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Johannesburg to Gorillas : 7 Weeks
Johannesburg to Nairobi
South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Kenya
Special tOUR cost for October 2010 to February 2011 departures - £720
Tour Cost: GBP 810
Plus Local Payment: GBP 510 (What's this?)
Included
Camping, cooking equipment tents and sleeping mats. Transport on safari truck or van, Two meals per day while travelling, Camping fees,Maun, Kalahari Desert, Game drive in Chobe National Park, Victoria Falls, Kande Beach Resort, Lake Malawi, Mikumi National Park, Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast, Masai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley, Lake Victoria, Kampala, Equator crossing, Lake Bunyonyi, Owen Falls & Bujagali Falls on the River Nile, Lake Baringo, Lake Nakuru National Park,Not Included
Visas, Personal Insurance, Flights Airport Taxes & Transfers, Ferry to Zanzibar & other optional excursions, meals out, lunches and meals taken while in towns for a few days; Victoria Falls, Zanzibar, DarOptional Excursions
Johannesburg SOWETO tour and gold mine, Okavango Delta, Victoria Falls white water rafting, South Luangwa National Park, Zanzibar Island, Serengeti Park & Ngorongoro Crater, Elsamere, Nairobi - National Museum, Langata Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen's, Rafting on the Nile’s grade 5 rapids, Mountain Gorillas, Volunteer for the local community education projectTour summary
Week 1
South Africa, Botswana - Leaving Johannesburg we head up into Botswana and across to the delta to have a true wilderness experience amongst the wild animals and their habitat. From there we head up to the Chobe River for an afternoon boat cruise. It’s then to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe for activity at every corner.
Week 2
Zambia/Zimbabwe - Heading deeper into Zimbabwe we head for Bulawayo and then to Gweru where you can walk through the bush with the king of the jungle at your side, or take a swim on board an elephant. Through Harare, then a possible bush camp in Mozambique, before the colonial city of Blantyre in Malawi.
Week 3
Zambia, Tanzania - To the shore of Lake Malawi next, to try your hand at Altitude and Freshwater Scuba Diving, horse riding and sailing. Up to Chitimba and the chance to hike Livingstonia, then into Tanzania through the Baobab valley, and to the Indian Ocean at the African City of Dar es Salaam. From here you can head to the Spice Island of Zanzibar.
Week 4
Tanzania, Kenya -After a few optional days on Zanzibar the tour heads up through the Usambara mountains, past Kilimanjaro and Meru to Arusha. From here you can take an optional trip to the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater conservation Area. From here it is then into Kenya and up to the leafy suburb of Karen.
Week 5
Kenya - Uganda, Leaving Nairobi we pass the dramatic landscape of the Rift Valley to the highlands of Kenya. Crossing the border at Malaba we drive through rain forests and tea and sugar plantations to Ugandas capital, Kampala. Crossing the equator we camp on the shores of Lake Bunyonyi. Near here we trek to the famed Mountain Gorillas.
Week 6
Uganda, From the city of Kampala we arrive at Jinja on the shores of Lake Victoria. You can spend an action-filled day white water rafting down the Nile, bungee jump, fish on Lake Victoria. Give up a day of your holiday to volunteer for the local community education project.
Week 7
Kenya. Returning to Kenya and Nakuru Town, we stay at Kembu a working farm. We spend a day at Lake Nakuru, viewing game in a park famous for its soda lake surrounded by thousands, sometimes millions of pink flamingoes. We move on to camp on the shores of Lake Naivasha where hippos often come to graze in the evenings. Close by is Hell's Gate National Park and Elsamere, once the home of Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion of 'Born Free' fame. We head west to the Masai Mara National Reserve where great game viewing is assured. From here we return to Nairobi with the chance to feast at the renowned Carnivores Game Restaurant.