CAIRO
TO CAPE TOWN 2008
ITINERARY 2 - 34 DAYS |
EGYPT • SUDAN • UGANDA • TANZANIA
• ZANZIBAR • ZAMBIA • ZIMBABWE
• SOUTH AFRICA
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CAPE
TO CAIRO DEPARTURE DATE: 1 FEBRUARY 2008 |
| Day 1 |
Fri 01 Feb |
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Arrive Cairo own arrangements.
Transfer to Four Seasons First
Residence Hotel with views of both the
Nile and the Great Pyramids.
Day at leisure. Optional tours available. Welcome
dinner and overnight in the hotel. |
| Day 2 |
Sat 02 Feb |
10h00
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Full day tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx
and Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Dinner
and overnight in hotel. |
| Day 3 |
Sun 03 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Tour of Saqqara and Memphis.
Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight in hotel. |
| Day 4 |
Mon 04 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Transfer to Cairo airport for flight to Luxor.
Board Amarco 1 for river adventure.
Lunch on board. Afternoon visits to the West
Bank of Luxor, including Valley
of Kings, Valley of Queens, the Temple
of Hatshepsut and photo stop at Colossi
of Memnon proceeded by Luxor Temple
visit. Afternoon tea and dinner on board. Overnight
on board in Luxor. |
| Day 5 |
Tue 05 Feb |
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Breakfast buffet on board. Visit Karnak
Temple. Sail to Esna. Lunch on board. Afternoon
tea and dinner on board. Overnight on board in Esna. |
| Day 6 |
Wed 06 Feb |
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Breakfast buffet on board. Morning visit to the
Temple of Khnum at Esna. Lunch
on board, while you sail to Edfu.
Afternoon visit to the Temple of Horus
at Edfu. Afternoon tea on board, and sunset sailing
to Kom Ombo. “Egyptian Night”
dinner on board, including Galabeyya party
with a chance for all guests to dress in traditional
Egyptian Galabeyyas for the night. Overnight on
board in Kom Ombo. |
| Day 7 |
Thur 07 Feb |
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Breakfast buffet on board. Morning visit to the
Temple of Sobek at Kom Ombo. Sail
to Aswan. Lunch on board. Afternoon visits to the
Temple of Philae on Agilika
Island, the Unfinished Obelisk
at the Ancient Granite Quarries, and the Aswan
High Dam. Afternoon tea on board. Farewell
gala dinner on board, with oriental folkloric show.
Overnight on board in Aswan. |
| Day 8 |
Fri 08 Feb |
| 08h00 |
Breakfast buffet on board, and checkout. Transfer
to Aswan airport for flight to Abu Simbel.
Enjoy visits to the temples of Ramses II
and his wife Nefertari. Transfer
back to airport for one-and-a-half hour flight to
Khartoum, Sudan. Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight at Al Salam Rotana
Hotel. |
| Day 9 |
Sat 09 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Visit to the Sudanese National Museum of Ethnography
and the National Museum of Sudan. Afternoon visit
to Bait Al-Khalifa Museum. Lunch, dinner and overnight
at the hotel. |
| Day 10 |
Sun 10 Feb |
| 08h00 |
Transfer to Khartoum Airport
for 3 hour flight to Entebbe, Uganda. |
| 12h00 |
Arrive Entebbe and transfer to Imperial
Resort Beach Hotel. |
| 13h30 |
Afternoon visit to the island of Ngama and its
orphaned chimpanzees. Dinner and overnight in the
hotel. |
| Day 11 |
Mon 11 Feb |
| 08h00 |
Depart for visit to Jinja, the source
of the Nile (two-and-a-half hour drive
from Entebbe). |
| 09h15 |
Mabira Forest Walk en-route. |
| 13h00 |
Lunch at Jinja Nile Resort. Dinner and overnight
hotel at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel. |
| Day 12 |
Tue 12 Feb |
| 09h00 |
After immigration and customs formalities we depart
Entebbe airport for 1 hour flight to Kilimanjaro,
Tanzania. |
| 11h00 |
Board vehicles for two-and-a-half hour drive via
Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Farmhouse.
