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Saturday, February 19, 2011

My Southern Africa Itinerary Feb 28 - April 12

Feb 28 - 7:30pm Fly from Edmonton overnight to London

March 1 - fly from London to Cairo to Johannesburg

March 2 - fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town arrive at 12:15 whew!!

Mach 2 & 3 - I'm on my own to explore Cape Town and I hope to ride the cable car up Table Mountain, take the ferry out to Robbin Island (the prison that Nelson Mandella was held), check out an aquarium, and a couple other little things.

March 4 - My tour departs from Cape Town, South Africa and heads north to the Gariep River which serves as the border between South Africa and Namibia

March 5 - We cross into Namibia and head for Fish River Canyon, the largest canyon in Africa.

March 6 & 7 - We tour into the Namib Desert to play within the worlds largest sand dunes

March 8 & 9 - The tour crosses the Namib Desert to Swakopmund to the west coast of Namibia

March 10 - We travel north along the Skeleton Coast to Damaraland

March 11 & 12 - We explore Etosha National Park

March 13 & 14 - The tour turns back south through the Waterberg Plateau Game Park to Windhoek

March 15 & 16 - Now we turn east and cross into Botswana and head to the Kalahari Desert and on to Maun for the night to prepare for a trip to the delta

March 17 & 18 - We set up a bush camp and travel in traditional mokoro canoes through the Okavango Delta

March 19 & 20 - We leave the delta in search of the fascinating Salt Pans of Makgadikgadi at Gweta and onward to the Chobe National Park, home to the largest elephant population in Southern Africa

March 21, 22, 23 - Today we cross into Zambia by ferry and arrive at Livingstone and Victoria Falls. We stay here for 3 days and I hope to ride my first elephant here as well as many other activities.

March 24 & 25 - We camp at a game farm enroute to the Malawi border

March 26 - We reach Chipata at the Malawi border

March 27 - Welcome to the country of Malawi and the town of Lilongwe for a day of relaxation

March 28, 29, 30 - Camping at various locations along Lake Malawi "the lake of stars"

March 31 - Tanzania!! And the Great Rift Valley!

April 1 - Today we travel to the capital of Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam

April 2, 3, 4 - We take the ferry to "the spice island" Zanzibar for 3 days of relaxation

April 5 - Catch the ferry back to Dar Es Salaam then drive onward to Moshi. Hopefully we will catch a glimps of Kilimanjaro

April 6 - Today we pass Kilimanjaro and end up in Arusha

April 7 & 8 - I'm hoping to spot some big game as we travel through the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater.

April 9 - One last game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater before we head back to Arusha

April 10 - This is our last day together as a travel group as we leave Arusha and cross into Kenya and end up in Nairobi.

April 10, 11, 12 - I'm on my own in Nairobi and have plans to visit a giraffe sanctuary, elephant orphanage, and the Carnivor Restaurant.

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