30/09/2017 - Departure Day

Today the adventure begins. Travel from Mapleton to Brisbane airport by road before a flight across Australia to Perth before a change of planes and airline to cross the Indian Ocean to Joh'berg before yet another change to Cape Town arriving at mid-morning.

Here is our itinerary in brief!

 ITINERARY IN BRIEF

Cape Town Birding

Day 1 S[October 1, 2017] Cape Town – Arrive in Cape Town.  o/n Cape Town
Day 2 M [October 2, 2017] Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Table Mountain   o/n Cape Town BL
Day 3 T [October 3, 2017] Cape Point/Cape of Good Hope/Simonstown o/n Cape Town BL
Day 4  W [October 4, 2017] Rooiels / Betty s Bay / O/n Cape Town BL

Day 5  T [October 5, 2017] West Coast NP o/n Ceres [http://www.villageguesthouse.net/ ] BL
Day 6  F [October 6, 2017] Tanqua Karoo o/n Ceres [http://www.villageguesthouse.net/] BL
Day 7  S [October 7, 2017] Mountains near Ceres  o/n Cape Town [near airport]  BL

Day 8  S [October 8, 2017] Depart South Africa for Windhoek, Namibia BLD

Namibia Birding

Day 8  S  [October 8, 2017] Windhoek  - o/n Windhoek BL o/n Belvedere Boutique Hotel LD

Day 9  M [October 9, 2017] Windhoek to Sossusvlei  - o/n Kulala Desert Lodge BLD

Day 10 T [October 10, 2017]  Sossusvlei Dunes - o/n Kulala Desert Lodge BLD

Day 11 W [October 11, 2017] Sossusvlei to Swakopmund  - o/n The Delight Hotel, Swakopmund BL

Day 12 T [October 12, 2017] Swakopmund coast o/n The Delight Hotel, Swakopmund BL

Day 13 F [October 13, 2017] Swakopmund Dunes tour - o/n The Delight Hotel,  Swakopmund BL

Day 14 S [October 14, 2017] Swakopmund Lichen Fields - o/n The Delight Hotel,  Swakopund BL

Day 15 S [October 15, 2017] Swakopmund to Erongo via Spitzkoppe – o/n Erongo Wilderness BLD

Day 16  M [October 16, 2017] Erongo and surrounds – o/n Erongo Wilderness Lodge BLD

Day 17 T [October 17, 2017]  to Mowani Mountain Lodge –  o/n Damaraland Camp BLD

Day 18  W [October 18, 2017] Mowani  to Palmwag Lodge – o/n Palmwag Lodge BLD

Day 19  T [October 19, 2017] Damaraland Wildlife Excursion – o/n Palmwag Lodge BLD

Day 20  F [October 20, 2017] to Okakaujo Camp, Etosha National Park – o/n Okakaujo Camp BLD

Day 21 S  [October 21, 2017] Etosha  - wildlife watching – o/n Okakaujo Camp BLD

Day 22 S  [October 22, 2017] Okakaujo to Halali  [Etosha National Park] – o/n Halali Camp BLD

Day 23 M  [October 23, 2017] to Mokuti Lodge [Etosha National Park] – o/n Mokuti Lodge BLD

Day 24 T [October 24, 2017] Etosha National Park to Rundu – o/n Hakusembe Lodge BLD

Day 25 W [October 25, 2017] Rundu to Shakawe* [Botswana]  - o/n Xaro Lodge BLD

Day 26 T [October 26, 2017] Shakawe [Botswana]– o/n Xaro Lodge BLD

Day 27  F [October 27, 2017] Shakawe to Katima Mulilo – o/n Caprivi Houseboat Safaris BLD

Day 28  S [October 28, 2017] K M to Livingstone, Zambia  – o/n Waterfront Lodge, Livingstone BLD

Day 29  S [October 29, 2017] Livingstone to Victoria Falls – depart to Johannesburg for Australia. B

L to R - Alan Don, Jill Don, Ken Cross, Lili Prende, Mike Mathieson, Karen Blake, Allen Peck, Jan England, John Seebeck, Gary Davidson, Vince Lee, Marie Davidson, Glenis Ayling, Ray Devine.