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Ubuntu Travel Tours Presents Southern Africa Tours
Hosted by LP Travel and Bono African Tours & Safaris
11 Day Tour and Safari to Southern Africa
September 18 - 28, 2009
$3,695 per person (double occupancy):
Single Supplement -- Additional $390.00
$100 (nonrefundable) Deposit due at booking
Day 1: Leave USA
Depart New York (JFK) or Washington (Dulles) on South African Airways for Johannesburg. Day 2: Arrival in South Africa Accommodation: Protea Centurion Waterfront Hotel -- Tshwane (formerly Pretoria) The Protea Centurion Waterfront Hotel is located on the safe and tranquil Centurion Waterfront, has direct access to a modern shopping complex, restaurants, bars, boutiques, cinemas and banks.
Day 3: Sunday Township Feast
  
Experience a day in the life of a South African Township community --
including worship and a feast hosted by the local congregation. This
is a unique opportunity to meet local residents away from the tourist
spotlight.
Accommodation: Protea Centurion Waterfront Hotel (B, L)
  
SOWETO. It sounds like a delightful African name, but the word is actually an acronym for South Western Townships. It is a sprawling township, or more accurately, a cluster of townships on the south-western flank of Johannesburg. With a population of over 2 million, the township is the biggest black urban settlement in Africa with a rich political history.
Soweto tour includes a visit to the informal settlement, Nelson
Mandela's house, Regina Mundi's church, Kliptown and Hector Pieterson
Memorial Museum. Lunch will be served at the famous Soweto Restaurant.
Bruma Lake is a large flea market and man-made lake, and is Johannesburg's biggest tourist attraction. With over 620 traders, the flea market is a great place to shop for arts, crafts and beautiful African curios. Accommodation: Protea Centurion Waterfront Hotel (B, L) Day 5: Pretoria/ City of Tshwane - Lesedi Cultural Village Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, was founded by Andries Pretorius, with the first homestead around the Fountain Valley area in 1840 and officially designated capital of the independent Voortrekker Republic in 1860. With many tourist spots, this beautiful city is a must visit.
Pretoria Capital City tour offers a visit to some of the Historical
Site including the Voortrekker Monument, Freedom Park, the Church
Square, and Paul Kruger's house and the Union Building. We do also take
a drive to the embassy area.
Lesedi is a Basotho word meaning Place of light is multi-cultural
village and a home of 5 African Tribes i.e. Basotho, Zulu, Pedi, Xhosa
and Ndebele. The tour includes a visit to each homestead, audio visual
presentation, traditional dancing and buffet of the finest African
cuisine.
Accommodation: Protea Centurion Waterfront Hotel (B,D)
Day 6: Johannesburg City tour; Shopping at Sandton Center; Dinner and Theatre at Johannesburg Civic Theatre.
Accommodation: Protea Centurion Waterfront Hotel (B) Day 7: Pretoria - Victoria Falls and Chobe Safari Lodge Today the group will be transferred by coach from their hotel to Johannesburg Airport in time for their flight to Victoria Falls. Please Note: There is a Multiple Entry Visa charge to enter Zimbabwe of USD$55. CASH per person for USA passport holders. (Visa fees are subject to change without notice.) On arrival at Victoria Falls Airport the group will be met and taken by road transfer across the border to Chobe Safari Lodge in Botswana, just 1½ hours by road from Victoria Falls. Here the group will spend 3-nights on a half-board basis and game watching activities as arranged by the lodge. Dinner at the lodge. 
Chobe Safari Lodge
is your gateway to a truly unique African wildlife experience. The
lodge is ideally situated for exploration of the surrounding areas. It
is only 80km/49.7 miles from the Victoria Falls and situated at the
entrance of the world famous Chobe National Park. The lodge offers
comfortable accommodations from which you will experience unforgettable
sunsets. The staff is professional and eager to meet your every
requirement. The property includes a swimming pool, squash court,
restaurant and bar, beauty salon, Internet facilities and a curio shop.
Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge - Safari Room (B, D) Day 8: Chobe Safari Lodge Enjoy 2-game drives (early morning and evening) in Chobe National Park today. The drives follow the routes along the Chobe riverfront, which supports the greatest abundance of wildlife in the game park.
Chobe National Park
is the second largest national park in Botswana, covering 6566 square
miles, and has one of the greatest concentrations of game found on the
African continent. Its uniqueness in the abundance of wildlife and the
true African nature of the region, offers a safari experience of a
lifetime. The park is home to an exciting variety of large mammals and
over 450 bird species, and is renowned for having the highest
concentration of elephants in Africa with estimates at around 120,000.
Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge - Safari Room (B, D) Day 9: Chobe Safari Lodge - Victoria Falls Today the group will be taken by road transfer across the border to Victoria Falls for a day of sightseeing. Please Note: Have your Multiple Entry Visa ready for the Zimbabwe border. The group will be taken on a guided tour of Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. This walking safari takes you through the magnificent rain forest where you are able to view the Cataracts, Livingstone's statue and a wide variety of birds and plants. A visit to a local market has also been arranged, where you can buy traditional arts and crafts which make excellent souvenirs. 
The Victoria Falls
are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and
Zimbabwe. They are approximately 1.7km/1mile wide and 128m/420feet
high. They are considered a remarkable spectacle because of the
peculiar narrow slot-like chasm into which the water falls, so one can
view the falls face-on. David Livingstone, a Scottish explorer, visited
the falls in 1855 and renamed them after Queen Victoria, though they
were known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya - "the Smoke that Thunders".
Livingstone was so moved by what he saw that he wrote: "Scenes so
lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight". The
Victoria Falls is the largest single sheet of water in the world and is
a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Road transfer back across the border to Botswana. Dinner at the lodge. Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge - Safari Room (B, D) Day 10: Chobe Safari Lodge - Johannesburg Airport
Today the group will be taken by road transfer from Chobe Safari Lodge
back across the border to Victoria Falls Airport in time for the flight
to Johannesburg. (B)
Please Note: Have your Multiple Entry Visa ready for the Zimbabwe border. Please Note: There is an Airport Departure Tax of USD$25 cash per person that you have to pay on leaving Zimbabwe. (Departure taxes are subject to change without notice). On arrival at Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport, connect with your scheduled international flight back to the USA Day 11: Return home with the Best Ubuntu African Memories
Tour Payment: Please use the buttons below to pay securely by credit/debit card for your trip reservation
*For questions or additional options, please contact La Donna Prillerman at LP Travel, 386-871-7703.
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