Three things must do in Morocco

Greeting to all,
We have 7days in May in Morocco. We are looking for culture and places and interesting people. We just need some guidance for three major things must do in Morocco. We've been to many many beautiful beaches. Thank you very much for your input.

Sharing a Felucca, Aswan – Edfu

We are planning to do a three-day felucca trip from Aswan to Edfu from 30 December to 1 January (no special New Years features planned, it just happens to be the best slot for us). Would anyone be interested in sharing a boat and the costs?
We have not organised anything yet and are looking for a compromise between high-end organised trips and rock-bottom price with bad service / organization / facilities. We would try to organise something in Aswan just a few days ahead.
We are two German women, over 40, and have been to Egypt a couple of times.
The trip passes Kom Ombo and Gebel Silsila and would presumably offer a good opportunity to visit the Daraw Camel Market as well.

Climbing Kili, Safari and Visiting Zanzibar

So I'll be in Moshi Tanzania for about 4 months and I'd like to be able to budget for the big things outside of my daily spending and accommodations. Doing a Safari is at the top of my list and I'm thinking I want to do that for maybe 5 days. Also I would like to do a 4-5 day trip to Zanzibar. Climbing Kili is a HUGE maybe but I'd hate to rule it out and not do some budgeting for it.

Questions:

How much do 5 day Safaris usually run? (I'm sure I'll get many different answers with this one because of different company rates)

Is there anything specific I should bring from my home for the Safari?

What are the different forms of transportation to Zanzibar? What's the price differences?

Estimated daily budgeting for Zanzibar? (again I'm sure I'll get different answers)

Climbing Kili rates? Special equipment I should bring from home?

That's all I can think of at the ... more »

Overland travel from Tanzania to Zimbabwe

Hi everyone

Has anyone travelled overland from Tanzania to Zimbabwe? Or know a good, affordable way to do it?

I'm travelling with a friend to Tanzania in early Jan 2013. We haven't made set plans apart from climbing Kilimanjaro to start the trip. Then spend some time in the Serengeti & chill in Zanzibar for a little while.
Basically we need to get to Harare in Zimbabwe by early February. I've looked at flying from Zanzibar or Dar es Salaam, but internal African flights AREN'T cheap. I also like the idea of using buses and/or trains to go down through Tanzania from Zanzibar, through Mozambique, and into Harare.

Also, as most of you, we're on a backpacker's budget!! ;)

Looking for help for planning trekking holidays in South Africa

I'm considering a visit to South Africa for the main purpose of trekking (preferably multi-day) and I'm discussing it with a friend:

• Can we generally trek the major trails if we are 2 persons (in Namibia, 3 is a minimum, I read) ?
• I read many hikes must be reserved. Are there enough good hikes that we have a chance to trek ? We'd be ready to reserve in advance, but only a few months beforehand
• It would be in the period between end August and November. What is the best time in this peiod ? Are ther local holidays when trails are very busy ?
• Shall we need to rent a car for our whole stay to access all the trails ? Or only for a part of the stay ?
• Which trails would you recommend for us ? We are very experienced hikers. We'd like different environments and types of trails. We don't want guided trails neither very expensive ones. We are ready to carry our packs and be aut...

Safari in Lake Nakuru National Park 22-24\12

Hi,
I'm planning to do a one day safari in Lake Nakuru National Park on 22/12, but I'm flexible with the dates. I was hoping to share the cost of a car, if anyone is interested in joining.
If anyone has any information about good, cheap tour operators it will be highly appriciated.

Thank you.

Visit to Loango National Park in GABON

I wanted to put a post about my experience visiting Loango National Park in Gabon, because it is an extremely, extremely beautiful place that doesn’t get enough international fame/visitors—granted, the complete lack of a single other person in the park while we were there certainly made our experience that much more special, but it was disturbing to have our excellent guide Guyslain tell us that he’d not had any customers in a month and that (after sharing his incredibly detailed knowledge of the forest & animals & healing trees for several days) he was considering going to work on an oil mining boat offshore because he wasn’t making enough as a tour guide to get by! I also thought it might be useful for foreigners because we (I am American, and 3 of the others in our party were European) benefited from the fact that some of our party were Gabonese students, so they knew exactly the ... more »

Bordercrossing Tanzania-Mozambique

Hallo
Has somebody the experience with the bordercrossing Tanzania Mozambique by car in the last 3 months.
Specially if you can get a visa on the border ??

Thanks
Ronald
www.2globetrotters.nl