HariS

Suzic,

I will be at Zibalianja while you are at Selinda main camp. There is a chance we meet on a game drive at common sightings.....

Have a good trip
Hari

mingxa

12 days. Fly Toronto to London, Dubai and Dar.My daughter will meet me and we'll go somewhere for the night she has picked out in Dar. Early morning flight to Selous to the Rufiji River Camp for 3 days. Then back to Dar for a flight the next morning to Kigoma. This is where she lives. i guess there will be a BBQ with friends that evening. She will take me to one of the refugee camps so I have the opportunity to see her work there and also visit her town with all the locals that she has made friends with. There are also 2 orphanages I am bringing donations to. Jen wants to then take a short trip to the Gombe Stream Park which is a short ferry ride away. We have no bookings but we'll scoop up something on the fly.Back to Dar on my own and hopefully find my way to a hotel and then the airport for the trip back.

Duane

42 days (not that I am counting). And to think it has been over a year in the making. YOW!

Here is the itinerary:
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 Leave Florida at 8:00 a.m.
Wed July 4th 2007: Arrival in Nairobi, met and transfer to hotel in Nairobi, Nairobi Safari Club.
Thur July 5: Day trip to Giraffe Center. (You can have Lunch at Carnivore Restaurant for $40/person, and this will be extra, i.e. not included on the below price), then later transfer to Nairobi airport for a flight to Kilimanjaro, leaving Nairobi at 6:00pm, arriving Kilimanjaro at 6:50pm, met and transfer to KIA Lodge (we will arrange and pay KIA Lodge staff to come and pick you up), KIA Lodge, B.
Fri July 6: Transfer to Kilimanjaro airport, flight to Western Serengeti, leaving Kilimanjaro at 8:00am, arrival Serengeti at about 10am, met and have game in the Western Serengeti, Kirawira Camp,B,L,D.
Sat July 7: More game drives in Serengeti, Kirawira Camp,B,L,D.
Sun July 8: More game drives in the Serengeti, and this time in northern Serengeti, Migration Camp, B,L,D.
Mon July 9: More game drives in the Serengeti, Migration Camp, B,L,D.
Tue July 10: Another game drive in the Serengeti, this time in Central Serengeti,
Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camp (if we can't get it, we will have you stay at Serengeti Serena Lodge), B,L,D.
Wed July 11: Drive to Ngorongoro with optional visit of Masai Village, and optional visit to Olduvai Gorge. Arrive in Ngorongoro for afternoon game drive in the crater, Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (if Ngorongoro Serena opens up, we will switch you to the serena), B, L, D.
Thur July 12: (If you want another game drive in the crater today before going to Tarangire, add $70/person) Drive to Tarangire, game drives in Tarangire, Tarangire River Camp, B,L,D.
Fri July 13: More game drives in Tarangire, Tarangire River Camp, B,L,D.
Sat July 14: Another game drive in Tarangire then drive to Kilimanjaro airport for a flight to Nairobi, leaving Kilimanjaro at 7:40pm, arriving Nairobi at 8:30pm, met and transfer to Nairobi Safari Club, B,L.
Sun Jul 15: Transfer to Nairobi airport for a flight that leaves at 11:25 am, B.

We fly to Amsterdam then drive to Germany for a week to see my son and his family. Then back to Amsterdam for 3 nights before we head home.

I'm ready!
Duane

knlaw

Yippie!
The plane tickets finally arrived this morning.
We leave in 7 days.

6/1 Chicago to Johannesburg
6/3 Johannesburg to Windhoek to Sossusvlei
6/3 - 6/6 Sossusvei (Little Kulala Lodge) 6/5 Ballooning at the Dunes
6/6- 6/9 Skeleton Coast (Skeleton Coast Camp)
6/9 Skeleton Coast to Windhoek (The Heinitzburg Hotel)
6/10 Windhoek to Okavango Delta (Vumbura Plains Camp)
6/10- 6/12 (Vumbura Plains Camp)
6/12 Moremi Reserve (Mombo Main Tented Camp)
6/12- 6/14 (Mombo Main Tented Camp)
6/14- 6/17 Makgadikgadi Pans (Jack’s Tented Camp)
6/17- 6/19 Victoria Fall-Zimb (Victoria Falls Hotel)
6/19 The trip home

Now the only thing left to do is try and figure out how to get a weeks worth of clothing and ten pounds of camera equipment into a 25 pound (12kg) weight restriction. May take a couple of tries.
Kim

Marija

knlaw, we're doing a similar route starting on June 26th (from Chicago!). I'll be eagerly awaiting your return and timely report (please!)

DonTopaz

Happy travels, Gardyloo (& GardyLouise). Hope Phinda/Chitwa are everything you hope for.

I'm coming to believe that RTWs can be something of a narcotic, like a carousel that's a wonderful ride but that has to spin faster and faster each time.

rizzuto/wideman

atravelynn

Marija,

If you arrive in Johannesburg on the 27th, we may cross paths. Is your itinerary posted anywhere? I'll be at the Southern Sun that evening, leaving the next day.

