January 2, 2012
Celebrate Cape Town's 2012 Gay Pride Week on an 8-Day Safari
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 3 MIN.
New York, NY�-�Extraordinary Journeys Africa, specialists in bespoke customized safaris to Africa,�is offering an 8-day safari in honor of Cape Town's Gay Pride Week that will take place February 27-March 4, 2012.
The first four nights are spent in Cape Town where guests will have the opportunity to see the exciting Gay Parade in action, attend the wildly elegant yet funky Pink Ball and experience all of the Gay Pride events this pulsing city has to offer including adventure activities, shopping and more!
For the last three nights, a flight from Cape Town to the Madikwe Game Reserve in the Sabi Sands will transport guests to a five star luxury lodge surrounded by fierce wildlife. This luxury safari is masterfully created to combine the urban city excitement of Cape Town with the rare wildlife viewing in Madikwe.
Itinerary:
Feb 27-March 1 ~� Cape Town ~ Kensington Place
March 2-4 ~ Madikwe Game Reserve ~ Jamala Royal Safari Lodge
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Accommodations in Cape Town will be spent at the gay owned boutique property, Kensington Place
In addition to Gay Pride events, EJ Africa can arrange for a variety of activities ranging from a visit to Robben Island, a 400 year old prison which is now recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, sea kayaking with African Penguins, a cable car ride up to the top of Table Mountain, and a private shopping tour with a chauffeur, of course.
Cap off the fun and great celebration of Cape Town diversity with a flight to South Africa's newest reserve to explore over 300 square miles of Madikwe, home to some of the continent's highest concentrations of predators and rare game. Guests are assured the ultimate in personal service and style at the uber luxurious and sexy Jamala Madikwe Royal Safari Lodge.�
This exclusive lodge, owned by gay partners Shawn Roe and Rodney Steyn, consists of only five stunning villas, each with their very own splash pool, allowing for total privacy. Here, game viewing is at its prime as it is the fourth largest reserve in the country and hosts the second largest population of elephants.��
Pricing starts at $4,200 per person based on double and includes 7 nights of accommodation; all meals on�safari; game viewing activities; scheduled charter flight to Madikwe and private transfers. Valid February 27-March 4, 2012.
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Run by an extraordinary mother-daughter team, EJ Africa organizes customized trips for honeymooners, families and individual travelers to Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Mixing and matching safaris, camps, lodges, and villas, with travel by private planes, 4x4s, hot air balloons, elephant, camel and even horse, EJ Africa has planned over�500�trips to Africa and not one has been the same.
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For more information, contact Extraordinary Journeys, 345 West 58th 3M, New York, NY 10019; 1-800-403-6012 or 917-325-3342 or visit:�www.ejafrica.com
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
