AFRICA 2008!











Wednesday, August 27, 2008 SEATTLE

• Depart Seattle 1:47pm, United 356.
• Arrive Denver 5:28pm.
• Depart Denver 8:20pm, United 948.

Thursday, August 28, 2008 LONDON, ENGLAND

• Arrive London/Heathrow, 12:15pm
• Tour London
• Tower of London
• Big Ben
• Buckingham Palace
• Depart London, 9:00pm, SAA 221

Friday, August 29, 2008 - CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
· Arrive Cape Town, South Africa, 9:50am.
o www.airports.co.za
· The Bay Hotel www.thebayhotel.co.za
o Camps Bay. melissaj@thebay.co.za; res3@vlife.co.za;
· Explore Town: Long Street, Waterfront, Robben Island (Nelson Mandela’s prison)
· Dinner: Tides Restaurant @ 19:00pm.
Saturday, August 30, 2008 - CAPE TOWN
· Hike Table Top Mountain and Lion’s Head
· Surfing
· Walk the Beaches
· The Bay Hotel (see above)
Sunday, August 31, 2008 – CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
· Check out of Bay Hotel
· Fly to Johannesburg
o Depart Cape Town 10:50am (Domestic terminal),
o Arrive Johannesburg 12:50pm
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· Twana Lodge Pre-departure meeting at 6pm.
· SAFARI. Trip details: http://www.geckosadventures.com/Africa/Trip/Itinerary.html?trip=Backroads-of-Botswana&tripid=2642
o Adventure Center. www.adventurecenter.com; 1311 63rd St. Suite 200, Emeryville CA 94608
o “Backroads of Botswana”; http://www.adventurecenter.com/Geckos/trip/gabb&var=2642
o Monday, September 1, 2008: BOTSWANA
· Depart from Pretoria, cross the Limpopo river
and arrive at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary (a
community-run wildlife conservation center).

Tuesday, September 2, 2008: BOTSWANA
· Khama Rhino Sanctuary and Rhino trail
· Travel to Maun and Kalahari Desert.

Wednesday, September 3 BOTSWANA
· Okavango Delta in mokoros (dug-out canoes).
· Camp on an island in the delta for two nights.

Thursday, September 4 BOTSWANA
· Okavango Delta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_Delta

Friday, September 5 BOTSWANA
· Depart from Okavango Delta
· Makgadikgadi Pans and Nxai Pans National Park
· Travel to Kasane and camp on banks of Chobe River
Saturday, September 6 BOTSWANA
· Chobe National Park – Largest Elephant herds in world.
· Early morning game drive. Afternoon river cruise.

Sunday, September 7 BOTSWANA
· Chobe National Park

Monday, September 8 ZAMBIA
· Cross Zambezi River by ferry at Kazungula border post.
· Livingstone and Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (Victoria Falls)
· Camp on banks of the Upper Zambezi River above falls.

Tuesday, September 9 ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE
· Livingstone and Victoria Falls
· Fly Back to Cape Town.
o SA Flt 49 Departs LVI 12:15pm, Arrives JNB 14:05.
o Flight SA0357 Departs JNB 17:00, arrives CPT 19:10.
· Rent a car or taxi to vineyards
· Reeden Lodge (2 nights)
Wednesday, September 10
· Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, and Blaauwklippen Wineries.
· http://www.stellenboschtourism.co.za/; http://www.franschhoek.co.za/ ; www.blaauwklippen.com

Thursday, September 11 Wineries/Cape Town
· Depart from wineries in morning.
· Flexible Schedule. Exploration options: 1) Cape of Good Hope (or somewhere else along the Indian Ocean); 2) Kalahari (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park),
· 3) Route 62 through the Little Karoo to Oudtshoorn (1002), the ostrich capital. Then, make way south, joining the N2 along the Garden Route, near Knysna (1002) and arrive/stay at Knysna, Plettenberg Bay (1003), or Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park (1003). Return via N2 to CapeTown. [Hike in old-growth forests, monkeys, white beaches, canoe in lagoons].
Friday, September 12 Cape Town
· Free travel day (see options above)

Saturday, September 13, 2008 CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
· Drive back to Cape Town in morning.
· Depart Cape Town, 7:00pm, SAA 220

Sunday, September 14, 2008 LONDON/SEATTLE
· Arrive London 6:20am
· Depart London 7:45am,
· Arrive Chicago (ORD) 10:33am
· Depart Chicago 11:55am
· Arrive Seattle 2:15pm.

$1 = 7.76 Rand
South Africa is 9 hours ahead of Seattle time.