From Cape Town to Timbuktu

Where and When To Go

African Countries

Mali

Sample Itineraries

The Ultimate African Experience

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SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town / Luxury train to Pretoria
BOTSWANA: Green Kalahari / Okavango Delta
ZAMBIA: Victoria Falls
KENYA: Great Migration / Samburu National Park
MALI: Timbuktu

In the 1870's it took years to make the journey across the great continent of Africa and few survived to tell the tale. From Cape Town to Timbuktu is over 4000 miles. Today, with the advent of train, plane, and automobile, the journey can be made in three weeks at a leisurely pace. The standards have been upgraded since Stanley's day from bare survival to 5 star luxury. Today there is little risk to life or limb in making the journey. One's 'chances of survival' are virtually guaranteed!

Despite changes in style of travel, the wonder and awe-inspiring nature of the adventure are as compelling as ever. This journey across earth's greatest continent takes you to Africa's most iconic destinations which live vividly in our imaginations yet exceed our expectations. Begin atop famed Table Mountain to view the meeting point of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Explore the Cape and indulge in the luxury of the elegant Rovos Rail traveling north to South Africa's great game reserves. Fly to Botswana to explore Botswana's vast Kalahari with the San Bushmen. Paddle with expert guides through the verdant Okavango Delta. Then stand in awe as Livingstone did in 1855 at the edge of magnificent Victoria Falls, cooled by the spray of 'The Smoke that Thunders'. In Kenya feel the earth tremble under the hooves of millions of animals moving with the Great Migration. Track lion with skilled Samburu warriors in pristine northern Kenya. End your journey at the near-mythic city of Timbuktu at the edge of the Sahara, Africa's intellectual center of the 1500's, end of the gold route.