Southern Africa - June 2025

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San Francisco International Airport, United States ‐ Jun 24, 2025
Newark Liberty Airport
Cape Town International Airport, South Africa ‐ Jun 23, 2025
Cape Town

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V&A Waterfront

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Visiting Essenhout Primary

Essenhout Primary School

We visited Essenhout Primary School in Delft Township of Cape Town. Earlier this year, the boys and I volunteered with the Committee for South African Solidarity (COSAS) in Berkeley to prepare books a...
Jason Bakery

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Breakfast at Jason Bakery
Gold ‐ Jun 22, 2025

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Dinner at Gold
Canal Walk Shopping Centre

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Canal Walk Shopping Centre

We had hoped to visit Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. But it was closed to prepare for the G20 Summit and it was raining, so we spent...
Old Biscuit Mill

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Neighbourgoods Market

Neighbourgoods Market

In Woodstock, which is a somewhat gritty hub for Cape Town's creative scene, the Old Biscuit Mill, a former cookie factory, hosts a market with food stalls, food artisans, book sellers, clothing and o...
Breë Street

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Clarke's Dining Room
V&A Waterfront ‐ Jun 21, 2025

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Waterfront, Dinner at Mozambik
Makers Landing

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Makers Landing at the Waterfront

Lunch at Makers Landing

Makers Landing is a space carved out of the working waterfront; it hosts small restaurants, an incubation and teaching space for food start ups, and a shared kitchen. We met for lunch there after Scot...
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA)

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Museum of Contemporary African Art

MOCAA and the Silo

At the base of the Table Mountain gondola, Brian realized that he had had enough of seeing things from extreme heights (e.g., helicopters and bush planes), and opted to visit the Museum of Contemporar...
Table Mountain

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Trip up to Table Mountain

Brian decided to pass on the ride up on the gondola to the top of Table Mountain so it was just the three of us. We hiked around on the top of Table Mountain for about 1-2 hrs from one side to the oth...
Oranjezicht City Farm

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Oranjezicht Farmers Market

Oranjezicht Farmers Market

The Oranjezicht was a food highlight of our visit to Cape Town. There were well over 100 vendors that included farmers with fresh produce, food to eat in the picnic area, prepared food, flowers and lo...
Breë Street

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Hemelhuijs
Kloof Street ‐ Jun 20, 2025

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Kloof Street House; Unframed Ice Cream
!Khwa ttu Nature Reserve

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!Khwa ttu Heritage Centre

On the Western Cape, there is a large nature preserve that houses a San heritage center. The San people were the First People of southern Africa. We had lunch in their restaurant and then went on a na...
Langebaan

Langebaan Beach on Saldanha Bay
West Coast Fossil Park Green Route

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West Coast Fossil Park

The West Coast Fossil Park is a fossil park in the Western Cape about 93 miles north of Cape Town. The fossil sites of Langebaanweg have remains of fossil fauna that date to over 5.2 million years a...
City Centre ‐ Jun 19, 2025

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Boma South African Restaurant
Bo-Kaap

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Bo-Kaap; Atlas Spice Co.
Simon's Town

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Boulders Beach; Simon's Town

Penguins!

There is a colony of endangered African penguins on Boulders Beach in Simon's Town, where the penguins go in and out of the town. We watched Secrets of the Penguins on PBS to learn about this colony....
Cape of Good Hope

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Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
Cape Town ‐ Jun 18, 2025

V&A Waterfront Shopping Centre
Maun, Botswana

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Maun International Airport, Botswana
Chief's Camp Airstrip

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On the bush plane

On the way to Maun

You don't know your itinerary until you board the plane. We made three stops on the way from our camp back to Maun Airport, to drop off and pick up people along the way.
Shindi Airstrip
Xugana Airstrip
Xakanaxa Airstrip

Leaving Camp Okuti

Bush plane to Maun

Departing guests have a role to play when the bush plane comes to pick you up. You position yourself midway down the airstrip and watch for elephants and giraffes who may be crossing. At Xakanaxa, it...
Camp Okuti ‐ Jun 15, 2025

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On the Okavango Delta by Boat

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On Safari by Jeep

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In Camp Okuti

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Leaving Pangolin, Kasane

Flight to Okuti

After four nights at the Pangolin lodge just outside of Kasane, we went to Camp Okuti. While there were some jets at the airport, we got loaded into this very small prop plane. Everyone had to put the...
Chobe National Park ‐ Jun 13, 2025

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Along the Tar Road

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In Chobe National Park

Daily Schedule

The schedule for the safari was pretty intense. They would ring the bell for breakfast at 5:30am, which means you need to be up by about 5am. By 6am they are loading in the van (for the river) or a je...
Chobe River, Namibia ‐ Jun 12, 2025

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Along the Chobe River
Kasane, Botswana ‐ Jun 11, 2025

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A trip into town

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Pangolin Safari Lodge, Kasane
Victoria Falls National Park, Zambia ‐ Jun 10, 2025

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Visiting and Flying over the Falls

Spectacular Water Falls

In the morning Scott and the boys did a guided tour within the park of multiple viewing points of the falls. The falls generate a lot of spray and if the winds shift then you can get drenched, hence t...
Zambezi River Cruise, Zimbabwe ‐ Jun 9, 2025

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Ra-Ikane Sunset Cruise

Zambezi River Cruise at Victoria Falls

We had a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River, in the area above the falls. It was a good introduction to game viewing, as we encountered animals and birds along the river banks and hidden in the vegeta...
Victoria Falls

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Around the Town
Soweto, South Africa ‐ Jun 8, 2025

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Mandela House and Pieterson Museum
Apartheid Museum

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Constitution Hill

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Learning about South African History

Our second (and last) day in Johannesburg we themed South African History day. We learned a lot about the history of apartheid in South Africa and the reconciliation and liberation that has taken plac...
Johannesburg ‐ Jun 7, 2025

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Witwatersrand University Origins Centre

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44 Stanley Shopping

Afternoon back in Jo'burg

We visited the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand in the Braamfontein neighborhood of Johannesburg. On the way back, we stopped at the 44 Stanley shopping center, which was a redeve...
Sterkfontein Caves Road

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Spelunking - not wheelchair accessible!

We spent about an hour or so getting a tour of one of the caves that is open to the public. In preparation for the visit we all watched a documentary ( Unknown: Cave of Bones
Maropeng Cradle of Humankind

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Cradle of Humankind Museum
Sandton ‐ Jun 6, 2025

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Around the hotel

Arriving in Johannesburg

We arrived in Johannesburg as night fell. Our hotel was in Sandton, a suburb, and was attached to a mall. We ate at Hombaze, an African restaurant that was also having stand up comedy in the next room...
Newark Liberty Airport, United States ‐ Jun 5, 2025

Newark Airport

Newark

We flew through Newark to save a day on routing, which was a bit sketchy given the scheduling issues with Newark Airport. Our flight was changed, canceled, and changed again. In the end, we had a six...
Berkeley, United States ‐ Jun 5, 2025

Berkeley to South Africa

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