Marija

Lynn,

We're continuing on to Windhoek on the 27th of June so we'll miss you in J-burg. Let's get together in Chicago when we all return. Have a wonderful trip.

Gardyloo

<i>I'm coming to believe that RTWs can be something of a narcotic, like a carousel that's a wonderful ride but that has to spin faster and faster each time.</i>

Narcotic, yes. Faster and faster, not necessarily.

They just happen to be pretty cost-effective ways to go long distances, especially in premium classes. Our current RTWs in business class cost less than a straight round trip from the US to Oz or Africa, plus we get a lot of domestic (N. America) travel thrown in at no additional cost.

skimmer

Kim,

Have a wonderful trip and I'll see you at Mombo. I'll be there from 7/6 till 14/6.

Greetz,

Johan

Almosthere

Susic; We will be at the Grace 6/1 also and if we happen to meet I'd love to hear about your plans; your itinerary sounds so great and we could probably learn a lot from you. We are first-timers and taking only two weeks to do a bit of &quot;our dream&quot; trip to Africa ..so look for a couple of southerners looking at the full moon (hopefully) trying to get over jet lag.Sam

tabascov

Countdown - 42 days to go.

Day 1 Arrive Cape Town
Day 2 Cape Town - Shark Tour False Bay
Day 3 Cape Town - Cape Point
Day 4 Cape Town - Table Mtn
Day 5 Djuma Bush
Day 6 Djuma Bush
Day 7 Djuma Bush
Day 8 Coach House Drakensberg
Day 9 Coach House Drakensberg
Day 10 Mashatu Tented
Day 11 Mashatu Tented
Day 12 Mashatu Tented
Day 13 Windhoek
Day 14 Swakomopund
Day 15 Sossusvlei Dune Lodge
Day 16 Sossusvlei
Day 17 Wolwedans Dune Lodge
Day 18 Windhoek and back to Joburg and onto the US.

mistadobalina

90 days to go - finally seems close, since reservations were made this time last year.

Itinerary:

Cape Town (Cape Grace) - 5 nights
Linyanti area (Selinda Camp) - 3 nights
Okavango Delta (Chitabe Camp) - 3 nights
Moremi Game Reserve (Xigera Camp) - 1 night
Moremi Game Reserve (Mombo Camp) - 2 nights
Victoria Falls (Royal Livingstone) - 2 nights
One night flying Johannesburg to Nairobi
Virunga Mountains (Gorilla's Nest) - 3 nights

slsmith

37 Days

Joberg (Southern Sun) 1 night
Vic Falls (Ilala) 2 nights
DumaTau 3 nights
Chitabe 3 nights
Kwetsani 3 nights
Joberg (Southern Sun) 1 night

We are getting very excited!

godmother_lr

12 days

once there:
4 nights Arusha - visiting friends
2 nights Ngonrongoro Crater Lodge
2 nights Klein's under Canvas
2 nights Arusha

Wish it could be longer! Can't wait.

Nyamera

2 days and 4 hours. I leave home at 3 AM on Wednesday.

2 nights Nairobi
6 nights the Mara
15 nights ???

Dana_M

Hi Kelly,

I'm glad you got your trip worked out. It looks like you went with CCAfrica after all. They are top notch, and you will have a fantastic time! Please post details and photos when you return.

Dana

godmother_lr

I did, Dana. After getting the quote and really looking at it, I decided to splurge and feel comfortable about it. It will be my birthday present for one of those big birthdays that I am not looking forward to.

Colleen has been very responsive in all my questions. They originally had me in the Serengeti the whole time, but I really wanted to see the Crater at least once. So She got me in there.

One question if you know. They say I have to have all the trip insurance. But I have no plans to cancel and I leave next Friday. So barring a car accident or something huge and crazy I will be there. And if something that big happens, I think what I paid will be the least of my worries. I also have health insurance that covers me out of the country for 60 days and I will only be there 12. They provide the evacuation service. So what am I missing, and why should I pay extra?

amolkarnik

Zambia -

2n Tafika
3n Chikoko Trails
2n Tafika
2n Kaingo
2n Kuyenda
2n Zambezi Sun

Anyone else in SLNP from 7th-17th July or Livingstone on 18-19 July?

Kmania

Finally, I feel like it's close enough to reply to this. We leave in three months, on September 22. We're spending a night in Amsterdam on the way there (and 2 on the way back), so we arrive in Arusha on September 24. Here's our itinerary:

Tarangire, Tarangire River Camp, 3 nights
Ngorongoro, Serena, 1 night
Serengeti, Serengeti Tented Camp, 3 nights
Zanzibar (I forget the name of the beach place we're staying, but it has a PADI 5-star dive shop on the premises, which was the important thing), 5 nights, with the last night at the Dhow Palace.

We'll be in Tarangire for my husband's birthday.