The Savannah Africa

ITINERARY

The management of The Savannah Africa will create an itinerary that will cater for your unique requirements. There is a wide variety of options that can be added to your trip to The Savannah Africa.

While you are on The Savannah Africa Preserve, there is a wide variety of on-site activities that can be arranged - game drives, river rafting, four-wheel biking, etc. Additionally, there are many places that you can visit for day trips while you are based at The Savannah Africa. Golf courses, gold mines, shopping, casinos, restaurants, etc are easily accessible from The Savannah Africa.

We recommend that either before or after your stay at The Savannah Africa, you visit some of the other wonderful places in South Africa. Johannesburg is a short drive away and the Johannesburg International Airport is the gateway to the rest of South Africa. Go surfing on the Natal Coast, tour the wine farms in the Cape - whatever your interests, we can add destinations and activities to your itinerary.

The Savannah Africa management team will create an itinerary based on your unique needs. Below are two itineraries that were developed for school trips that previously took place.

Cheetah feeding is every evening at 6:00 for all to watch. Sample 1 (9-day trip)


	Morning	Afternoon	Evening

Day 1 Friday	Trip preparation	Film about Apartheid

Day 2 Saturday	Leave USA

Day 3 Sunday		Arrive in Johannesburg Travel to Ranch	Orientation Unpacking

Day 4 Monday	Game Drive Field Biology	Vaal River Project	Game Drive Discussion

Day 5 Tuesday	Game Drive Visit radio station	Explore Parys	Game Drive Discussion

Day 6 Wednesday	Game Drive Conservation	Meet Parys/Tumahole Council	Game Drive Discussion

Day 7 Thursday	Local History	Meet with Mayor of Parys/Tumahole Tour Tumahole	Game Drive Discussion

Day 8 Friday	Game Drive Parys Hugh School	Tumahole High School	Game Drive Discussion

Day 9 Saturday	Vredefort Dome Geology	Wildlife Management	Game Drive BBQ at River Discussion

Day 10 Sunday	Pack Apartheid Museum	Craft Fair (Rosebank)	Depart

Sample 2 (16 day trip) The trip begins with background studies and readings on South Africa . The group will then fly to Johannesburg , where it will be met and transported by vans to Savannah Africa. Day 1 (Saturday) Flight to New York . Evening flight to Johannesburg (Approximately 15 hours). Day 2 (Sunday) Arrive in Johannesburg . Transfer to The Savannah (approx 1 ½ hours). Orientation. Assign living quarters. Light Dinner Day 3 (Monday) Visit Parys. Late afternoon game drive. Day 4 (Tuesday) Hands on project with Wildlife Manager. Conservancy, animals, Cape Buffalo. Late afternoon game drive. Day 5 (Wednesday) Visit The Elephant Sanctuary (2 hr bus transfer to sanctuary). Late afternoon game drive. Day 6 (Thursday) Hands on project with Wildlife Manager. Rural and Urban Conservation. Conservation expert . Free State Conservancies. Striving for Balance. Field Studies. Lunch. Birds. Field Studies. Late afternoon game drive. Day 7 (Friday) Hands on project with Ranch Manager. Visit Sterkfontein Caves (1 1/2 hour bus transfer). Day 8 (Saturday) Brunch. Hot air balloons. Free time. OR Spend the day with Parys HS students with evening Braai (BBQ). Late afternoon game drive. Day 9 (Sunday) Brunch. African Craft and Culture. Mayor Letsoeno and Councilors to host. Visit Rosebank Craft Fair (1 ½ hour bus transfer to Johannesburg ). Dinner in town at an African restaurant. Day 10 (Monday) Hands on project with Ranch Manager. Entomology. Field Studies. Late afternoon Game Drive . Day 11 (Tuesday) Hands on project with Ranch Manager. Visit Vredefort Dome - the earth's oldest and largest Meteorite impact site. Professor of Geology classroom presentation. Field studies. Lunch on mountainside. Hike and lesson on Spoor identification. Local historic sites. Late afternoon game drive. Day 12 (Wednesday) Hands on project with Ranch Manager. Learning in Sesotho. Attend classes in an upper school in Tumahole. Interact and learn with Sesotho speaking students and teachers. Learning in Parys. Visit Parys upper school. Late afternoon game drive. Day 13 (Thursday) Going Gold Mining (hour bus transfer to Welkom) 1 mile underground in a working mine. Watch miners and geologists at work. Rise to the surface before blasting begins. Late afternoon game drive. Day 14 (Friday) Hands on project with Ranch Manager. Weiveld School . Late afternoon Game Drive . Day 15 (Saturday) Say good-byes, pack and head home. Bus transfer to Johannesburg . Evening flight to US . Day 16 (Sunday) Arrive USA .

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