Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Safari (R&R) Information/Itinerary

On July 8 we will be saying good-bye to our host community in Massaca and going back to Maputo to overnight at the Methodist House where we began our trip 10 days earlier. Early the next morning we will board a bus that will take us to South Africa. Including the border crossing, where each participant will get their SA visa, it will take about 4 hours to arrive in Nelspruit. From there, our safari comany will pick us up, and off we go on our amazing safari!!


Itinerary (as described by safari company):



July 9th - Pick up from Nelspruit and drive via Panoramic Route. Arrive at Tremisana Lodge for sunset game drive. Dinner and overnight in air-conditioned chalets.

















July 10th - Full day in Kruger Park on open Gameviewer. Visit Orpen, Satara, Nwanedzi, regions in Kruger National Park known for their game viewing.






Return to the Cheetah Inn for dinner under the stars in our open Boma. Overnight at Cheetah Inn.














July 11th - Another full day in Kruger on open Gameviewer. Return to the romantic Marc’s Treehouse Lodge where you are accommodated in fascinating treehouses.
Dinner and overnight at Marc’s.
(the treehouse stay is in honor of dear tree-swinging friends, Bob and Nancy Cole, that are on this team - we are celebrating our 25th friendship anniversary this summer!)















July 12th : Early morning bush walk in the company of armed rangers. After breakfast , we drive via Blyde Canyon en route to Johannesburg. Expecting to arrive at the Joberg airport around 4-5pm.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

with just a few weeks til take off (where did those months fly to?), i'm finally reading--not just scanning---the blog sites. when we first started our adventure, i greived that the last 2 days were not spent building a few more houses. i had to trust leslie and bob that they know more than i do about the habitat process.
NOW i am so excited about the tree house adventure! teh safari looks wonderful. i am hoping for my first look at a giraffe in its own habitat (with habitat!:):) as that is my favorite animal.recently at one of our fundraisers, a young man from kenya told a funny story. last year he was chosen for a basketball scholarship at a dine college in new mexico. before he left kenya, his dad took him to a wild animal park in kenya so that he could tell americans about the animals in africa! we all got a good laf from that! xoxoxox nan