Contiki Cape to Delta Safari: What I Wish I Knew

Our time in the Okavango Delta was highlighted by our visit to a den with wild dog pups.

To break up the long journey to the Okavango Delta, the group enjoyed a unique stopover at Gweta Lodge, kicked off by a lucky sighting of wild dogs. The highlight of the detour included a visit to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, where they interacted with wild meerkats and experimented with forced perspective photography in the vast landscape. The day concluded with a sunset viewing and stargazing under a majestic baobab tree before they turned in to prepare for the final leg of

We headed to Chobe National Park for game drives, a night of camping & a sunset cruise down Chobe River.

During our time in Victoria Falls, I went zip lining over the gorge & took a helicopter over the falls!

Our time in Kruger National Park was the experience of a lifetime, where we saw cheetahs, leopards & wild dogs!

The past few days in Cape Town with Contiki were an absolute whirlwind and a fantastic way to kick off what will surely be the trip of a lifetime. I feel like I say that a lot about my trips, but most Contiki trips are truly the trip of a lifetime and I am so fortunate to be on eight of them so far in my lifetime, about to embark on my ninth. The Orientation & First Evening Our Contiki trip kicked off on Sunday evening with an orientation from Jesse, our Contiki Trip Manager,

I spent my first two days in Cape Town seeing an old friend, having a wine tasting, and taking a walking tour of the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town!

I have just landed in Cape Town and am ready for Contiki's Cape to Delta Safari!

Even though my East African Safari was over, I would have landed back in the USA on Friday if I left right from Arusha. I don’t like to...

Our penultimate day of our East African Safari was here and a level of bittersweetness began to hit us. Even though it felt like we had...

We woke up in the morning and saw our camp for the first time in the daylight. It was even better than I thought. We slept in tents in...

We woke up very early, once again, as we had a day long drive across Tanzania from Tarangire to Serengeti. After bidding farewell to our...

We woke up early in the morning, so early that we needed to be escorted from our tents by the Masai who keep watch all night long. After...

Our 6th day of the trip was quite bittersweet as it was the day that we would say goodbye to half of our tour group as well as our two...

We started our day with another sleep in, not needing to leave the camp until 8:00 AM! Our first stop was something I was really looking...

We were able to sleep in until about 6:30 AM (I know, but that is sleeping in on this trip) before heading to breakfast. The breakfast...

We woke up early the following morning for a sunrise game drive of Masai Mara before we had to leave for Lake Elementaita. Some people...

We had a very early wake up this morning for our highly anticipated Hot Air Balloon ride over Masai Mara. This was something not included...

Jambo from Masai Mara! After lunch at our camp, we boarded our safari vehicles to head out to our first game drive! Since our camp was...