Taken in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

22 Apr ’17 

DL 5449 T 04/21/17 CORNING / ELMIRA DETROIT 15:32 16:55

DL 098 T 04/21/17 DETROIT /PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE 17:59 08:10 04/22/17****I CHECKED WITH  DELTA..SINCE THE LUGGAGE IS GOING TO JOHANNESBURG  AND YOU WILL HAVE BOARDING PASSES, YOU CAN LEAVE THE  AIRPORT  AND EXPLORE THE CITY.

AF 990 V 04/22/17 PARIS 23:25 /JOHANNESBURG arrive  09:55 on 04/23/17.

Includes:

International Air.
Domestic  Air .
Land and meals as indicated below.
Activities as indicated below.
Use of English speaking guides.
24 hour emergency contact person.

Excludes/Notes

1) You cannot prepay the KNP conservation fees as you are not staying in the park,so remind the group abut the costs  and when we stay in Johannesburg  before we fly up to KNP,they can take out the money….I think they can pay for it by credit  card…I will see if I can get hold of the  park to arrange a group payment on arrival.

3) Meals for the Eastern Cape portion where not included below, best to have cash for..if the electricity goes of when we are leaving then we cant use credit cards.Again at the Johannesburg airport they can take money out if need be.

4) On arrival into Upington they can take money out again if need be…before we leave Upington for the park,about 1.52 hr drive to get to the bushman overnite, we will go to a mall so they can buy some snack/supplies  for the next 3 days…the one lodge has a small selection of snacks  etc.

5) Kalagadi meals will show in the  main rate…it means that what they serve the students will need  to eat.Let me know if we  have any vegetarians.

6)Travel Insurance not included..Please include Emergency Medical evacuation.

7) Let me know if you want the 12th full day for the cape point tour/surfing etc and how many for the surf lessons.

8) Tips not included.

9) Visa costs for anyone not traveling on a US passport that may incur visa cost, not included.

10) Luggage…from past experience some students have to very large heavy bags….this trip we simply cannot  have that…we have 2 trips ie Eastern Cape and the KNP portion that entail smaller vans with luggage trailers  and if we have to big a  bag and multiple bags per student  we wont  have room for them as the vans are smaller.

As well the internal flights only allow 44lbs… International flights are much more…so they must be conservative in there packing…..this trip is a casual clothing in mostly warm weather, and they can wash ie Eastern Cape, Cape Town, even Kruger…so please make sure they understand.

11) If you are planning to bring say extra clothes/school supplies, soccer balls deflated( ensure you bring the pump adapter with them) pack them into 1 bag…if its overweight which it will be, we can see if  its for say the KNP portion if we can stash it at the hotel in Joburg..Let me know what you decide about this.

12) 26/27/28 meals Graskop/Kruger ….not much different than the states  possibly a little  cheaper due to the rate of exchange..they should be only to use a credit card in these places..since no meals are included in kruger except for the bush braai and game drives are included…let the group know they must be flexible for these days…when out on safari in the am, there are places they will stop at for breakfast…

The bungalows at Satara  have communal kitchens and locals and some tourists like to buy supplies at the shop  and braai(Barbeque) ..that’s a option for the students as well.

13) The backpackers in Quno eastern Cape first night as Martha has experienced before is going to be very basic..they do  have meals as well for purchase…explain this is part of the cultural experience..food/taste will all be  different…meal costs  dinner R80/$6 ish/breakfast R70/$5 ish

14) 30th..after done with Quno on the way to the village we will stop at a local town and the group can buy  fruit/snacks  etc..

15th)Entrance fee  for Meerkat walk,paid in cash to the center R260 per visit.will have 2x visits.We can collect that the nite before.

16) For the Bushman experience  we can order/beads/nylon etc  to make a beaded bracelet or necklace…cost is Bracelets R35/$4.50  and Necklaces R 90/about $7.00.it will be a nice memory and a quite activity giving them a feel of the pace/rhythm of the area..Let me know how many of each and will add it to the final cost.

