Toran Travels

This journey brings together the very best that South Africa has to offer by helicopter: impressive wildlife parks, rugged coastlines, hidden waterfalls and majestic mountain landscapes – combined into one seamless adventure.

We take off in Johannesburg and fly along the southern corridor over the countryside, past the border with Eswatini (Swaziland), to Lake Jozini for pure bush experiences: game drives, rhino tracking, tiger fishing and an exclusive sunset cruise.

We then set course along the Elephant Coast towards the legendary Wild Coast: waterfalls cascading straight into the sea, remote caves, beach landings, impressive gorges and low flying along the coast. A luxurious beachfront lodge serves as our base.

Finally we head back inland, over the rolling green hills of the Midlands, for spectacular mountain flying in the Drakensberg. We stay in Underberg and Cathedral Peak, after which we return to Johannesburg.

It is a journey that combines epic flights, carefully selected lodges, unforgettable landscapes and thoughtfully curated activities – a truly South African helicopter experience.

Trip content

• +- 21 expedition flight hours + 2 validation flights (to temporarily convert your licence to a South African licence)
• CAA licences/permits + validation administration
• All lodge accommodation for 8 nights and 2 nights on site before the expedition begins
• 3 meals a day
• Exclusively curated group activities:
  • Game drive
  • Rhino tracking
  • Sunset cruise on Lake Jozini
  • Tiger fishing
  • Beach and cave picnic
• Guidance by 2 local instructors who know the route and procedures inside out, complemented by our own Toran instructors
• International flights with KLM in economy or business class (additional cost of 2 Travel Credits)

Price:

• Flight time: All hours flown are estimated in advance, invoiced and settled pro rata afterwards. In correspondence with the participants, Toran arranges the allocation and decides which students or pilots are Pilot-In-Command. For holders of a valid licence (H), Rental Credits are charged, and for students, Student Credits.
• For the trip itself, the organisation charges a fixed fee of 4.5 Travel Credits per person.

For this we always work with a Travel Credit. This credit covers all shared costs associated with the trip, such as:

• Accommodation
• Local transport
• Meals
• Service & organisation

In total, this therefore amounts to a package of:

• 13 Travel Credits for the expedition and the stay
• +- 8 to 12 Travel Credits for the flight hours