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Victoria Falls trips from Jo'berg
I will be flying into Johannesberg and having quite a layover (about 5 days in fact). Time to do some sightseeing. I notice that there are a few places that do Victoria Falls tours from Jo'berg, but I would like to know if there is any particular company that comes recommended and/or warned against. Thanks for any information. -- -Glennl The despammed service works OK, but unfortunately now the spammers grab addresses for use as "from" address too! e-mail hint: add 1 to quantity after gl to get 4317. |
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Victoria Falls trips from Jo'berg
Try http://www.flightcentre.co.za for 2 or 3 day trips to Vic Falls.
Also, have a look at http://www.flysaa.com My personal recommendation is to opt for the Zambian side. The accomodation, atmosphere, and general state of repair is better on that side. You can always walk across the bridge into Zimbabwe to look at the falls from that side if you want to. If you're looking for a road trip rather than flying, then 5 days isn't enough. (It's a LOOONG way from Joburg to Vic Falls, and you'll spend most of your time on the bus). You might consider having a look at Kruger in the few days you have the layover. Where are you going from Joburg? Regards, Marc On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:58:06 -0700, ) wrote: I will be flying into Johannesberg and having quite a layover (about 5 days in fact). Time to do some sightseeing. I notice that there are a few places that do Victoria Falls tours from Jo'berg, but I would like to know if there is any particular company that comes recommended and/or warned against. Thanks for any information. |
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Victoria Falls trips from Jo'berg
Sorry, I have no idea about preorganised "fly-in" Safaris from Jhb to
Vic Falls, but they tend to be very expensive. Whats about going to Kruger NP instead of? What time of the year are you coming to SA? Seb btw - why do people always write Joberg? |
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Victoria Falls trips from Jo'berg
There's also pleny to do in Johannesburg depending on your
preferences, the time of your visit etc. So don't write off Johannesburg out-of-hand as a destination in its own right. Please let me know what your interests are, and I might be able to make some suggestions. Regards, Marc On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:58:06 -0700, ) wrote: I will be flying into Johannesberg and having quite a layover (about 5 days in fact). Time to do some sightseeing. I notice that there are a few places that do Victoria Falls tours from Jo'berg, but I would like to know if there is any particular company that comes recommended and/or warned against. Thanks for any information. |
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Victoria Falls trips from Jo'berg
You can fly from Joburg to either Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) or Livingstone
(Zambia). A nice trip is 2 x nights at the falls and then three nights at Chobe Game reserve (Botswana) which is about an hour from the falls by vehicle. There are fully inclusive tours (air, transfers, hotel, meals, game views from boat and land) available. I think this would be your best bet. Generally very professional (from personal experience), I stayed at Ilala Lodge, Victoria Falls and Chobe Safari Lodge. Sorry, I can't remember the name of the organizing company, I just booked through my travel agent. Regards, Clive wrote in message ... I will be flying into Johannesberg and having quite a layover (about 5 days in fact). Time to do some sightseeing. I notice that there are a few places that do Victoria Falls tours from Jo'berg, but I would like to know if there is any particular company that comes recommended and/or warned against. Thanks for any information. -- -Glennl The despammed service works OK, but unfortunately now the spammers grab addresses for use as "from" address too! e-mail hint: add 1 to quantity after gl to get 4317. |
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We are Tour Operators in Johannesburg and our products include Victoria
Falls. Be warned, flights from Johannesburg to Vic Falls are very full for October. You may have more chance with Livingstone. In general, there is more accommodation in Vic Falls than Livingstone and it is a cheaper destination. I would suggest 3 nights at the destination, there is too much to do in only 2 nights. Enjoy wrote: I will be flying into Johannesberg and having quite a layover (about 5 days in fact). Time to do some sightseeing. I notice that there are a few places that do Victoria Falls tours from Jo'berg, but I would like to know if there is any particular company that comes recommended and/or warned against. Thanks for any information. -- -Glennl The despammed service works OK, but unfortunately now the spammers grab addresses for use as "from" address too! e-mail hint: add 1 to quantity after gl to get 4317. |
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In article , Marc Lurie
