopping at Company Gardens and a drive along Seapoint. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit Groote Schuur Hospital, internationally renowned as a medical training ground and where the world’s first heart transplant took place in 1967. Welcome dinner at Gold Restaurant.
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Cape Town
Thursday
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9
October
Visit the Red Cross Children’s Hospital. Drive to the winelands and visit a wine estate for lunch and another for wine tasting. Return to Cape Town and at leisure.
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Cape Town / Durban
Friday
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10
October
Fly to Durban in the morning. On arrival in Durban drive to Woza Moya to visit the renowned Hillcrest AIDS Centre and the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Densely forested and dotted with gorges, streams and villages, this valley makes for a stunning scenic drive. The Valley has been home to the Zulu people for centuries, with many continuing to practice and live their unique traditional lifestyle.
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Durban / Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal
Saturday
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11
October
Orientation tour driving along the Golden Mile and seeing Durban Botanical Garden, before driving into Zululand and continue to the town of Mkuze and Ghost Mountain Lodge. Afternoon at leisure to enjoy the lovely lodge before dinner at the resort.
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Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal
Sunday
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12
October
Take a boat trip across Lake Jozini to view elephants and hippos in the water. Take a safari at Mkuze Game Reserve through rolling acacia savannah, swamps, woodlands and riverine forest. Wildlife includes black and white rhino, elephant, giraffe, leopard, cheetah, buffalo and plains gamete.
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Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal
Monday
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13
October
Drive into the Lebombo Mountains and meet with Justice Mueni and his family at an authentic Zulu homestead. Return to Ghost Mountain Lodge. At leisure in the afternoon.
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Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal / Mpumalanga Hazyview
Tuesday
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14
October
Drive to Mpumalanga into safari country. Arrive at Hippo Hollow and the rest of the day at leisure.
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Mpumalanga Hazyview
Wednesday
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15
October
Set out before sunrise in open top safari vehicles with qualified game rangers to view the 'big five' on a game drive. Bush lunch and return to the lodge in the early evening. Talk: 'A vet in Kruger National Park' by Kruger veterinarian, Peter Buss.
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Mpumalanga Hazyview
Thursday
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16
October
Full day to explore the stunning Panorama Route, including God’s Window, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, the Blyde River Canyon, the Three Rondavels and the historic gold rush town of Pilgrims Rest. Dinner at the lodge.
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Mpumulanga Hazyview / Pretoria
Friday
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17
October
Drive to Pretoria, stopping for a scenic lunch en route. Check in to the hotel and settle in before an orientation tour of Pretoria.
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Pretoria
Saturday
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18
October
Drive to Soweto and visit a community health clinic and meet doctors and nurses and learn about primary care in Soweto. Lunch at a shebeen. Sightseeing tour of Soweto, including the Baragwanath taxi rank area, Freedom Square and Nelson Mandela’s former home. Farewell dinner at a local restaurant.
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Pretoria / Johannesburg
Sunday
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19
October
At leisure until departure (fly from Johannesburg) OR join the extension to Victoria Falls.
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Plot your journey

Explore the harbourside city of Cape Town before travelling to the world famous Stellenbosch wine region, onto Durban, KwaZulu Natal and Mpumalanga, ending in Pretoria.

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What to expect

Tour highlights

Take two spectacular safaris
South Africa

Take part in two different safaris by jeep and boat in Kruger and KwaZulu Natal and spot many birds and wildlife.

Specialist visits
South Africa

Specialist visit highlights include Groote Schuur Hospital, the site of the world's first heart transplant, the world famous Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town and Hillcrest AIDS Centre.

Tour leader contacts and experience
South Africa

Tour leader Chantal Sargent was born and raised in South Africa, where she completed her MBChB at The University of Cape Town and worked in various rural hospitals.

Ghost Mountain Lodge
Mkuze, Kwa Zulu Natal

Stay in the lovely Ghost Mountain Lodge, one of hotels most cited as 'tour favourite' by our travelers.

Victoria Falls extension
Zimbabwe

Take the opportunity to extend your tour and visit the spectacular Victoria Falls.

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Beautiful landscapes

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Enrich your experience

Extend your holiday

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls, A’Zambezi River
19 - 21 October 2025

Extend your stay in southern Africa with a relaxing extension in Victoria Falls. The extension includes two nights at the beautiful A’Zambezi River Lodge, a guided tour of Victoria Falls and a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River. See brochure for full details.

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Is this tour right for me?

Moderate
Level 3

Some walking between destinations, more time spent standing, and increased travel distances. Requires a reasonable level of fitness.

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Accommodation

Hotels

We like charm, comfort, convenience in location, and of course, excellence in service.

Johannesburg

Garden Court Sandton City

Kruger National Park

Timbavati Lodge

Eswatini

Mantenga Lodge

Mkuze

Ghost Mountain Inn

Durban

Garden Court Umhlanga

Cape Town

SunSquare Cape Town Gardens

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