Friday, May 29, 2009

Itinerary

June 15 - Depart from LAX -> JFK -> Senegal -> Johannesburg -> Cape Town

June 16- Arrive in Cape Town (5 nights)

June 17 - Visit Bo-Kaap; District Six Museum (apartheid); Camp's Bay coastline; cable car up to Table Mountain (5 hour hike).

June 18 - Take a boat to Robben Island (prison location of Nelson Mandela); V&A Waterfront (Two Oceans Aquarium)

June 19th - Visit Cape of Good Hope in Table Mountain National Park; visit penguins at Boulders Beach; Chapman's Peak Drive

June 20th - Cape Winelands (winery)

June 21st - Leave Cape Town for Oudtshoorn - visit ostrich farm and stay one night in a cabin

June 22nd - Leave Oudtshoorn for Plettenberg Bay (2 nights) - visit Cango Cave (underground); waterfront of Knysna; hiking at Robberg Nature Reserve

June 23rd - Whale watching at Plettenberg Bay; walking safari in Monkeyland primate sanctuary (this would have REALLY helped for anthro class!!)

June 24th - Leave Plettenberg Bay to Tsitsikamma National Park - one night in cabin by Indian Ocean - walk along stretch of beautiful Garden Route (beach).

June 25th - Leave Tsitsikamma for Port Elizabeth (one night); walk in Tsitsikamma National Park & hike part of Otter Trail to coastal waterfall

June 26th - Leave Port Elizabeth and fly to Durban (two-nights) - game drive in open vehicle at Addo Elephant National Park.

June 27th - Explore Durban - Indian culture; Zulu marketplaces.

June 28th - Leave Durban to St. Lucia (one night); visit crocodile conservation centre; St. Lucia wetlands (boat cruise).

June 29th - St. Lucia to Hluhluwe Game Reserve (one night); Dumazulu Traditional Village to visit Zulu people (dancing, spear-making), Hluhluwe Game Reserve - open vehicle (rhinos).

June 30th - Hluhluwe to Swaziland (2 nights); walking safari at Hluhluwe then to Swaziland

July 1st - In Swaziland, visit Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary - morning safari in open vehicle; visit Swazi village to see culture; outdoor spa.

July 2nd - Leave Swaziland for Kruger National Park (2 nights @ Ndebele styled huts at safari lodge) - game drive.

July 3rd - At Kruger National Park - game drive open vehicle: see up to 147 mammals including elephant, lion, African buffalo, rhino and leopard (meooooww)

July 4th - Leave Kruger for Graskop (1 night) - a day of traveling through Drakensberg Mountains

July 5th - Leave Graskop for Pretoria (2 nights) - visit cheetah conservation center

July 6th - At Pretoria, tour city and Johannesburg tour - visit Nelson Mandela's home in Soweto (last night)

July 7th - Depart Johannesburg

July 8th - Back to LAX