wrote: Try http://www.flightcentre.co.za for 2 or 3 day trips to Vic Falls. Also, have a look at http://www.flysaa.com My personal recommendation is to opt for the Zambian side. The accomodation, atmosphere, and general state of repair is better on that side. You can always walk across the bridge into Zimbabwe to look at the falls from that side if you want to. If you're looking for a road trip rather than flying, then 5 days isn't enough. (It's a LOOONG way from Joburg to Vic Falls, and you'll spend most of your time on the bus). You might consider having a look at Kruger in the few days you have the layover. Where are you going from Joburg? Thanks very much for all your recomendations. I just returned from the trip, and so now a time for a full report. First, the reason for starting from Joburg has to do with pre-existing tickets as part of a round trip package purchased with a group of people I was traveling with. I wanted some time to do some sight seeing (after all, its about a day travling to get there from here, so I wasn't in such a rush to get back right away). Therefore, I requested that my ticket have some extra time in Joburg. When traveling as a group it is usually possible to get some of the tickets changed in this fashion for a portion of the trip, but generally it isn't possible to change completely the destinations. Therefore, as the origin and destination flight for the rest of the group was PDX - Washington Dulles (via Untied) - Joburg (via SAA), that's pretty much what I was limited to working with. Kruger was definitely a good suggestion, but the reason why I didn't want recomendations about a trip there was that going there was already part of previously arranged group plans. I just wanted to do something more, after spending over a day strapped into a flying aluminum can. I agree completely with the Zambian choice. The problems in Zimbabwe are definitely having causing some problems. Some South African tourists that were on the plane with me stayed on the Zimbabwe side, and things have deteriorated to the point over there where even fairly small bottles of water are going for US$4. They said they crossed over into Zambia and as expensive as things are over there they certainly said that things were even worse on the Zimbabwe side. The falls were not as good as they will be during the peak water flow, but even so it was good to be there. I wound up staying at the Zambezi Sun. It is a lot more high-class resort than anything I am used to staying in. However, it has a gate that opens directly into the Victoria Falls park, so that it is not necessary to pay extra to enter the park, and therefore multiple entries into the park at various times of the day are a lot more practical. For example, I once went to the falls for a 10 minute say because I saw that there was going to be a nice sunset, and thought it would be fun to get a photo of the falls with the sun setting behind them. That type of thing would be difficult, if not impossible, saying at some other place on the Zambian side. I must admit, though, when I first saw the place my reaction wasn't particularly positive: "Since when did the Aztecs invade Africa?" The place is supposed to resemble some ancient middle eastern city, such as Babylon or Petra, but when I first saw it I thought it looked more along the lines of ancient Mexican ruins. The fact that they had a Mexican band playing for all dinners I ate there didn't help that impression either. I will definitely check other options if I am ever in that area again, because that resort just seems way too much for a simple traveler like me. BUT it was a neat experience for just this once. The bad news about staying in Zambia: when I came through the airport in Livingstone they demanded US$100 for a visa for any US citizens. It was explained to me that this was necessary because the visas given to US citizens are 3 year visas. I was under the impression that there was a cheaper option, but it's not as if there is a way to argue with customs officials. This is at least somewhat better than demanding that everyone obtain a visa before entering the country (as certain countries do) but Mozambique only charges US$25, with a discount if you pay in Metacais....and Botswana doesn't have a visa requirement at all. Those who suggested Chobe National Park in Botswana were also spot on. November is the start of the rainy season and so the animals were migrating away from the river. Still, I got some good photos there. Coming back to Livingstone airport from Chobe, I was part of a tourist van pool from various locations in Botswana. There was over an hour of delay at the border into Zambia as two people in the van (based on the accent I believe they were Germans) refused to pay the US$100 fee for a visa to get into Zambia, until it became quite clear that they were not going to continue on their way without paying. Therefore, it isn't just people from the USA that are being required to purchase this type of visa, and it isn't just at the Livingstone airport. -- -Glennl The despammed service works OK, but unfortunately now the spammers grab addresses for use as "from" address too! e-mail hint: add 1 to quantity after gl to get 4317. |
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