CAIRO
TO CAPE 2008
ITINERARY 4 - 27 DAYS |
EGYPT • SUDAN • UGANDA • TANZANIA
• ZANZIBAR • ZAMBIA • ZIMBABWE
• SOUTH AFRICA
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DEPARTURE
DATE: 27 FEBRUARY 2008 |
| Day 1 |
Wed 27 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 |
Thu 28 Feb |
09h00
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Full day tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx
and Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
Dinner and overnight in hotel. |
| Day 3 |
Fri 29 Feb |
| 09h00 |
Tour of Saqqara and Memphis.
Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight in hotel. |
| Day 4 |
Sat 01 Mar |
| 09h00 |
Transfer to Cairo airport for flight to Luxor.
Board Royal Lotus for river adventure.
Lunch on board. Afternoon visits to the East
Bank of Luxor, Karnak and Luxor
Temples, 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 |
Sun 02 Mar |
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Early Sailing to Edfu. Buffet
breakfast on board. Afternoon visit to the Temple
of Horus at Edfu. Afternoon tea on board
while sailing to Kom Ombo. Evening
visit to the Temple of Sobek at
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 6 |
Mon 03 Mar |
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Buffet breakfast on board while sailing to Aswan.
Lunch and afternoon tea 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. Farewell dinner on board, with
oriental folkloric show. Overnight on board in Aswan. |
| Day 7 |
Tue 04 Mar |
| 08h00 |
Transfer to airport for flight to Abu
Simbel. Visits to the temples of Ramses
II and his wife Nefertari.
Transfer to airport for one-and-a-half hour flight
to Khartoum, Sudan. Afternoon at
leisure. Dinner and overnight at Al Salam
Rotana Hotel. |
| Day 8 |
Wed 05 Mar |
| 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 9 |
Thu 06 Mar |
| 08h00 |
Transfer to Khartoum Airport
for 3 hour flight to Entebbe, Uganda.
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| 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 10 |
Fri 07 Mar |
| 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
at hotel at the Imperial Beach Resort Hotel. |
| Day 11 |
Sat 08 Mar |
| 09h00 |
After immigration and customs formalities we depart
Entebbe airport for 1 hour flight to Kilimanjaro,
Tanzania |
| 10h00 |
Board vehicles for two-and-a-half drive via Lake
Manyara to Ngorongoro Farmhouse. |
| 11h00 |
Afternoon at leisure to relax and enjoy the serene
atmosphere on the coffee farm. Dinner and overnight
at lodge. |
| Day 12 |
Sun 09 Mar |
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After breakfast, game drive excursion with lunch
on floor of crater. Dinner & overnight at lodge. |
| Day 13 |
Mon 10 Mar |
| 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 14 |
Tue 11 Mar |
| 09h00 |
Breakfast in camp. Morning and afternoon game
drives in Serengeti. Lunch, dinner and overnight
at the camp. |
| Day 15 |
Wed 12 Mar |
| 08h00 |
Transfer to airstrip for domestic flight to Kilimanjaro
airport. |
| 11h30 |
Board aircraft for one-and-a-half hour flight
to Zanzibar flying past Mt Kilimanjaro
in Tanzania. |
| 12h45 |
Arrive Zanzibar and transfer to Zanzibar
Serena Hotel for dinner and overnight. |
| Day 16 |
Thu 13 Mar |
| 09h00 |
Island Spice Tour with lunch en route. |
| 15h00 |
Stone City tour. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
| Day 17 |
Fri 14 Mar |
| 08h00 |
Transfer to Zanzibar airport for 2 hour flight
to Mfuwe, Zambia. |
| 11h00 |
Depart Mfuwe airport for 1 hour flight to Victoria
Falls, Zimbabwe. |
| 13h00 |
Arrive Victoria Falls. Transfer to the Victoria
Falls Hotel for lunch. African Spectacular
Show. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel. |
| 16h00 |
Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi River. African Spectacular
Show. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel. |
| Day 18 |
Sat 15 Mar |
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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.Dinner and overnight at hotel.
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| Day 19 |
Sun 16 Mar |
| 10h00 |
After breakfast board Rovos Rail’s
Pride of Africa. Dinner and overnight on
the train. |
| 17h00 |
Sundowner drinks in Hwange National Park. |
| Day 20 |
Mon 17 Mar |
| 06h00 |
Game drive and breakfast Antelope Park, Dabuka.
Lunch and dinner on board. |
| Day 21 |
Tue 18 Mar |
16h00
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From Pyramid Station the Pride of Africa is hauled
by a Rovos steam locomotive for the last leg of
the journey to Pretoria. |
| 17h00 |
Arrive at the Rovos Rail’s gracious Capital
Park station in Pretoria. Transfer
to the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria.
Dinner and overnight. |
| Day 22 |
Wed 19 Mar |
| 09h00 |
City tour of Pretoria followed by a light garden
lunch and a sightseeing walk of the Rovos depot. |
| 15h30 |
Depart from Rovos Rail’s Capital Park Station
for Cape Town. |
| Day 23 |
Thu 20 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 24 |
Fri 21 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 25 |
Sat 22 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. Overnight at hotel. |
| Day 26 |
Sun 23 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 27 |
Mon 24 Mar |
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Depart Cape Town for home. Own arrangements. |