23 Apr ’17

Meet and Greet airport ..take to arts/craft market…eat lunch(own expense) to hotel about 2pm ish.
The days get busy with activity so its suggested you rest/sleep this afternoon as much as possible.
Garden Court OR Tambo, standard room  Lunch/Dinner NOT included  

24 Apr ’17

Breakfast at hotel.
Full day Soweto & Apartheid Museum with guide.
Hector Pieterson Museum
Regina Mundi Church
Mandela House
Lunch in Soweto – included ..
Apartheid Museum
Garden Court OR Tambo, standard room         BB Dinner NOT included 

25 Apr ’17

Breakfast at hotel.

Full day tour of Sterkfontein Caves and Drimolen with lunch.
The Sterkfontein Caves are owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, whose scientists have been responsible for the main excavations of the World Heritage Site. They are credited with many of the famous discoveries including the world famous “Mrs Ples” and “Little Foot”, an almost complete Australopithecus skeleton dating back more than 3-million years.The tours at the Sterkfontein Caves, which start above ground and then take visitors deep into the caves.

The site of Drimolen is one of the archaeological sites in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’, about 40 km from Johannesburg. It is located in the ‘Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve’. Of all the paleontological sites of South Africa, Drimolen shows certainly the potential to become the richest in terms of fossil hominids remains, the ancestors of the human lineage. Over a hundred of hominid fossils were discovered so far. The paleontological and archaeological remains come from the sediments accumulated in caves over millions of years which underwent the process of fossilization.

Dinner NOT included

Garden Court OR Tambo, standard room                    BB

26 Apr ’17

Breakfast at hotel.
Overland to Kruger Park via Panorama Scenic route.
Blyde River Canyon, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God’s Window.
Graskop town is a small town,well known and loved by past Elmira students,especially Harries Pancake shop.
It has lots of shops to explore,including a silk shop where clothes,scarves and other goods are produced in traditional African bright colors.
Your hotel is right in the town.
Graskop Hotel, standard room BB       Lunch/Dinner NOT included  

27 Apr ’17:

Transfer to Satara Rest Camp Kruger to reach by 11am…settle in,eat lunch(own expense), get ready for afternoon game drive..
PM open-vehicle game drive in Kruger Park (13h30-17h30)
Kruger Park conservation levy
Satara Rest Camp bungalow NO MEALS INCLUDED THIS  DAY

28 Apr ’17:

AM open-vehicle game drive in Kruger Park (06h00-12h30)
Kruger Park conservation levy
Sanparks two hour game drive with bush braai(South African for BBQ 17h00-21h00)        D
Satara Rest Camp bungalow RO    Only Dinner Included this  day

29 Apr ’17:

To day we head down to the Eastern Cape for our Village immersion experience.
Early am out..no game drive back except for the time its takes to get to the exit gate to Johannesburg,drop off at OR Tambo Airport
Flight to Eastern Cape is at 250pm/arrive 405pm
Stephen will be the airport along with Vellille our guide for this portion
Drive to Quno backpackers  overnite….maybe short walk around Quno before dinner(own expense)..if time allows. NO MEALS INCLUDED THIS  DAY

 

30th:

am breakfast(own expense)…Tour of Quno where Nelson Mandela grew up.
Depart for Village/stop along the way to buy some snacks etc
Reach Bulungula around 1pm ish..lunch(own expense)
Afternoon walk around the Village.  NO MEALS INCLUDED THIS  DAY

1st April:

Most of the day revolves Womens empowering day with Lunch that may includes  face painting, brick-making, maize stamping, traditional food preparation, beer brewing and firewood collecting.
Part of Afternoon free    Breakfast/Dinner NOT included  

 

Stephen painted up with the last Elmira group.

2cnd April:

Canoe/Pancakes/Sangoma….rest of  day free from later am or early afternoon Only a light pancake meal  included

*These next few days are long days,early up and out
3rd:

Breakfast  up and out….drive to the Institute…will have lunch there..in depth connection and talk about Xhosa customs,religious understanding etc.
Drive to airport
Flight leaves at 6pm..Need to be at the airport  by 430pm   Breakfast/Dinner NOT included  

Meet & Greet OR Tambo Airport
Complimentary shuttle to hotel
Garden Court OR Tambo, standard room                    BB

