How to experience the best of Africa in 7 Days

Last week we put this question out to our Facebook friends “If you had 7 days to experience Africa for the first and last time, realistically, what would you choose to do?”  Ok, so they may be a little biased towards the routes and tours that we offer but the suggestions that came through would leave any avid traveller gagging for more!

Our favourite answer was from Mu’tamen Ashoor who said:  “With Nomad, everything is nice”, we love you Mu’tamen!  But seriously, let’s get back to the destinations.

The runner-up destinations included South Africa’s Winelands, Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast of South Africa and Sossusvlei and Spitzkoppe in the heart of the desert in Namibia.  Wow, I think that a combination of the runners up would make an incredible tour on their own, but I’d definitely take more than 7 days to experience all of that.

Escape to the edge of the world in Old Transkei where it's just too easy to chill out and relax!

The next heavy weights in second place on the podium were the adventure capital of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe with their mighty mighty waterfalls and the Okavango Delta in Botswana where you will find the best water based game viewing in the world!  Definitely a 5 star experience spending 7 days in these two destinations.

Our Delta Excursion includes a mokoro trip which follows the narrow hippo trails through the Okavango

The winners?  I’m not sure if it’s because currently there are thousands of animals cruising across the plains, but East Africa with it’s Maasai Mara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater were the absolute favourites!  Not only did East Africa get mentions for their vast plains and wide open spaces, but also for the climb to the summit of Kilimanjaro and the gorillas and chimps at the impenetrable forest in Uganda.  Kenya and Tanzania have always been firm favourites with us but it is inspiring to see the same response coming from you, our travellers.

A sentinel rhino makes it's way to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater

Thank you Jordan Moon, Beatriz Noguez, Caroline Pratt, La’Keba Ke’Garcia, Ute Mans, Hillare Chebji, Dominique Geyser, Janina Kragelin, Melissa Biki and Sandra Lenaers for your wonderful suggestions.

Contact us at nomad@nomadtours.co.za to find out more about visiting these incredible destinations or you can visit our website: www.nomadtours.co.za

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