6-day/5-night tour in SOUTH AFRICA. Highlights: Cape Town/Cape Point Nature Reserve/Hout Bay/Cape Agulhas, southernmost point of Africa/traditional braai (barbecue) in Bontebok National Park/Cango Caves/Cape Floral Region on Garden Route/Port Elizabeth.
On a small-group tour of Southern Africa in May ’13 that we booked with Africa 2000 Tours (Knysna, South Africa), a wonderful company and a frequent advertiser in ITN, I learned a few lessons about precautions
My wife, Diane, and I took the “Africa Safari” with the “Best of Cape Town” extension from Road Scholar (Boston, MA; 800/454-5768), Oct. 24-Nov. 8, 2012.
My wife, Jane, and I took a trip to Botswana, Zambia and South Africa from Classic Escapes (Woodside, NY; 800/627-1244), May 11-21, 2012. Including internal flights, the cost was $6,995 per person.
I traveled in Ghana, Togo and Benin on a 3-week trip in late November 2012 with a private art group. These countries, on the Gulf of Guinea, adjoining the Atlantic Ocean, are hot and humid most of the year, and it was in the high 80s with 80% humidity most of the time we were there.
