PacoAhedo

Exactly one month!!

2Days Kwando Lebala
3Days Zib
4Days LKwara

Paco.

HariS

Hi Paco,

Hope you have great sightings and pictures too!!! Can't wait to hear from you after the trip.
Rgds,
Hari

Tomsfries

Leaving Nov. 6th for Botswana & SA
2 nights Kwando Lebala
1 night Kwando Lagoon
3 nights Kwara
3 nights Duba Plain
3 nights selfdrive Kruger NP
2 nights Drakensberge
7 nights Cape Town, Camps Bay
Thomas

canadian_robin

South Africa, Namibia and Botswana – July/August 2008

Fly Calgary to London to Cape Town

3 nights @ Cape Standard in Cape Town
We lived in SA for a year in 2004-2005 and were based in CT – we will visit with friends and visit a few of our favourite places – day trip to the Winelands with dinner at Moyo at the Spier Estate (have already booked our treehouse!), lunch at Rhodes Memorial (wonderful views), dinner at Africa Café, walk up to the UCT campus (great views, lovely campus!), cable car, and a day trip to the Cape of Good Hope, with a picnic at Cape Point, a visit to Boulders Beach and the penguins on the way south and a bottle of wine while watching the sunset over the Atlantic on Chapman’s Peak Drive on the way back to CT. Might also try to do another township tour with Inkululeko Tours in CT – fantastic small group tours.

Next – on to (by rental car) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in SA – one of our favourite places from 2004-2005

1 night Karoo National Park
1 night La Boheme Guesthouse in Upington – fantastic place!

11 nights in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (self-drive in 4 x 4) – 2 nights Kieliekrankie Wilderness Camp, 1 night Nossob, 2 nights Gharagab WC, 1 night Nossob, 2 nights Bitterpan WC, 1 night Kalahari Tented Camp, 2 nights Urikaruus Wilderness Camp

On to Namibia (4 x 4 self drive)

1 night La Boheme Guesthouse Upington, SA
I night Canon Mountain Camp, Fish River Canyon, Namibia www.gondwana-desert-collection.com – stay at the Mountain Camp but have dinner at Canon Lodge (about 5km apart) – a meal to remember!!
1 night Eagle’s Nest Lodge, Klein-Aus Vista, Aus, Namibia – one of our favourite places in Africa – ask for the Rock Cabin
2 nights Kulala Desert Lodge (another favourite) – hike to the top of Big Daddy and then run down to Dead Vlei – balloon ride over the dunes the next day

6 nights Swakopmund – Beach Lodge - conference!!
We have booked a day tour to Sandwich Harbour with Turnstone Tours on our one free day.

On to Botswana – my husband are I wanted to add a little adventure to this trip, so we are heading to Botswana for the first time

2 nights Windhoek – Hilltop House
1 night Ghanzi – Tautona Lodge
1 night Maun – Motsentsela Tree Lodge

Self Drive into Nxai Pan, Moremi and Chobe with 4 x 4 (with rooftop tent) rented from Safari Drive

3 nights Nxai Pan south campsite
2 nights Third Bridge campsite
1 night Xakanaxa campsite (all we could get!!)
2 nights Khwai campsite
2 nights Savuti campsite
2 nights Ihaha campsite

Then, a special treat, 2 nights on the Ichobezi mukwae – houseboat on the Chobe River www.ichobezi.co.za

Then back to Canada

1 night Stanley Safari Lodge, Livingstone
Fly Livingstone to Johannesburg to London to Calgary!

eezam

We leave Oct. 16th for SA. Staying in Capetown for 4 nites at the Protea President. Flying thru Durban and continuing to Hluhluwe Hotel for 2 nites. Will visit Zululand and Hluhluwe/Umfolozi game reserve. On to Piggs Peak hotel for 1 nite and then 2 nites at the Protea Kruger Gate lodge. In Sandton we will be at the Balaika and then on to Victoria Falls-VFSL. Really looking forward to this trip. - ez

going_2_africa

I hadn't started counting days yet, but Imelda counted for me and it's closer than I thought. YAY!!!

I'm a "double digit midget"...finally. 95 days to departure. 98 until arrival in Africa.

