Thanks for all of the help, everyone. I've copied this into Word so I can study it all.

I just plugged all this into orbitz to see &quot;what if&quot; and the price comes out at . . . drum roll please. . . <b><i>$6440.</i></b>

The dates in the drop down calendar end at 9-9-07 so I had to bump my dates up just so it would pull the flights.

I think I'll have to check again later and go to some airline websites to get a better picture of what the fare will really be.

You guys will get a kick out of this - this is how orbitz did it (as multi-city)

Flight #1
SAT - JNB 25 hrs 45 min (SAT, Dallas, Atlanta, Dakar (refuel), JNB

Flight #2
JNB - Maun 14 hrs 00 min (includes overnight in Gabarone)

Flight #3
Maun - JNB 6 hrs 15 min (routed thru Capetown)

Flight #4
JNB - Kigali 27 hrs 40 min (routed thru Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi)

and then to go home
Flight #5
Kigali - Nairobi 1 hr 20 min

Flight #6
NBO - SAT 26 hrs 42 min (NBO-London-Chicago-SAT)

Sundowner,

I agree with Lynn....since you are going both years...do Botswana one year and East Africa the other year. Botswana, you can add-on Vic falls or CT or Sabi Sands.

Also, you should be able to get direct flights from Joburg-Maun and back instead of routing thru Gabarone or Cape Town, unless you want to make a stop over in those places. The 10AM flight from Joburg into Maun is very convenient. You get into Maun around noon and transfer right away into whatever camp of your choice.

Rgds
Hari

Hello Cindy,

That flight routing is ridiculous (and the pricing is outrageous) -- in my experience this is par for the course with Orbitz if you are not flying to major gateway cities. The least expensive routing would probably be something like this:

US-London-JNB

JNB-Maun (return) for Botswana

JNB-Kigali

Kigali-JNB OR Kigali-NBO (depending on your airline)

JNB or NBO-London-US

International flights in and out of JNB are among the least expensive because it's a very competitive route.

Cheers,
Julian