1. Friday October 22, 2010
To
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
SOUTHERN AFRICA

2. Depart U.S.
to
Cape Town, South Africa (7:25 am Friday)

3. Arrive Cape Town
(9:10 pm Sat) ~38hrs

4. Southern Africa

5. One and Only

7. Nearby Wharf

8. Welcome Dinner

9. Day 3
Sunday, Oct 24
Table Mountain

12. Day 3
Sunday Afternoon
Region has produced wine since 1679

13. Paarl

14. Franschhoek

15. Stellenbosch
Former frontier town and second oldest in Cape Town

17. Day 4
Monday, Oct 25 Cape of Good Hope
Hout Bay

23. Simons Town

28. Kirstenbosch National
Botanical Gardens
1000 acres bequeathed to SA
by industrialist Cecil Rhodes
in 1902.

31. Day 5
Tuesday, Oct 26
Robben Island
Notorious 17th century prison in Table Bay.
Mandela released 2/11/1990 after 27 yrs.

32. Mandela’s Cell

35. Shanty Town

37. Day 6
Wednesday, Oct 27
Namibia

38. Namibia
2,055,000
people

41. To Swakopmund

42. Atlantic Ocean

46. History of Colonies

48. Swakopmund Hotel

50. Day 7
Thursday, Oct 28
To Spitzkoppe Mountains
Matterhorn of Africa

51. ????

52. Town of Henties Bay

53. Interest in Uranium Powers
Desalination Plants

64. Day 8
700 mile
beach
Friday, Oct 29
Namib Desert
130 million-years-old

66. Welwitschias mirabilis
Two leafed -
discovered in 1859 by Austrian botanist

71. Kuiseb Canyon

73. Tropic of Capricorn
most southerly latitude at which the sun
can appear directly overhead at noon

75. Social Weaver

76. In 1948 Willem Christoffel van Coller bought 33,000 hectares of
land from the South West Administration (the government of Namibia
at the time) for the purpose of farming Karakul sheep.

91. Day 9
Saturday, Oct 30
Dunes!!

102. Nature ride

107. Day 10,
Sunday, Oct 31
Desert drive
Windhoek (Capital), Johannesburg

109. Christuskirche

111. D’Oreale Grande, Johannesburg

113. Day 11,
Monday, Nov 1
To Victoria Falls

116. The Stanley and Livingston
Lodge

124. Zambezi River

128. Day 12
Tuesday, Nov 2

130. Discovered by Explorer David Livingston
and claimed for Queen Victoria in 1855.
Single largest cascade of water on earth.

131. “Smoke that thunders”

141. Elementary School

145. Boma
-
“Place of eating”

147. Day 13
Wednesday, Nov 3
Special adventure to Victoria Falls
Private Game Reserve

155. Dinner in the Bush

156. Day 14
Thursday, Nov 4
Botswana/Chobe National Park

162. Kori Bustard Africa’s
Largest flying bird

167. Day 15
Friday, Nov 5
To Jo’burg

168. Michelangelo Hotel

170. Day 16
Saturday, Nov 6
Pretoria (Capital)/Soweto (Largest black city)
“Jacaranda
City”

176. Willi Mandela

181. Day 17 Sunday, Nov 7
The Rabbit Hole

186. Day 18 Monday, Nov 8

187. Day 19 Tuesday, Nov 9

188. Day 20 Wednesday, Nov 10
Leave Africa at 6:00 pm
 Arrive Thursday Nov 11, 6:00 am in Dulles
 Off to Chicago to visit Shelly
 Back home Saturday, Nov 14 10:00 pm