Afternoon at leisure to relax and enjoy the serene
atmosphere on the coffee farm. Dinner and overnight
at lodge. |
| Day 13 |
Wed 13 Feb |
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After breakfast, game drive excursion with lunch
on floor of crater. Dinner & overnight at lodge. |
| Day 14 |
Thur 14 Feb |
| 10h00 |
Breakfast at the Lodge. Transfer to Serengeti
mobile tented camp in Ndutu area. |
| 12h00 |
Arrive at the camp for lunch and afternoon game
drive. Dinner & overnight at the camp. |
| Day 15 |
Fri 15 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Breakfast in camp. Morning & afternoon game
drives in the Serengeti. Lunch, dinner & overnight
at the camp. |
| Day 16 |
Sat 16 Feb |
| 08h00 |
Transfer to airstrip for domestic flight to Kilimanjaro
airport. |
| 11h00 |
Board aircraft for one-and-a-half hour flight
to Zanzibar flying past Mt Kilimanjaro
in Tanzania. |
| 13h00 |
Arrive Zanzibar and transfer to Zanzibar
Serena Hotel for dinner and overnight. |
| Day 17 |
Sun 17 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Island Spice Tour with lunch en route. |
| 15h00 |
Stone City tour. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
| Day 18 |
Mon 18 Feb |
| 09h30 |
Board local flight for 20 minute trip to Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania and transfer to Tazara
Station. |
| 12h00 |
Rovos Rail’s Edwardian Train Safari
departs Dar es Salaam. Lunch, dinner and overnight
on the train. |
| Day 19 |
Tue 19 Feb |
| 16h30 |
Arrive Makambako en route to Tunduma. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner on board. Afternoon lecture by
on-board Historian. |
| Day 20 |
Wed 20 Feb |
| 07h00 |
Arrive Tunduma/Nakonde for Tanzanian/Zambian
border control. Morning and afternoon lectures. |
| Day 21 |
Thu 21 Feb |
| 08h00 |
Arrive Kanona. Brunch outing at Kundalila
Falls. Zambia. |
| 12h00 |
Depart Kanona, lunch and dinner on board. |
| Day 22 |
Fri 22 Feb |
| 12h00 |
Pass through Lusaka, Kafue and Choma. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner on board with morning and afternoon
lectures. |
| Day 23 |
Sat 23 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Arrive Livingstone for Zimbabwean border formalities
before arriving Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. |
| 12h00 |
Transfer to the Victoria Falls Hotel.
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| 16h00 |
Sunset cruise on the Zambezi River. African Spectacular
Show. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
| Day 24 |
Sun 24 Feb |
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Day at leisure – optional tour of the Falls,
game of golf, Flight of the Angels, river rafting,
etc. |
| 17h00 |
Rovos Rail departs Victoria Falls.
Dinner and overnight on the train. |
| Day 25 |
Mon 25 Feb |
| 08h00 |
Pass by Bulawayo on route to
Beitbridge with breakfast, lunch and dinner on board
with morning and afternoon lectures. Overnight on
train. |
| Day 26 |
Tue 26 Feb |
| 14h00 |
Arrive Hoedspruit, South Africa
and transfer to 5-star Thornybush
or Ngala Game Lodge for full board
two-night stay. |
| Day 27 |
Wed 27 Feb |
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After breakfast, guest activities i.e. Guided
walk or morning and afternoon game drives. Optional
visit to Wild Dog and Cheetah Project at own cost.
Overnight at Kapama or Thornybush. |
| Day 28 |
Thu 28 Feb |
| 05h30 |
Early morning game drive at the lodge. |
| 12h00 |
Depart Hoedspruit. Lunch is served on board as
the train heads to Pretoria via Nelspruit. |
| Day 29 |
Fri 29 Feb |
| 10h00 |
Arrive at Rovos Rail’s gracious Capital
Park Station in Pretoria. City
tour followed by a light garden lunch and a sightseeing
walk around the Rovos Rail depot. |
| 15h30 |
The train departs Pretoria for Cape Town. |
| Day 30 |
Sat 01 Mar |
| 10h00 |
Arrive Kimberley for tour of
‘ Big Hole ’ and diamond museum. |
| 13h00 |
Rejoin the train for lunch. Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight on board the train. |
| Day 31 |
Sun 02 Mar |
| 08h30 |
Arrive at Matjiesfontein Victorian
Village for a 2 hour visit. |
| 10h30 |
Depart for Cape Town. |
| 18h00 |
Arrive Cape Town. Transfer, dinner
and overnight at the Cape Grace Hotel
on the V & A Waterfront. |
| Day 32 |
Mon 03 Mar |
| 08h30 |
Depart for full day tour of Cape Winelands,
including a visit to a famous wine estate with lunch
en route.
Afternoon visits to Franschhoek, Boschendal and
Stellenbosch. Dinner and overnight at Cape Grace. |
| Day 33 |
Tue 04 Mar |
| 08h30 |
Depart for full day tour of Cape Peninsula
(including Groot Constantia, Fish Hoek, Simonstown,
Cape Point, Chapman’s Peak Drive, Hout Bay
and Kirstenbosch). Light lunch en route.
Farewell
dinner and overnight at hotel. |
| Day 34 |
Wed 05 Mar |
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Morning at leisure before
transferring to Cape Town International Airport
for return flight home. |
