Our African adventure begins with a little R&R on the island of Mahe in the Seychelles. We will use this time to adjust to the time difference (8 hours) and recharge after the long flight. Following our respite we head to Kenya where our safari begins. Our goal is to catch a glimpse of the Great Migration which is where more than two million animals trek nearly 500 mile in search for more fertile lands. The five animals that make up this migration — 2 million wildebeests, 250,000 Thompson’s gazelle, 200,000 zebra, 70,000 impala and 30,000 Grant’s gazelle — travel from the southeast plains of Tanzania’s Soronera. Half of the animals will stay in northern Tanzania while the other half ventures to the Masai Mara in Kenya. During this journey they will face constant threats from predators such as lion, leopard, cheetah, jackal and hyena. Perhaps the biggest challenge is the crossing of the crocodile-infested Grumeti River. It is estimated that as many as a quarter-million of the wildebeests that begin the journey will not survive to its end.

Our safari begins in Kenya with two days at the Bateleur Camp in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Next, we are off Tanzania where we will visit three camps. The first is the Grumeti Serengeti Camp located by the Grumeti River just below where the final scene in Out of Africa was filmed. Two days later we head to the northeastern edge of the Serengeti National Park to Klien’s Camp which is set on the edge of the Kuka Hills. Our final camp is the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge which, not surprisingly, is in the Ngorongoro Crater. The Crater is a collapsed caldera with a basin that is eleven miles in diameter, and it lies more than 1,600 feet below the rim.

After our safari ends we head back to Nairobi where we will catch a flight to Johannesburg, or Joburg as it is known, for a quick overnight. The next morning we head to our final designation, Cape Town, South Africa. While in South Africa we plan to visit a number of wineries and tour the coast, including Table Mountain. The plateau, considered to have one of the best views in all of Africa, is one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. After our two days in Cape Town, our adventure comes to an end as we head back home via London.