Africa’s West Coast: A Grand Voyage from South Africa to Morocco
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Overview
Highlights
- Ride a cable car to the top of South Africa’s Table Mountain for spectacular views.
- Spend two days exploring the Bissagos Islands, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, on Zodiac boat excursions.
- Encounter the monkeys, crocodiles and birds of Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia.
What's this trip about?
Details
Travel Themes
Destinations
Attractions
Activities
Trip includes
- 31 nights of accommodations
- 91 meals: 31 breakfasts, 30 lunches, 30 dinners
- 22 Expert-led lectures
- 16 Field trips
- Learning led by expert instructors who are authorities in the field of study.
- An experienced Group Leader attuned to the needs of Road Scholar participants.
- Customary gratuities throughout the program that you would normally pay yourself.
- The Road Scholar Travel Assistance Plan, which is purchased on behalf of every participant and provides 24-hour-a-day emergency assistance services coverage.
- Taxes
- State-of-the-art QUIETVOX listening devices
Itinerary
In Transit: In Flight
In Transit Overnight: In transit
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: The Commodore Hotel (or similar)
Arrive To: Welcome to Cape Town, South Africa, the most cosmopolitan city on the continent and one of the must stunning urban areas on earth. Transfer to the hotel and check-in for one night.
Dinner: Join your study leader for the program orientation, followed by a welcome dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel
Morning: The day starts with the cable car ride to the top of Table Mountain. The plateau at 3km wide has it's highest point over 1,000 meters, and pro...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Spend your morning relaxing onboard the ship as you sail into Luderitz, Namibia.
Lunch: Lunch on board the ship
Afternoon: ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship.
Morning: The morning at sea may provide an opportunity to to see fur seals and Cape Gannets. Enjoy the educational programming, or simply relax o...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Today, enjoy a visit to the quaint town of Sao Felipe de Benguela in Angola. Benguela was founded by Portuguese in 1617 and has a big par...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Today, visit the Congo's Pointe Noire. This morning you will visit the cliffs of Diosso Gorge to look at the red sandstone gulley, create...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: This Portuguese colonial island nation is a tropical paradise of beaches, waterfalls, forests and friendly people. You'll visit the capit...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Your day will take you to an old Coffee Station called Monte Cafe, reinvigorated by foreign money.
Lunch: Lunch at a local restaur...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: On the surface Cotonou seems like any other noisy and colorful African city, an impression reinforced as you move through the endless lab...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Following breakfast you will disembark the ship for a day of learning and discovery in and around the city of Lome. Anticipate an action-...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Today's excursion takes us from the port at Tema to the busy capital of Accra. Our first stop is at a casket-maker's shop where caskets a...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: From the dock at the Ghanaian town of Takoradi, we'll explore a region steeped in the sad history of the slave trade. A visit to Elmira C...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Today, we disembark in Freetown, Sierra Leone and spend 2 days exploring. Sierra Leone is recovering form a civil war that almost tore th...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Your exploration of Freetown will continue with a visit to the Tacagumu Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Located in the much threatened Western Area...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Today's a special day for the bird lovers! The Gambia is known for it's abundant birdlife: Over 500 species! Today we'll visit the Abuko ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Today we arrive in Dakar, Senegal; a bustling and energetic West African capital. We'll visit the infamous slave-trading post of Goree Island and...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breafkast on board the ship
Morning: Dakhla is located in the country of West Sahara, although administered by Morocco. This is your opportunity to touch the western edge of ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Days at sea will be filled with a fascinating and entertaining educational program presented by the expert expedition team. Lectures and ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: M/S Expedition
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: Fuereventura, in the Canary Islands, is part of the newly designated UNESCO bioreserve. It is believed the first settlers came from North...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Kenzi Farah Hotel
Breakfast: Breakfast on board the ship
Morning: We make our last open sea passage back to the continent, landing in Agadir, near the foot of the famous and wild snow capped Atlas Mou...
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel
Morning: Free morning to explore Marrakesh
Lunch: Lunch on your own
Afternoon: Meet back at the hotel and transfer to the airport for flights returning to the U.S.
Arrive To: Flights arrive back in the United States.
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