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Nairobi to Cape Town
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Tour Cost: GBP 1050
Local Payment: GBP 550 (What's this?)
Included
Entrance to Masai Mara & Etosha National Park.
Highlights
Mountain Gorillas, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Masai Mara, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar Island, Lake Malawi, Matopos National Park, Victoria Falls, Okavango Delta, Etosha Pan, Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund, Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon
Extras
Visas, Personal Insurance, Flights, Ferry to Zanzibar.
Optional side trips
Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater Land Rover descent, Gorilla trek, Mount Longonot, Green Crater Lake, Zanzibar Island, Chobe National Park, Okavango Delta, Lake Nakuru National Park. Other side trips are available.
Note - On this trip we see the gorillas in either Uganda, Rwanda or D.R. Congo.
Tour summary
Week 1
Kenya , Rift Valley scenic lookout at 8,000 feet high. Nakuru - Kembu Campsite. Uganda Rain forests, tea & sugar plantations. Lake Victoria – KampalaCross the equator , Kabale & Lake BunyonyiCrater Lake , Kisoro - Mountains of the Moon. Virunga Mountains - trek to Mountain GorillasLake Bunyonyi - canoe to the islands.
Week 2
Owen Falls Dam & Jinja on Lake Victoria Bujagali Falls on the Nile River - white water rafting, grade 5. rapids, sunset BBQ bungee jump, fishing. Volunteer for the local community education projectKenya. Nakuru Town in the Rift Valley. Kembu Camp working farm - local weavers and school. Lake Nakuru - millions of pink flamingoes. Home to over 400 species of birds, leopard, rhino, zebra, waterbuck & giraffe.
Week 3
Lake Naivasha - on the shore hippos graze in the evenings, black and white Colobus monkeys in the morning. Hell's Gate Park – bike in the park to zebra, buffalo, antelope. Elsamere - Elsa the lion of 'Born Free' fame. Masai Mara National Reserve, amazing scenery and abundant wildlife and the big five. Nairobi try the feast at Carnivore Game Meat Restaurant.
Week 4
Tanzania we arrive in Arusha safari city. Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater - camping for two nights in the parks amidst the animals. Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean Coast
Week 5
Dar es Salaam - ferry to Zanzibar Island. South through Tanzania, route takes us past Mikumi Park
Week 6
Lake Malawi - small resorts, sandy beaches, swimming and snorkeling, water-skiing, horse riding malawi chairs. Blantyre the old capital of Malawi. Mozambique - driving through the bush Zimbabwe , Capital Harare, then on to Gweru and the Antelope Park - walk with lion cubs and swim with elephants.
Week 7
Bulawayo - Rhodes Matopos National Park - white rhino Zambia Victoria Falls - Zambezi River plunges 100 metres down a mile wide chasm, lots of adventure activities. Botswana and the Kalahari Desert.
Week 8
Maun on the Okavango Delta , Mokoro trip in a dugout canoe through the waterways. Namibia , Kavango River on the Caprivi Strip
Week 9
Etosha Pan National Park - game viewing in the day and the evenings by floodlit water holes. Kamanjab Cheetah Farm, scratch the big cats behind the ears before watching them chase their evening meal. Cape Cross Seal Reserve a breeding ground for cape fur seals.
Week 10
Swakopmund seaside resort - beer halls, horse-riding, sand boarding on the dunes, deep sea fishing and scenic flights. Namib Desert, famous for its 300 metre high sand dunes.Fish River Canyon, at 85km long and 400m deep. Orange River, the border with South Africa - canoeingSouth AfricaWestern Cape - sparsely populated bushveld, Stellenbosch - wine tour Cape Town - nestled at the foot of Table Mountain.