S04 COM 386 / EVSC 494 South Africa Itinerary

The Business of Saving Nature
2004 Itinerary

1 March 2004

4 March Thursday	Meet at Charlottesville Airport at 4:30 AM Departure on Delta Airlines #5368 at 6:10 AM Arrive Atlanta Airport at 7:44 AM Depart Atlanta Airport on South African Airways #210 at 10:30 AM
5 March Friday	Arrive Cape Town Airport at 8:00 AM Met at airport by coach from Bonhomie tours Lunch on your own Meet in hotel lobby at 12:30 PM for coach to Stellenbosch wine district Rustenberg Winery, 2:00 - 5:00 PM, Mr. David Hutton Dinner at Dros Stellenbosch, 021 886 4856 St. Georges Hotel, St. Georges Mall and Commander Riebeck St., Cape Town 8001, P. O. Box 5616, Cape Town 8000, SOUTH AFRICA, Tel: +27 21 419-0808, Fax: +27 21 419-7010, Contact: Micky Rudolph (reservations.st.georges@mweb.co.za)
6 March Saturday	Breakfast at St. George's Hotel Morning and early afternoon OFF for individual exploration of Cape Town museums and cultural attractions Lunch on your own SHAWCO Tour of Khayelitsa and Kensington Townships, 3:00 - 7:00 PM, Contact: Varkey George (vgeorge@global.co.za) Dinner at Marco's African Place, 15 Rose Street, Cape Town, 021 423 5412
7 March Sunday	Breakfast at St. George's Hotel Meet at 7:30 AM sharp for all-day coach field trip excursion around the Cape of Good Hope; Driver: Bennie, Guide: Malcolm All-day coach field trip excursion around the Cape of Good Hope * Hout Bay - cruise to the seal colony at Duiker Island * Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens * Lunch at restaurant TBA (on your own) / Swimming in Indian Ocean * Boulders penguin colony * Cape of Good Hope * Cape Point Nature Reserve * Table Mountain Dinner on your own
8 March Monday	Breakfast at St. George's Hotel Check out and meet in hotel lobby for transportation to business visit at 8:00 AM sharp! TBA - Robben Island? West Coast Ostrich Ranch, Tour and luncheon, 12:30 - 1:30 PM, Van Schoorsdriff Road, Philadelphia, 021 972 1955 Depart Cape Town on SA Airways #346 at 3:10 PM Arrive Johannesburg 5:10 PM Coach transfer to bed and breakfast, STUDENTS: Dinner with students from the University of Witwatersrand at TBA, 7:30 PM FACULTY: Dinnner with Profs. Annegarn, Pendlebury and Fitzgerald at "The Local Grill," 7:30 PM Room With A View, 1 Tolip St., Johannesburg (Melville) 2092, SOUTH AFRICA, Tel: +27 (11) 482 5435, Email: roomview@pixie.co.za, Mobile: +27 (082) 567 9328
9 March Tuesday	Breakfast at Room With A View Meet in the courtyard of Room With A View at 9:00 AM sharp for coach to morning activities Apartheid Museum, 10:00 - 11:30 AM, Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Road, Ormonde 2001, PO Box 82283, Southdale 2135 Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, Fax: +27 11 309 4726, info@apartheidmuseum.org Gold Reef City, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM * Gold Mine Tour, Time TBA Lunch on your own International Institute for Energy Conservation, 3:15 - 5:00 PM, Christelle Beyers, Associate Director, 62A Fifth Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg 2092, SOUTH AFRICA, Tel: +27 11 482 5990 , Fax: +27 11 482 4723, cbeyers@iiec.org.za Dinner TBA Overnight at Room With A View
10 March Wednesday	Leave very early (time TBA) for Skukuza National Park ... packed breakfasts en route Lunch on the road (on your own) Dinner TBA Evening Game Drive, 7:00 - 10:00 PM Skukuza Camp in Kruger National Park, Skukuza, Kruger National Park
11 March Thursday	Breakfast at Skukuza Restaurant (tentative) Kruger National Park, 10:00 - 2:00 PM (tentative) * Marc MacDonald * Joep Stevens, General Manager of Tourism, Development and Marketing Dinner TBA Evening program TBA Overnight at Skukuza Camp
12 March Friday	Lv Skukuza @ 6:00 AM, packed breakfasts while game viewing en route to Orpen Gate Welverdiend Village, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM * Visit schools, homes * Tend cattle, collect firewood and water * Observe traditional dances * Meet the Sangoma, local entrepreneur Lunch in the Village, 1:00 PM Luncheon Lecture: "Environment and Society in Rural South Africa" Dinner at Wits Rural Facility, 6:00 PM Cultural evening of drama, dance and music, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Wits Rural Facility, Private Bag X420, Acornhoek 1360, South Africa, Tel: +27 15 793 3991, Fax: +27 15 793 3992, Email: wrf@global.co.za
13 March Saturday	Breakfast, 7:00 AM Meet at 8:15 AM for transportation to Blyde River Canyon Boat Safari in Blyde River Canyon, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Swadini Reptile Park, 11:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch in Swadini Reptile Park, 1:00 PM Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, 3:00 - 4:30 PM Farewell dinner at Wits Rural Facility, 7:00 PM
14 March Sunday	Leave at 6:30 AM sharp for return to Johannesburg Packed breakfasts en route Return to Johannesburg, sightseeing along the way * Bourke's Luck Potholes * God's Window Check in for return flight, 2:30 PM Depart Johannesburg on South African Airways #209 at 5:15 PM
15 March Monday	Arrive Atlanta Airport at 8:15 AM Leave Atlanta Airport on Delta #5115 at 5:45 PM (ouch!) Arrive Charlottesville at 6:45 PM