Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 4 While the majority of our group headed out for Chobe National Park in Botswana, several travelers took advantage of memorable opportunities to walk with the lions, take an elephant walk, view Victoria Falls by helicopter, and visit a Zambian village.  Chobe National Park is the second largest national park in [...]

Sunday, May 1 (Photos to come) What an amazing day!  The weather was picture-perfect.  We began the day driving up to Signal Mountain to capture the view of Cape Town that we missed on our earlier visit to the top of Table Mountain and we were not disppointed.  Our scenic drive took us past lovely coastal suburbs including Hout [...]

  Friday, April 29   Following a sumptuous breakfast buffet, we headed to the ferry that took us to Robben Island, site of the legendary prison (now a museum) where many South African political prisoners, including its most famous ”resident” Nelson Mandela, was incarcerated.  After a brief tour of the island, we met with former prisoner Ntoza Talakumeni  who spoke to us [...]

   Our group of travelers from across the country met up today at the lovely, historic Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town. The weather was spectacular and we were lucky to have unobstructed views of the surrounding mountains. We gathered for a lively welcome reception this evening complete with wonderful South African wines, South Africa’s [...]

Next week – on April 26 – our group of 20 travelers sets off to explore the vibrant city life, scenic wonders, exotic wildlife and cultural diversity that Southern Africa offers.  We welcome families and friends to our travel blog and hope you will follow along on this exciting journey and share many of the [...]