| DATE | CITIES | DESCRIPTION |
| SFO FRA |
Flight to Frankfurt | |
| Frankfurt | Unplanned overnight in Frankfurt | |
| Frankfurt FRA JNB Johannesburg |
Onward flight in daytime to Johannesburg | |
| Johannesburg JNB LVI Livingstone |
Flight to Livingstone Zambezi River crossing on foot Victoria Falls, Zambia (Eastern Cataracts) |
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| Livingstone Victoria Falls, Zimbabawe Livingstone |
Mosi-Oa Tunya National Park Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Sunset over the Zambezi |
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| Livingstone LVI JNB Johannesburg |
Victoria Falls Eastern Cataracts, Zambia Flight back to Johannesburg |
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| Johannesburg JNB HDS Thornybush Game Reserve |
Flight to Hoedspruit 3 lionesses, 2 leopards, Lot of zebras, impalas, giraffes, warthogs, 1 black rhino, 2 dung beetles, 2 wasps, 1 mongoose, lot of crested franklins and natal franklins and other birds Candlelit Christmas Eve dinner |
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| Thornybush Game Reserve | Lot of nyalas (antelopes), giraffes, impalas, 2 white rhinos (mom and baby), 5 more white rhinos in a distance, cheetah, eagles, 1 bull elephant, white back vultures, 2 kada (antelopes), 4 more white rhinos resting under tree shade White Christmas (thunderstorm/hail) Wildebeests, impalas, guinea fowl, 6 hippos in a lake, lioness and 3 cubs feeding on and fighting over a fresh kill (impala) |
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| Thornybush Game Reserve | Lot of wildebeests and impalas, 4 jackals (parents + 2 kids), large buffalo herd, warthogs Lot more wildebeests, impalas, zebras, 1 warthog with baby, 2 eagles fighting over territory, white-back vultures |
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| Thornybush Game Reserve HDS JNB CPT Cape Town |
"Zazu" from "The Lion King", 3 lionesses feeding on wildebeest, lot of giraffes, impalas, and wildebeests, male lion stalking impalas that were impossible to get to, and 1 cheetah up close to round out the perfect game drive before heading to the airport! Flight to Cape Town |
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| Cape Town Simons Town Boulders Beach Cape Town |
Boulders Beach penguin colony Cape Point ostrich farm Entrance to Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve Chapmans Peak Drive Drive down to the Cape of Good Hope, but not Cape Point |
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| Cape Town Napier L'Agulhas Agulhas National Park Hermanus Cape Town |
Journey to the southernmost point in African continent V&A Waterfront in Cape Town |
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| Cape Town Cape of Good Hope Cape Town |
Journey to the southwesternmost point in African continent | |
| Cape Town | Failed attempt to go to Table Mountain V&A Waterfront |
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| Cape Town CPT JNB MUC |
Flight to Johannesburg Onward flight to Munich |
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| MUC SFO |
Onward flight back home to San Francisco |
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