Speedbird747BA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 2216 times:
ive always loved africa. beautiful scenery, nice people (although all that AIDS and civil war is a bit unnerving...). soooo, ive been thinking since im gonna get a full ride to college (ERAU most likely), maybe a trip i can take will be to africa. Ive been thinking as a kind of rough outline, London to Ghana (via ghana intl airways), Ghana, to Kenya, and Kenya to South Africa. any ideas on this?
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 2212 times:
Kenya - never been, but I hear the Masai Mara is good, also the climb up Kilimanjaro (3 days hike).
Tanzania - go to Zanzibar if you can, beautiful island, pretty unspoilt, lots of history
Zambia - Vic Falls. Accessible from the Zambian side through Livingstone, probably better and safer these days than the Zimbabwean side (which is a shame, but there you go). If you are anywhere close to Southern Africa, you have to see Vic Falls - spectacular.
Botswana - Okavango Delta. Amazing game and beautiful wetland setting.
South Africa - The Western Cape generally, the winelands of Paarl, Stellenbosch, Franshoek - Capetown, Table Mountain, Robben Island, the peninsula. If it's the right season, try and get up to Namaqualand to see the wild flowers. The Garden Route down through George and Knysna, very pretty. KwaZulu Natal - the Drakensberg, Hluluwe, and La Lucia/Sodwana if you can get up that way. Mpumenlanga - the Kruger Park, the escarpment, Blyde River, the waterfalls.
Mozambique - Eenhaca or any of the other small offshore islands - amazing diving.
Namibia - Etosha game reserve, the Skeleton Coast (tricky to get to), Fish River Canyon
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2204 times:
Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 1): Kenya - never been, but I hear the Masai Mara is good, also the climb up Kilimanjaro (3 days hike)
I've been to both Kenya and Tanzania. I must remind you that Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania, not Kenya.
Kenya and Tanzania are nice but get out of Nairobi immediately after you land. It's a dangerous city for white people. And you can't just walk out of the lodges because there are dangerous animals everywhere so you are like trapped inside the lodge till you are going on a Safari again or till you are going to the next lodge, so two weeks is enough I concur.
My father has been to Ghana a few times now. He says that Ghana is a very safe country as the country has not been influenced by the western world very much. That means that it is safer to walk on the streets there. I'd still prefer to drive though.
You can dive at Sodwana as well, it is the only coral reef diveable in South Africa, it's the very end of the same reef that passes along the east coast of Africa from Lomu down past Zanzibar, the Comores and Mozambique.
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2192 times:
Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 3): OK, my bad ! But you can see it from Kenya, so it's pretty close.
True
Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 5):
You can dive at Sodwana as well, it is the only coral reef diveable in South Africa, it's the very end of the same reef that passes along the east coast of Africa from Lomu down past Zanzibar, the Comores and Mozambique.
That's a good suggestion!
Be careful though that the guide doesn't have the "don't worry be happy" attitude if you know what I mean.
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2180 times:
If you want to go to Kenya, or Sansibar for that matter you might as well combine it with a week or two on the Seychelles. Beautiful islands! Many people do this and the Seychelles offer great diving opportunities as well
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2178 times:
Quoting AirPacific747 (Reply 8): If you want to go to Kenya, or Sansibar for that matter you might as well combine it with a week or two on the Seychelles. Beautiful islands! Many people do this and the Seychelles offer great diving opportunities as well
The Seychelles are fabe beyond belief, out of this world, and if you have the time (and the money !) I heartily recommend them. But getting from the African mainland out to the Seychelles is not necessarily that easy and certainly not cheap.
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 11, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2130 times:
The Seychelles is also the only place on Earth where you find coconuts shaped like the lower region of a woman
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 13, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2127 times:
Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 12): The Seychelles entry/exit passport stamp is that exact shape too (tee hee) - can't wait to horrify some uptight CBP inspector with it
Awesome! I don't remember that. Must have been too young to think about that sort of thing back then
VC10BOAC From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 389 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2105 times:
Ghana is fine but for a really memorable vacation try flying British Airways (BMED) or Bellview from LHR to Freetown, Sierra Leone (FNA) or Astreus from LGW, and then Kenya Airways from Freetown to Nairobi (via lagos)
Freetown is a very dynamic 24 hour city and actually one of the safest in West Africa for tourists since the civil war ended in 2002. The beaches on the atlantic coast surrounding the western peninsula where Freetown is located are some of the most beautiful I have seen, true tropical paradise. There has been a lot of negative press especially during the war however watch this video at http://visitsierraleone.org/docs/cnbc.wmv to see the great progress made in the past few years. It is also relatively cheap and the local people are extremely friendly.
TPAflyer From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 92 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2100 times:
If your going to South Africa, Sun City is awesome, so is Cape Town and Durban.
Overlander From Ireland, joined Aug 2005, 150 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2090 times:
Where ever you go in Africa you will certainly have a great experience.
Go without any prejudice and don't believe some of the rubbish you will hear or read.
Quoting AirPacific747 (Reply 2): Kenya and Tanzania are nice but get out of Nairobi immediately after you land. It's a dangerous city for white people.
As someone who has spent some time living and travelling around Africa (and several months in Nairobi), I can tell you I have never had any problems and I wish I was back there right now.
Have a great time where ever you decide to visit.
It is better to travel hopefully.............but, always be prepared for the worst!
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 17, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2082 times:
Quoting Overlander (Reply 16):
As someone who has spent some time living and travelling around Africa (and several months in Nairobi), I can tell you I have never had any problems and I wish I was back there right now.
We didn't have any problems either but you can always be unfortunate, and one of my class mates in elementary school had some grandparents who went to Kenya on a safari trip but were killed in Nairobi.
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 19, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2043 times:
Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 1): also the climb up Kilimanjaro (3 days hike).
I think the climb up Kilimanjaro is more on the order of a week or so...
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Usair320 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 21, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1991 times:
The Closest Ive been to Africa is when I was in Spain we took a ferrie ove to Morroco and Caught the Bus to Marakesh for a day. Great trip.
Kaddyuk From Wallis and Futuna, joined Nov 2001, 4125 posts, RR: 29 Reply 22, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1988 times:
Stay away from Speedbirdie and you'll be fine...!
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AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined exactly 5 years ago today! , 2091 posts, RR: 23 Reply 23, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1978 times:
Quoting Usair320 (Reply 21): The Closest Ive been to Africa is when I was in Spain we took a ferrie ove to Morroco and Caught the Bus to Marakesh for a day. Great trip.
So technically you have been to Africa
I went there as well but that was on a cruise. The ship stopped in Agadir, and we took a bus to Marrakech. I remember that you could get your teeth pulled out on the street at small stalls and without any anaesthetic.
It is better to travel hopefully.............but, always be prepared for the worst!
25 Cedars747: I have been in Côte D'ivoire. -Abidjan is referred to as the "Paris of West Africa" because of its parks, broad boulevards, universities, exotic fash
26 JGPH1A: Yes, but isn't there a civil war going on there just at the moment. Best avoided, I would think.
27 Cedars747: Yup ,but mainly in the north of the country Alex!!!
28 Usair320: Yeah but not as Deep in as I would want to Go(Namibia). Although With just a ferrie and a bus I went through a complete culture change. and yes Marre
29 Captaink: And that can happen in just about any place really, especially big cities. Still very sad though. Hmm Morocco is in North Africa.. I would really lik
30 AirPacific747: Yes but you're naive if you think that Nairobi is as safe as London for example because it is not. Morocco is on the African continent, agree? Theref
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