Cathy's Trip to Africa - 2017

Itinerary

August 28 – October 10, 2017

August 28 – Leave Atlanta 3pm (Delta Flight #70, through Amsterdam)
August 29 – Arrive 8pm (Delta Flight #9349) JRO, Mt. Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania
August 30 & 31 – Moshi, Tanzania; Join Friendship Force group

 

September 1 – Slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro

September 2 – Tarangire National Park

September 3 – Lake Manyara National Park via Great Rift Valley

September 4 & 5 – Serengeti National Park, Leakey archaeological site, & hot air balloon ride (weather permitting)

September 6 & 7 – Ngorongoro Crater, including Masai village; Return to Moshi

 

September 8 & 9 – Drive to Iringa via Morogoro

Five night home stay with local residents in Iringa (September 9-13)

September 14 & 15 – Ruaha National Park

September 16 & 17 – Return to Moshi via Morogora

September 18 – 4am flight to Nairobi, Kenya airport with connections to Victoria Falls

 

 

September 18 & 19 – Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, including tour of the falls.

September 20, 21 & 22 – Safari at the Shinde Camp in Botswana’s Okavango Delta

September 23, 24, & 25 – Safari at the Tau Pan Camp in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve

September 26 & 27 – Gaborone, Botswana (setting for the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books)

September 28 to October 8 – Cape Town, South Africa

Airbnb in Simon's Town

 

African Penguins on Boulders Beach

 

9 nights with rental car at Simon’s Town/Boulders Beach airbnb to see penguins, Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain, local sites.

Spend last 2 nights at airbnb in downtown Cape Town at Victoria & Albert Waterfront, including boat ride to Robben Island (where Nelson Mandella was imprisoned).

October 9 – Leave Cape Town, South Africa CPL 11pm (Delta Flight 9436 through Amsterdam)

October 10, 2017 – Arrive Atlanta 4:45 pm (Delta Flight 75)