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ITINERARY
Week 1-4: London Gibraltar & Morocco
Week 5: Mauritania
Week 6-8: Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast
Week 9-10: Ghana
Week 11-12: Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon
Week 13-14: Cameroon
Week 15-17: Gabon, Congo, Cabinda (Angola)
Week 18: Democratic Republic of Congo
Week 19-20: Angola
Week 21-22: Namibia
Week 23: South Africa, Cape Town
Week 24: Cape Town, break
Week 25-27: Cape Town South Africa, Lesotho, Estwatini
Week 28-29: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi
Week 30-32: Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya
Week 33 Nairobi - break Mombasa
Week 34–35: Uganda Gorillas, Kenya
Kenya 36: Mt Kenya & Northern Kenya
Week 37-38: Ethiopia
Week 39: Sudan
Week 40-41: Egypt, Cairo
HIGHLIGHTS
Morocco – Fes, Meknes, Marrakech, Atlas Mountains, Todra Gorge. Mauritania, Desert Crossing, Ghana - Beaches, Ivory Coast, Slave Forts, Kakum Forest Reserve. Togo - Marche des Fetishes, Benin - Stilted village. Nigeria - Oshogbo & Sacred Grove. Cameroun - Mount Cameroon. Gabon - Primal Tropical Forests. Congo to Angola - Congo River crossing. Angola Christ the King statue. Namibia - Etosha National Park, Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park, Rock engravings, Skeleton Coast, Cape Cross seal colony, Swakopmund, Namib Naukluft National Park, Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon. South Africa - Canoeing Orange River, Stellenbosch wine tour, Cape Town, Garden Route, Stony Point Penguin Colony, Cape Agulhas, Cango Calcite Caves, Ostrich farm, Addo Elephant National Park. Lesotho - Drakensburg Mountains, Royal Natal National Park. Kingdom of Eswatini – Swaziland. Botswana - Chobe Park. Zambia or Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls, Zambezi white water rafting. Malawi - Lake Malawi, Kande Beach. Tanzania - Mikumi National Park, Dar es Salaam & Zanzibar Island, Masai Villages, Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Reserve. Kenya - Lake Nakuru Nat Park, Hell’s Gate, Rift Valley Lakes. Uganda Mountain Gorillas, Source of the Nile, White Water Rafting. Kenya - Northern Frontier District. Ethiopia - Simien Mountains, Lalibela, Lake Tana, Gondar. Sudan - Meeting of the Blue & White Nile, Meroe Pyramids, Omdurman. Egypt - Abu Simbel, Valley of Kings & Queens, Karnak Temple, Red Sea Coast, Pyramids of Giza, Cairo
Included
| Transport in expedition truck |
| Two meals per day, on average, prepared by the group, |
Excluded
| Flights, visas, transfers, personal insurance, drinks, meals out, tips |
| Optional excursions/side trips |
| Flights (in case of flyover) |
Side trips / Optional extras
| Ethiopia - Bahir Dar - Tissisat [Blue Nile] Falls $20, Lake Tana churches $20, boat trip $40, Gondar Monastery & Fasilidas Castles $25, Lalibela Rock Churches $55, Simien Mountain walk $70 a day, Addis Ababa: National Museum $5 | US$ 0 |
| Sudan - National Museum, Khartoum | US$ 6 |
| Egypt - Alexandria on the Mediterranean day trip | US$ 100 |
| Egypt – Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple tour $40, Guided tour & Entrance to Abu Simbel $20, Tombs of the Nobles $5, Kitchener Island & Elephantine Island sail boat $5, Edfu Temple $10, Day Trip to Abu Simbel by air $170 | US$ 0 |