4 May ’17:

Complimentary shuttle to OR Tambo Airport with Stephen   >>> possible box breakfast to go or will be served breakfast on the plane.
Fly up to Upington at 710pm…arrive 840am..breakfast will be on plane.
Stop at mall get snacks, settle in for 1.5 drive to Bushman place.
Settle in at Bushman for our overnite.We will visit some special places in the area.
Lunch
Afternoon bushman tour…free time to get a feel of the remoteness of the place.
Would like no ipods/cell phones/ music  etc for this time.
Dinner  and bushman  dance    Lunch and Dinner included

 

5th :

Early breakfast and of to meerkat center  reach there by 7am or close …finish of and reach lodge…lunch and into park  for the afternoon Safari…lodge is really close to gates of park ..we have to be out of the park by 6p
Dinner Kgalagadi Lodge

Lunch/Dinner included  in rate

6th:

Maybe we will take a box breakfast get into park at 7am…get back to lodge around lunch time..eat lunch,rest a bit at the lodge, check out.Drive back..stop at Meerkat again if students want to…drive to Upington  stay over at a local hotel
No restaurant at the hotel..our guides will take us to a local restaurant.  Breakfast/Lunch included….Dinner not included.

7th:

Fight is at 1250pm…need to be at airport  by 1130am  so group can sleep in today a bit…will go to local restaurant on way to airport.
Reach cape town 210pm

Meet and greet at Cape Town International
Transfer to hotel
Inn on the Square, standard room    NO MEALS INCLUDED THIS  DAY

 

08 May ’17    
Breakfast at the hotel
Robben Island tour (weather dependent)
Table Mountain ticket (weather dependent)
City Tour
Inn on the Square, standard room (no Stephen)                BB   Lunch/Dinner not included.

09 May ’17:
Breakfast at the hotel
Township full day tour that will include working in a community garden as well as meeting with local succesful business owners.       Breakfast/Lunch included..Dinner not included
BB

10 May ’17:
Breakfast at the hotel
Day at leisure….free unscheduled day…for those want to do Great White Shark Cage Diving see description below.
Inn on the Square,  BB  Breakfast included..Lunch/Dinner not included.

11 May ’17:
Breakfast at the hotel
Walk to Investec talk/Free market Institute talk. 2 different Financial companies in Cape Town where we will listen to different economic perspectives regarding South Africa.
Walk to Bo Kaap for Cape Malay Cooking/ and Tour of the area.Lunch included.
Rest of Afternoon free
Inn on the Square, standard room         Breakfast/Lunch included..Dinner not included.
       

12 May ’17:

Full Day Cape Point tour with Surfing/swimming etc
Inn on the Square, standard room                BB Lunch/Dinner not included.

13 May ’17:

On way to airport stop at Old Biscuit Mill Culinary Market

Transfer to Cape Town Airport
Meet & Greet – assist to check-in       Breakfast included.

Flight to Johannesburg about 130 to 230pm…not determined yet

DL 201 V 05/13/17 JOHANNESBURG/ ATLANTA
19:50 06:22 05/14/17
DL 201 V 05/14/17 ATLANTA /DETROIT
10:50 12:48
DL 5590 V 05/14/17 DETROIT/ ELMIRA
3.40pm 455pm

EXTRA ACTIVITY FOR THE   FREE  DAY…LET ME KNOW WHO WANTS TO DO THIS.

Great White Sharks… imposing in size, their graceful beauty is perfectly adapted to their environment. Their powerful predatory behavior and the mysteries surrounding this spectacular creature beckons you to come closer and closer. Experience the White Shark in its natural environment above or under water. And for the less courageous, the boat has a large viewing platform on top and space on the main deck for seating and viewing.

Roughly $176.00 per cash rates.

Inclusions:

•  Breakfast upon arrival.
•  Picnic lunch and refreshments on board the boat

•  All diving equipment and towels.

•  Light lunch upon return to shore.

•  Transfers to and from Cape Town City hotel.

Exclusions:

•  Video footage of the dive.

General:
Available for up to 20 guests.
•  Up to 5 guests in the shark cage at a time.
•  Guests should ideally have an intermediate level of fitness.

Tour Details

Point of departure – Cape Town City Hotel.
Duration of tour – 10 hours.
Departure time – 05h00 (time may vary dependent on tide and weather conditions).