AFR 11: 13 Nights/ 14 Days Egypt, South Africa & Victoria Falls Honeymoon
Egypt, South Africa and Victoria Falls in Zambia provide lovebirds with the best romantic sites in Africa for honeymoon holidays. Enjoy your honeymoon on board the Nile Cruise in Egypt. Combining Cape Town with a holiday to Victoria Falls in Zambia makes for an unforgettable honeymoon.
Day 1: Cairo
Our Egypt representative will receive you on arrival at Cairo airport, assist you through airport formalities and then transfer you to your hotel in Cairo, situated at the pyramids’ area. Overnight at hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Bed and Breakfast
Accommodation: Moevenpick Pyramids Hotel
Day 2: Cairo
Today we visit the great Pyramids of Giza and their guardian Sphinx and then to Cairo Museums. Overnight at hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Bed and Breakfast
Accommodation: Moevenpick Pyramids Hotel
Day 3: Cairo – Aswan (Cruise)
This morning we are transferred to Cairo Airport for our flight to Aswan. Then we will be escorted to embark on the Nile cruise ship-our floating hotel for the next five days. After lunch, we sail by ‘felucca’ a traditional Nile sailing boat, to view Kitcheners Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nile Dolphin Cruise
Day 4: Komombo – Edfu (Cruise)
Today we visit the impressive Aswan High Dam and its huge lake, and the Temple of Philae. Then we cruise to Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by the Gods Sobek & Haroeris. Tonight we enjoy a special costume party featuring Native Egyptian and pharaonic style. Overnight in Edfu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nile Dolphin Cruise
Day 5: Esna – Luxor (Cruise)
This morning we explore the Temple of Horus, the falcon god. Then we sail to Esna and continue sailing to Luxor. Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nile Dolphin Cruise
Day 6: Luxor (Cruise)
Today we explore the wondrous Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut’s Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon. This afternoon we visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nile Dolphin Cruise
Day 7: Cairo – Johannesburg – Cape Town
After breakfast in your hotel, depart for a day tour. Our first stop is the Egyptian Museum where most of the fabulous treasures of the Pharaohs are kept. Then we drive to the Citadel – home to Egyptian rulers for nearly 700 years. Later, we explore many attractions in the old Coptic area, including the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue (the Jewish Temple).
Transfer to Cairo International Airport to catch to catch the 0030hrs South African Airways Flight No SA 7206 to Johanesburg, South Africa.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight Flying
Day 8: Cape Town
Arrive at O.R Tembo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa at 0735hrs. Walk across to domestic departures and connect with the 1005hrs SA 323 flight to Cape Town where a representative of Cape Town Lodge Hotel will meet you on arrival at 1215hrs for a private road transfer to their hotel. Accommodation is based on bed and breakfast in a superior double room. Rest in the afternoon.
Meals: Bed and Breakfast
Accommodations: Cape Town Lodge Hotel
Day 9-10: Cape Town
Spend whole day in Cape Town. You’ll plan and book your activities at your own cost.
Cape Town, with its scenic beauty is the ideal place to start an African journey. There is plenty to see and do while in Cape Town you’ll see beautiful scenery from oceans to mountains and vineyards and, can stop off at various view points for a picnic or just to take it all in.
Here are just a few landmark places you can visit:
Table Mountain is a famous landmark and tourist attraction in Cape Town and hiking on the mountain is popular amongst locals and tourists.
Robben Island is a major tourist attraction because political prisoners under apartheid were detained there. Notable amongst these were Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Tokyo Sexwale, Govan Mbeki and Robert Sobukwe.
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located in the Cape Peninsula, near Simon’s Town towards Cape Point, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also a popular swimming beach, although humans are restricted to beaches adjacent to the penguin colony.
The South African Museum is situated at the top of Queen Victoria Street within the peaceful Company’s Gardens. The museum exhibits the largest collection of meteorites in the country, and incredible life-like reproductions of animals, of which fossilised remains were discovered in the Karoo semi-desert. There is also a whale skeleton, some members of the aquatic world, and examples of flora. Adjoining the museum is the Planetarium, whose projectors replicate the heavens and illuminate the constellations over a 26,000 year time span. Shows and talks are given regularly.
The Castle of Good Hope is a fortification which was built on the original coastline of Table Bay and now, because of land reclamation, seems nearer the centre of Cape Town, South Africa. Built by the VOC between 1666 and 1679, the Castle is the oldest building in South Africa. It replaced an older fort made out of clay and timber that was built in 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck upon his arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.
Meals: Bed and Breakfast
Accommodations: Cape Town Lodge Hotel
Day 11: Cape Town – Johannesburg – Victoria Falls
After breakfast, a representative of Cape Town Lodge Hotel will transfer you to Cape Town Airport to catch the 0700hrs Flight SA 306 to O.R Tembo International Airport in Johannesburg. Arrive at 0900hrs and walk to the international departure lobby to connect the 1040hrs Flight SA 048 Livingstone Airport in Zambia. On arrival at Livingstone Airport at 1230hrs, a representative of Stanley Safari Lodge will receive you and transfer you to their hotel where accommodation will be on full board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Stanley Safari Lodge
Day 12-13: Victoria Falls
Full day activities at Victoria Falls at your own cost. Activities include white water rafting, river boarding, tandem kayaking and bungee jumping as well as sightseeing flights over the falls by helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft or micro light.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Stanley Safari Lodge
Day 14: Victoria Falls – Johannesburg – Depart Home
After breakfast, a representative of Stanley Safari Lodge will transfer you to Livingstone Airport to catch your 1315hrs Flight SA 049 to O.R Tembo International Airport in Johannesburg. Arrive at Johannesburg 1505hrs. You will then take your international flight home.