BTW, the quote is in no way intended to be derogatory. It's a saying from my military days, used when counting down to important dates. Just sayin'

wildlifeartist

I'll be leaving in 4 days, 3 hours, 45 minutes and 44 seconds :

* 359,144 seconds
* 5985 minutes (rounded down)
* 99 hours (rounded down)

Researching new paintings. Itinerary: 30 days in the Mara, followed by a week at lakes Naivasha and Nakuru.

kareng

291 days (mid-June) until our family of five goes to:
Joburg 1 night
Djuma Bush Lodge 3 nights
Muchenje Safari Lodge (Chobe) 2 nights
Vic Falls (Ilala Lodge) 2 nights
Mana Pools Canoe Trip 3 nights
Cape Town 3 nights
Franschhoek 2 nights
Still deciding 3 nights

In 23 days, DH and I go to Spain for a week to visit daughter #1 who is doing a study abroad semester in Barcelona.

PredatorBiologist

One month out, departing November 2nd for Botswana.

1 night Joburg
3 nights Deception Valley Lodge
2 nights Delta Camp
3 nights Mapula Lodge
2 nights Makgadikgadi Camp

basto

Hello,

Not even two months to go, leaving Nov 30th for:
4 nights Kwando Lagoon
3 nights Kwara
3 nights Deception Valley Lodge

First time to Botswana, you could say I am a "little bit excited"...;-)

rgds,
Tom

davisesq212

Do not be jealous everyone...I leave in three days for a 14 day safari to Tanzania and Kenya.

christee52

9 Days to go.

Nairobi, Kenya 2 nights at the Nairobi Serena Hotel
Amboseli National Park, Kenya 3 nights at the Ol Tukai Lodge
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya 2 nights at the Lake Nakuru Lodge
Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya 2 nights at the Sweetwaters Tented Camp
Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya 3 nights at the Mara Serena
Nairobi, Kenya 1 night at the Panari Hotel

Stopover in London for 2 days.

I'm so excited.

lbodem

We are leaving in mid July 2008.

Boston to Nairobi

Norfolk hotel, 2 nights (to get over jet lag)

Flight to Samburu, Larsens Luxury Camp, 2 nights

Drive to Mount Kenya Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary, Sweetwaters Tented Camp, 1 night

Flight to Masai Mara, Governors Main Camp, 2 nights

Flight to Nairobi, onto Kilimanjaro airport. Proceed to Lake Manyara, Lake Manyara Tree Lodge, 1 night

Drive to Ngorongoro Crater. Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, 1 night

Drive to Serengeti, Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camp, 1 night

Drive to northern Serengeti, Migration Camp, 2 nights

Fly to Kilimanjaro; connect to Nairobi, Norfolk Hotel, 1 night

Nairobi to Boston

LAleslie

Less than two weeks til lift-off Oct. 30. Oh boy.
LAX-Miami-Madrid: 1 nite Madrid.
2 nites Joburg: Monidor Concorde Hotel, Emperor's Palace complex (Iberia cancelled a flight forcing us to stay 2 nites here and lose one nite in Spain).
3 nites, Jack's Camp, Makgadigadi Pans, Botswana.
3 nites Chitabe Lediba (Trails), S. Moremi
3 nites Kwetsani, Okavango Delta
3 nites Kwando Lagoon
3 nites Little Vumbura
Joburg-Madrid-Miami-LAX. UGH!

rickmck

~19 hours from now... 9 days WS Migration Routes mobile camping safari in the Okavango and north to Chobe and the Zambezi, a day in Vic Falls, and 3 at Mala Mala...

HariS

Hi Leslie,

Sounds like an awesome trip!!!

Cheers,
Hari

LAleslie

Definitely awesome, though by now these places must seem old hat to many this board. But they're new to me!
I SWEAR I won't come home lugging 5 more pounds on my frame. Yeah, right.

ellene

11 weeks to go . Capetown, wine lands, Mala Mala.

Can not wait.

Botsfan

LAleslie,
I think we'll just miss each other at Jack's.I leave J's on 3 November, we might just pass each other on the airstrip!
I leave on 26 October.
Zibalianja 27-29 October
Jack's 30 Oct-2November
Mombo 3Nov-5 Nov
Nxamaseri 6-11 Nov
Back home early 13 November

It can't come soon enough.

Jan

LAleslie

Botsfan,
We arrive at Jack's on Nov. 4 (going to be HOT!)so we'll miss you. We'll wave from planes as we pass you on our way to other camps!
Leslie