Made it to New Zealand!
April 16 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌧 23 °C40+ hours of travel. Thank God for Emerites business class.
40+ hours of travel. Thank God for Emerites business class.
Raining nonstop for five hours. And yes Dubai... When we disembarked the Neptune, Viking generously said they would fly us home however we wanted to go (although Antarctica might have been a stretch).Read more
Evening game drives were very full of interesting animal sightings including this South African Eagle-Owl. In two days (four drives total) we saw so many animals in their habitat it kind of ruined zooRead more
Thanda Game Reserve is amazing with 37,000 acres, the big five and only 18 guests right now. From our rooms and food to our guide and our tracker - exceptional! We are in Zulu country near theRead more
Wonderful but windy day in Cape Town. So windy in fact, the Viking Neptune, scheduled to leave last night, didn't make it out of port until the next morning. Pax had already been through emigration toRead more
The Viking Neptune could not dock in Richard's Bay, S. Africa. High winds. Sailed south to Durban, also couldn't dock. On to South Africa's beautiful city Cape Town. We decided to skip 12 days at seaRead more
Two nights here and then off on our three night safari! We have our table mountain excursion this afternoon, followed by a full day private tour of the area tomorrow.
We were able to dock in Port Elizabeth, and went on a wonderful included excursion to a game park. It's looking like we'll get to do our overland safari also (with some slight trip modifications, moreRead more
We were supposed to disembark here to begin our safari but the weather was too bad. We then tried Durban just down the coast with the same results. Scrambling for options.... More to come
We're home! And Viking left us a little Easter present.
Traveler 40 hours??
Traveler From the time we left the game reserve until we landed in NZ it was a little over 40. Only about 24 in the air. We actually had a couple of relatively good night's sleep on the planes.
Traveler I forgot about the layover in Sydney, make it 46 hours total.