| Egypt – Luxor - Balloon Flight over the Nile & Luxor $90, Karnak Temple $14 Luxor Temple $11, Luxor Museum$17 Karnak Temple Sound & Light Show $15, Tomb of King Tutankhamen $15, Valley of the Kings & Workers Tour, entry & guide $35 | US$ 20 |
| Egypt – Cairo - 4 Star Nile Dinner Cruise $40, Cairo Tower $10, Giza Pyramid entry $7-35, Pyramids Sound & Light Show $35, Egyptian Museum $15, Mummy Room in Egyptian Museum $15, Solar Boat Museum at Pyramids $10 | US$ 0 |
| Kenya - Nairobi pre or post day trip. Baby elephants $65, Giraffes feeding $12 half day taxi $30 | US$ 0 |
| Kenya - Lake Naivasha - Horse Riding $25, Boat trip $60, Elsamere home of Joy Adamson $25, Hells Gate cycle thru the park $65 | US$ 0 |
| Malawi - Kande Beach - Scuba dive $80, Horse ride $70, village walk $5, boat hire $25 | US$ 25 |
| Morocco – Fez tanneries $5, Marrakech tour of Medina $3, Volubilis Roman ruins $8 | US$ 5 |
| Namibia - Cape Cross Seals half day $50, Fish River Canyon $10, Sesriem $10, Cheetah Farm $8, Swakopmund deep sea fishing $100, Horse riding $55, Sand boarding $55-$70, Swakopmund scenic flight $250, Brandberg White Lady walk $6 | US$ 250 |
| South Africa - Wine tasting $25, Canoe on the Orange River $25, Cape Town; before or after the tour - Stellenbosch wine tour $90, Robbin Island $25; Shark cage dive | US$ 200 |
| Tanzania - Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater: two night trip from | US$ 920 |
| Tanzania - Zanzibar - Taxi to best beaches $7, meals $5/20 | US$ 30 |
| Tanzania - Zanzibar Spice Tour - Stonetown, Slave Market, spice plantations, traditional lunch | US$ 40 |
| Tanzania - Zanzibar - Full day diving Mnemba Atoll 2 dives & lunch $80, Snorkeling Mnemba Atoll $30, Swim with dolphins $40, Prison Island - boat, entry & snorkeling $30 | US$ 30 |
| Togo - Visit the "Fetish Market" | US$ 2 |
| Uganda Mountain Gorillas plus local transfer $50. Gorillas trek fees paid for before departure | US$ 930 |
| Uganda - Jinja Bungy jumping $60, Nile White water rafting $160 | US$ 0 |
| Zimbabwe - Vic Falls entry $50, Helicopter flight $155/265, Abseil & Gorge Swing $140, Bungee $160, Walk with lions $140, Rhino walk $70 , Rafting $160, Sunset Game Cruise $65 | US$ 0 |
| Benin - Tour voodoo temples & salt makers, Home of Voodoo and museum, slave gates | US$ 10 |
| Cameroon - Botanical Gardens | US$ 3 |
| Cameroun - Climbing Mount Cameroon - 3 Days | US$ 150 |
| Botswana - Chobe game drive | US$ 70 |
| Eswatini Sibebe rock climb | US$ 10 |
| JOHANNESBURG – Apartheid Museum -$7 Soweto Tour $40, Gold Reef City Tour $55 | US$ 40 |
| LESOTHO – Overnight Hikes with packhorses $70, Overnight Pony Treks $100, Pony Trekking – from US$25 Guided Walks – $5 | US$ 0 |
| Ghana - To see the "Home of Slavery" | US$ 5 |
| Tsitsikamma quad bike $55, Tree Top Canopy Walk $50, Tsitsikama National Park Entrance $16, Waterfall Zip Lining Tsitsikamma Forest $40 | US$ 0 |
| Visit Djibouti by train. While in Addis take the train Djibouti. A rail journey on the new train from the Ethiopian capital to the Djibouti and coast through the desert to the Red Sea | US$ 120 |
| Nairobi to Mombasa by train. While in Nairobi take the train to Mombasa and the Indian Ocean Coast 1st class for 5 hour day trip across the willd plains | US$ 50 |
| Visit Mozambique – from Eswatini take a side trip to Maputo in Mozambique and meet up with the trip again a few days later in Johannesburg | US$ 125 |
Departure Dates
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