CAPE
TO CAIRO 2010
ITINERARY 1 - 28 DAYS |
SOUTH AFRICA • ZIMBABWE • ZAMBIA •
ZANZIBAR • TANZANIA • UGANDA •
SUDAN • EGYPT
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DEPARTURE
DATE: 08 JANUARY 2010 |
| Day 1 |
Fri 08 Jan |
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Arrive Cape Town International Airport
and meet your transfer to Cape Grace Hotel
on V & A Waterfront. |
| 19H30 |
Welcome dinner and overnight in the hotel. |
| Day 2 |
Sat 09 Jan |
09h00
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Depart for Groot Constantia for wine tasting
and a visit to Table Mountain (weather permitting).
Enjoy lunch en route. Dinner at your own leisure
and overnight at Cape Grace Hotel. |
| Day 3 |
Sun 10 Jan |
| 08h30 |
Depart for full day tour of Cape Peninsula
(including Fish Hoek, Simonstown, Cape Point, Chapman’s
Peak Drive, Hout Bay and Kirstenbosch). Light lunch
en route. Dinner at your leisure and overnight at
hotel. |
| Day 4 |
Mon 11 Jan |
| 09h30 |
Transfer to Rovos Rail’s private lounge
at Cape Town station. |
| 11h00 |
Depart Cape Town Station on Rovos
Rail’s journey to Pretoria (Deluxe
Suite accommodation). |
| 18h00 |
Arrive Matjiesfontein, time to explore this Victorian
village before dinner and overnight on the train. |
| Day 5 |
Tue 12 Jan |
| 14h30 |
Arrive Kimberley. Visit to the
Big Hole & Diamond Museum with historic tram
ride. |
| 17h20 |
Depart Kimberley. Dinner and overnight on the
train. |
| Day 6 |
Wed 13 Jan |
| 12h00 |
Train arrives at Rovos Rail’s private station
in Capital Park, Pretoria. Tour
of Rovos Rail depot followed by lunch. Afternoon
Pretoria city tour. Dinner & overnight Sheraton
Hotel in Pretoria. |
| Day 7 |
Thur 14 Jan |
| 08h45 |
Transfer to Rovos Rail’s private station. |
| 10h00 |
Rovos Rail’s Pride of Africa departs for
Victoria Falls. Dinner and overnight
on train. |
| Day 8 |
Fri 15 Jan |
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Lunch, dinner and overnight on the train. |
| Day 9 |
Sat 16 Jan |
| 17h00 |
Arrive Victoria Falls. Transfer
from Station to the Victoria Falls Hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the Hotel. |
| Day 10 |
Sun 17 Jan |
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Day at leisure. An activities desk is provided
in the foyer of the hotel. Optional helicopter rides,
river rafting, bungee jumping, craft village, guided
tours of Falls. |
| 16h00 |
Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi River. |
| 20h00 |
Dinner at The Boma. Overnight at Victoria Falls
Hotel. |
| Day 11 |
Mon 18 Jan |
| 08h00 |
After breakfast transfer to the airport for a
3 hour flight to Zanzibar. |
| 13h00 |
Transfer to Zanzibar Serena Hotel. Lunch
served at the hotel. |
| 15h00 |
Stone Town tour. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
| Day 12 |
Tue 19 Jan |
| 08h30 |
After breakfast Island Spice Tour with lunch en
route.
