DISCOVER SOUTH DISCOVER

11 DAYS South Africa

PROGRAM FEE INCLUDES:

■ Round-trip airfare, bus transfers, internal flight ■ 7 overnight stays in hotels or lodge accom- modations ■ Breakfast daily, 5 lunches and 4 dinners ■ Services of a full-time professional guide throughout your stay ■ 2 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides: Johannesburg • ■ 7 visits to special attractions: Apartheid Museum • Kruger National Park • GetGeGetet a gliglglilimpsmpmpspseeo offS SoutououutthhA Afrifrfrriicancacaann wiwildlllddldlifeiiffefe onon yoyourur gamggaamamede drivrriivive.e. South Africa Museum • Cable Car • Ferry • Experience a perfect blend of culture and wildlife on your journey to South Africa. Natural Reserve • Kirstenbosch Botanical Study South African politics and history at Nelson Mandela’s former home in Gardens Johannesburg, visit a local tribe’s village in Timbavati and take a game drive at ■ Game drives Kruger National Park. Continue to discover the treasures of South Africa in Cape Town, from the summit of Table Mountain to the Cape Point Nature Reserve.

Day 1-2 Flights in the township, Regina Mundi played an im- Overnight fl ights to South Africa • Relax as portant role in the struggle against apartheid. you fl y to Africa. Visit the homes of Winnie Mandela and Des- mond Tutu, as well as the former residence of Day 3 Johannesburg Nelson Mandela. Then continue on to the heart Arrival in Johannesburg • Touch down in of Johannesburg. Visit the Apartheid Museum. Johannesburg, City of Gold. In this city famous Walk through halls filled with giant photo- for its gold-mining industry, miners used to graphs, metal cages and monitors replaying head into the mountains after strong storms to apartheid scenes as you learn about the tumul- collect the gold dust that would settle on the tuous . See weapons used summits. After clearing customs, meet your to enforce apartheid and listen to an interview professional, full-time guide, who will remain with Nelson Mandela from when he was in with you throughout your stay. hiding. Use the museum’s studio to record your Sightseeing of Soweto and downtown impressions. Johannesburg • Your guide introduces you to Johannesburg, starting with a visit to the Day 4 Johannesburg • Timbavati township of Soweto, or the South Western Transfer to Timbavati Safari Lodge • Con- Township. A startling example of segregation- tinue on to Timbavati Safari Lodge, where you ist planning, Soweto is today also known for its will spend the next two nights. Situated mere contributions to fashion, music, language and minutes from the wildlife haven of Kruger Na- politics. It is also home to the Regina Mundi. tional Park, Timbavati serves as the perfect base The largest of the 18 Roman Catholic churches for groups to explore the park and participate in a variety of lodge activities. Kruger Nationationational Park Timbbavb ati Safarrir Lodge (2)) Johannesburgnnesburg ((2)(2

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Shangaan village walk • This two-hour walk Day 8 Cape Town apartheid. Step inside the maximum-security will give you an opportunity to get an in-depth Sightseeing in Cape Town • Today, you will cell where Nelson Mandela was held and walk look at the local culture. During your walk, explore magnificent Cape Town, starting with through the lime quarries where the prisoners you will visit a clinic, trading store, school and an incredible panoramic view! A cable car will were used for hard labor. The quarries were also homes of the village inhabitants. You will even take you to the summit of Table Mountain the place where the prisoners discussed strat- make a stop at the village’s herbal and spiritual (weather permitting)—a sandstone plateau egy and plans for the future. Despite its grim doctor. rising more than 3,500 feet. This mountain reputation, the island later came to symbolize is home to several species found nowhere triumph in the face of adversity and victory de- Day 5 Kruger National Park else in the world, including the Table Moun- spite attempts to crush the human spirit. Game drive at Kruger National Park • Today tain Ghost Frog and the Silver Tree. Send enjoy a full day game drive at Kruger National a postcard from the top—it will arrive Day 9 Cape Town Park. Named after South Africa’s first president, with Table Mountain’s own postmark! After Visit to , Clifton and • an ardent naturalist deeply committed to wild- making the trip back down the mountain, pass Visit the exclusive suburbs of Sea Point, Clifton life protection, Kruger is considered the best- Devil’s Peak and Lion’s Head, two mountain and Camps Bay, and then continue on to the managed wildlife park on the entire African peaks that flank Table Mountain, on your way fishing harbor of . Take an optional continent. to the Company’s Garden. “The Company” in cruise to see the seals and cor- this case is the , and morants, weather permitting. Have lunch while Day 6 Timbavati Lodge • Johannesburg this garden was originally built on its orders to traveling to the Cape Point Nature Reserve, and Early-morning bush walk • Rise and shine for provide vegetables for the colonists. Now, it is then visit a Jackass penguin colony, the naval an early-morning adventure into the bush. The a large botanical garden whose many fountains hamlet Simon’s Town and the Kirstenbosch area around the lodge offers a unique ecosystem welcome visitors on hot and sunny days. Set Botanical Gardens. Finish the day by returning of smaller wild game and bird life. However, in the Company’s Garden is the South African to Cape Town along Rhodes Drive. you can also expect to see zebra, wildebeest, im- Museum. Visit its many fascinating exhibits, pala and the occasional leopard and hyena. including a Whale Well filled with real whale Days 10–11 Cape Town • Departure Transfer to Johannesburg • Travel back to skeletons. Free time and departure • If the scheduled Johannesburg along the “Panorama Route,” Visit to the • The old- departure of your return flight permits, take ad- past such natural wonders as the Blyde Riv- est surviving building in Cape Town, the Castle vantage of a little free time for final photo stops, er Canyon, God’s Window and the twisted of Good Hope’s cornerstone was laid in 1666 souvenir shopping or a snack in one of Cape Bourke’s Luck Potholes. See Pilgrim’s Rest, the and occupied for the first time in 1674. Its five Town’s many cosmopolitan cafés. Then, your gold-rush town where fortunes were made and bastions are named after titles of the Prince of tour director will assist you with the transfer even greater fortunes were lost. After a picnic Orange. See the famous Kat Balcony, said to be to the airport for your overnight return flight lunch, arrive in Johannesburg. the most beautiful part of the entire castle. home. Arrive home on Day 11. Victoria and Alfred Waterfront • On your way Day 7 Johannesburg • Cape Town to the waterfront, stop at Green Market. Here, Flight to Cape Town • Board a flight to Cape you’ll find the best bargains on locally produced Town. As your plane lands amid vineyards items. The waterfront is also a perfect place to For complete fi nancial and registration details, surrounded by flat-topped mountains and sandy browse Cape Town’s wares. Enjoy the exciting please refer to the Booking Conditions. beaches, you’ll see why Cape Town is consid- atmosphere created by the area’s abundance of ered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the theaters, restaurants and shops. You can find world. anything from spices to gemstones in this work- Free time in Cape Town • Enjoy free time ing harbor. in the capital of the province. Visit to Robben Island • Discover a place of Haggle at one of the lively markets, peruse the exile and isolation at Robben Island. The island treasures of the Cultural History Museum, or was used for the banishment of political prison- bask in the sun on the spectacular beach. The ers and social outcasts for nearly 400 years. First rest of the day is yours! a leper colony, it became a stark prison during YOUR CURRICULUM To enroll go to efcollegestudytours.com ON A GLOBAL SCALE or call 1.877.485.4184

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ITN0810DSAA Itinerary subject to change. 2011/F