Trip Report - South Africa, Victoria Falls, SafariBoat
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Trip Report - South Africa, Victoria Falls, SafariBoat
Thanks so much to all those on this forum for helping me to plan my recent trip to South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. I truly feel it was the best planning resource available. Please check out my trip report at http://www.mytraveltoafrica.blogspot.com/
It details our trip to Capetown, Sabi Sand Safari, Victoria Falls, and Chobe Boat Safari.
It details our trip to Capetown, Sabi Sand Safari, Victoria Falls, and Chobe Boat Safari.
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Loved your trip report and wildlife photo's.
We are off to Mala Mala, Zambia, Cape Town, Garden route and Mauritius in October and my husband would love to know which camera lens you found best for wildlife shots, particularly for our safari's out of Mala Mala.
Thank you for posting.
We are off to Mala Mala, Zambia, Cape Town, Garden route and Mauritius in October and my husband would love to know which camera lens you found best for wildlife shots, particularly for our safari's out of Mala Mala.
Thank you for posting.
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glenn_col,
Enjoy your trip. The lens my husband used/liked the most for safari was the 70-200mm f/2.8 nikon zoom lens. Keep in mind you get really close to the animals so he found this lens was perfect.
Enjoy your trip. The lens my husband used/liked the most for safari was the 70-200mm f/2.8 nikon zoom lens. Keep in mind you get really close to the animals so he found this lens was perfect.
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Canadian_robin,
Not sure if you realized since the blog is a bit confusing but the Ichobezi experience is already posted in my trip report. Just look at the "days" on the side of the blog. We loved it. It gave us a really unique safari view.
Not sure if you realized since the blog is a bit confusing but the Ichobezi experience is already posted in my trip report. Just look at the "days" on the side of the blog. We loved it. It gave us a really unique safari view.
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Cjon -
I booked most of the flights myself. South African Air has a great website that lets you put all the connecting flight on one itinerary. So I booked NY-->Johannesburg-->Cape-->Johannesburg myself.
SabiSabi in the SabiSand private reserve had a special where they paid the air from Johannesburg to their private air strip so they took care of that. SabiSabi also booked the return taxi (we could have gone by air but it was way more expensive) from SabiSabi to Nelspruit.
and I then booked thru South African Airway
Nelspruit-->Livingstone
I used a travel agent for my trip from Livingstone to Zambia to Botswana to Namibia which was all land travel. This was the only section of the trip I used a travel agent. I only used the travel agent because the travel agent quoted me a better price than I could get thru the Ichobezi and Zambezi sun web site. The travel agent was Petra from African Travel Gateway (I put a link in my blog). I was a bit nervous going thru a travel agent as I tend to like a lot of control, but she did a great job.
I then booked the return home using South African Air
Livingstone-->Johannesburg-->NY myself.
I booked the CapeTown Bed and Breakfast directly thru the website.
I also booked directly with SabiSabi using their website (and they had an advertised 3 night special) We booked the SabiSabi photo tour directly thru their website.
I found the CapeTown photo tour using TripAdvisor.
I booked the Batoka air using their website but they said I did not have to pay upfront. When we arrived they only had half of the reservation, but it was not a big deal as I was able to book the other half on the spot.
The Hopon/hopoff bus tour and the Winery tour in Captown we bought when we got to Capetown.
I made reservation for all of the restaurants in Capetown a few weeks before the trip
Hope this help. It really is fun to plan if you don't rush. It is a bit overwhelming at first but a great satisfaction when it ends up being exactly what you want.
I booked most of the flights myself. South African Air has a great website that lets you put all the connecting flight on one itinerary. So I booked NY-->Johannesburg-->Cape-->Johannesburg myself.
SabiSabi in the SabiSand private reserve had a special where they paid the air from Johannesburg to their private air strip so they took care of that. SabiSabi also booked the return taxi (we could have gone by air but it was way more expensive) from SabiSabi to Nelspruit.
and I then booked thru South African Airway
Nelspruit-->Livingstone
I used a travel agent for my trip from Livingstone to Zambia to Botswana to Namibia which was all land travel. This was the only section of the trip I used a travel agent. I only used the travel agent because the travel agent quoted me a better price than I could get thru the Ichobezi and Zambezi sun web site. The travel agent was Petra from African Travel Gateway (I put a link in my blog). I was a bit nervous going thru a travel agent as I tend to like a lot of control, but she did a great job.
I then booked the return home using South African Air
Livingstone-->Johannesburg-->NY myself.
I booked the CapeTown Bed and Breakfast directly thru the website.
I also booked directly with SabiSabi using their website (and they had an advertised 3 night special) We booked the SabiSabi photo tour directly thru their website.
I found the CapeTown photo tour using TripAdvisor.
I booked the Batoka air using their website but they said I did not have to pay upfront. When we arrived they only had half of the reservation, but it was not a big deal as I was able to book the other half on the spot.
The Hopon/hopoff bus tour and the Winery tour in Captown we bought when we got to Capetown.
I made reservation for all of the restaurants in Capetown a few weeks before the trip
Hope this help. It really is fun to plan if you don't rush. It is a bit overwhelming at first but a great satisfaction when it ends up being exactly what you want.
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