Afternoon at leisure. |
| 14h00 |
Transfer to airport for 40 minute flight to Kilimanjaro
in Tanzania. |
| 15h40 |
Board vehicles for 2 1⁄2 hour drive via
Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Farmhouse. Dinner
and overnight at lodge. |
| Day 13 |
Wed 20 Jan |
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After breakfast, game drive excursion with picnic
lunch on floor of crater. Dinner and overnight at
lodge. |
| Day 14 |
Thur 21 Jan |
| 07h30 |
After breakfast, transfer to Serengeti
mobile tented camp in Ndutu area. Dinner and overnight
at the camp. |
| Day 15 |
Fri 22 Jan |
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Breakfast in camp. Morning & afternoon game
drives in the Serengeti. Lunch, dinner and overnight
at the camp. |
| Day 16 |
Sat 23 Jan |
| 07h00 |
Transfer to airstrip for domestic flight to Kilimanjaro
airport. |
| 10h00 |
After immigration and customs formalities we depart
for 1 hour flight to Entebbe, Uganda. |
| 11h00 |
On arrival in Entebbe the passengers will be split
into two groups. Group 1 will visit the chimpanzees
on Ngamba Island & Group 2 will enjoy an excursion
to Jinja, source of the Nile. Dinner
& overnight at the Imperial Resort Beach
Hotel. Optional: 2 night
gorilla tracking experience available
in Rwanda/Uganda. (Rate & availability on request).
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| Day 17 |
Sun 24 Jan |
| 08h00 |
The two groups of passengers exchange excursions
today with Group 2 visiting the chimpanzees on Ngamba
Island & Group 1 enjoying the excursion to Jinja,
source of the Nile. Dinner & overnight at the
hotel. |
| Day 18 |
Mon 25 Jan |
| 08h00 |
After breakfast transfer to Entebbe Airport for
2 1/2 hour flight to Khartoum, Sudan. |
| 12h00 |
Transfer to the Burj Al Fateh Hotel
for lunch. Afternoon visit to Omdurman Old
Quarter & Market place. Dinner &
overnight at hotel. |
| Day 19 |
Tues 26 Jan |
| 09h00 |
After breakfast enjoy a day
tour to Meroe with lunch en route.
Dinner & overnight at hotel. |
| Day 20 |
Wed 27 Jan |
| 09h30 |
Transfer to Khartoum airport for 1 hour 10 minute
flight to Abu Simbel, Egypt. Board
Kasr Ibrim for your Lake Nasser
cruise. Lunch on board with visits to Abu Simbel
Temples. Dinner & overnight on board. |
| Day 21 |
Thu 28 Jan |
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Breakfast is served while sailing to Kasr Ibrim.
Tour conducted from the ship’s sun deck as
entrance to the site is not permitted. Lunch while
sailing to Amada. Visit the temples of Amada
and Derr as well as the tomb
of Penout. Afternoon sail to Wadi El Seboua.
Dinner & overnight on board. |
| Day 22 |
Fri 29 Jan |
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Morning visit to Wadi El Seboua,
the temples of Dakka and Maharakka.
Lunch on board. Sail to Aswan while
dining. Overnight on board. |
| Day 23 |
Sat 30 Jan |
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Visit the Kalabsha temple, Beit
El Wali and the Kiosk of Kertassi.
Disembark after breakfast and transfer
by road to Luxor with lunch en
route. Dinner & overnight at the Hilton
Luxor Resort & Spa. |
| Day 24 |
Sun 31 Jan |
| 09h00 |
Full day in Luxor with visits to the East Bank
of Luxor: Karnak Temple and Luxor
Temple; West Bank of Luxor,
including Valley of Kings, Valley of Queens,
the Temple of Hatshepsut and a
photo stop at Colossi of Memnon.
Dinner & overnight at hotel. |
| Day 25 |
Mon 01 Feb |
| 09h00 |
After breakfast transfer to Luxor airport for
1 hour flight to Cairo. |
| 11h30 |
Arrive Cairo and transfer to the Four
Seasons First Residence Hotel with views
of both the Nile and the Great
Pyramids. Lunch at the hotel. Dinner at
own leisure. Overnight at hotel. |
| Day 26 |
Tue 02 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Full day tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx
and Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. |
| 20h00 |
Dinner at Mena House. Overnight at hotel. |
| Day 27 |
Wed 03 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Tour of Saqqara and Memphis.
Afternoon at leisure. |
| 20h00 |
Farewell dinner and overnight at hotel. |
| Day 28 |
Thu 04 Feb |
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Transfer to Cairo Airport for
your flight home. |
