Safari advice: based in Cape Town

[kpc]

Trip is slowly coming together.

Day 1: Syd - Sin - Cpt Sq J saver award
Day 2: Arr Cpt
Day 2: 1 night Cape Town (hotel TBD)
Day 3: Cpt - Jnb - Vfa Sa J award using US airway miles
Day 3 - 4: 2 nights @ Victoria Falls (hotel TBD)
Day 5: Vfa - Jnb Sa J award using US airway miles
Day 5: Overnight at Jnb airport (Intercontinental for 30000 Priority Club pts)
Day 6: Jnb - Mqp Sa Y ticket paid cash
Day 6-9: 4 nights safari @ Sabi Sands Private reserve adjacent Kruger (resort TBD)
Day 10: Mqp - Jnb Sa Y class (cash); Jnb - Cpt Sa J class (award)
Day 10 - 13: 4 nights at Cpt to attend conference / meeting (hotel TBD)
Day 14: Cpt - Sin - Syd Sq J class (award)
Day 15: Arr Syd

Big thanks (and to rtyuiop for name of his travel agent) for all the above advice!!

 

[rtyuiop]

Sounds great! I warn you, you may be distracted all the way through your conference :mrgreen:.

Danny

 

[rtyuiop]

Hey kpc (if you're still out there),

Did you end up taking your safari? How was it, if so?

Cheers,

Danny

 

[geordieladinoz]

Soon to be MrsGeordieLad and I are doing a J trip SYD - JNB next July/August for our honeymoon; a week in the Serengeti followed by a week in the Seychelles. When the EK deal comes off these flights may well get changed to SYD - DXB - NBO and SEZ - DXB - SYD with Kenya Airways filling the gap flight. We shall see!

 

[kpc]

Trip is slowly coming together.

Day 1: Syd - Sin - Cpt Sq J saver award
Day 2: Arr Cpt
Day 2: 1 night Cape Town (hotel TBD)
Day 3: Cpt - Jnb - Vfa Sa J award using US airway miles
Day 3 - 4: 2 nights @ Victoria Falls (hotel TBD)
Day 5: Vfa - Jnb Sa J award using US airway miles
Day 5: Overnight at Jnb airport (Intercontinental for 30000 Priority Club pts)
Day 6: Jnb - Mqp Sa Y ticket paid cash
Day 6-9: 4 nights safari @ Sabi Sands Private reserve adjacent Kruger (resort TBD)
Day 10: Mqp - Jnb Sa Y class (cash); Jnb - Cpt Sa J class (award)
Day 10 - 13: 4 nights at Cpt to attend conference / meeting (hotel TBD)
Day 14: Cpt - Sin - Syd Sq J class (award)
Day 15: Arr Syd

Big thanks (and to rtyuiop for name of his travel agent) for all the above advice!!

Hey kpc (if you're still out there),

Did you end up taking your safari? How was it, if so?

Cheers,

Danny

We did this trip in October...and it was fantastic!!!!!...Cape Town, Victoria Falls and the Safari at Lion Sands River Lodge, Sabi Sands Reserve adjacent to the Kruger National Park were all outstanding! I'm hooked on Africa, and have to go back again sometime.... We just came back last week from Santiago, Easter Island. Machu Picchu and Lima....I''m thinking (no promises tho.) of doing a TR covering both trips...

 

[rtyuiop]

We did this trip in October...and it was fantastic!!!!!...Cape Town, Victoria Falls and the Safari at Lion Sands River Lodge, Sabi Sands Reserve adjacent to the Kruger National Park were all outstanding! I'm hooked on Africa, and have to go back again sometime.... We just came back last week from Santiago, Easter Island. Machu Picchu and Lima....I''m thinking (no promises tho.) of doing a TR covering both trips...

Glad to hear it - I had the same reaction to my Africa trip, have been plotting to try to figure out some way of going back ever since.

I'll certainly read your trip report if you decide to do one!

Cheers,

Danny