September 18th, 2009
Itinerary
- 1 night- Windhoek, Namibia
- 3 nights- Wolwedans Dune Lodge, Namib Rand Reserve, Namibia
- 3 nights- Kwara Camp- Okavango Delta, Botswana
- 3 nights- Lebala Camp- Linyanti, Botswana
Reflections from Debra Burke:
As a group we were senior parents, not-far-from- mid-life “kids” and their spouses, and an adult grandchild (seven of us in total). We left different corners of the US to fly up to Wolwedans Dunes Camp in the Namib Rand Nature Reserve in Namibia, where we spent three nights; then flew on to two Kwando Safari camps in Botswana (Kwara Camp in the Okavango Delta next to Moremi Game Reserve, and Lebala Camp adjacent to the headwaters of the Linyanti marshes that form the boundary between Botswana and Namibia).We spent three nights in each of the Kwando Safari camps.
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September 14th, 2009
Ecuador is a country that we love as a travel destination because of the wide and unique variety of landscapes and experiences, the scenic beauty and the warm, friendly people.
Highlights include: swimming with sharks, sea lions and turtles in the Galapagos, the lush beauty of the Andes, excursions to the Amazon and the splendid hacienda accommodations.
Check out some pictures and what some our sojourners had to say about their recent visit.
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July 16th, 2009
Aley Hasson travels with the Global Sojourns Giving Circle to Southern Africa for the first time. Read her 2008 travel log below…
The driver had just told us of his recent trip to Malawi to show his wife what real poverty looked like. Looking out the van’s window, during the first moments after arriving in Johannesburg I came across the first of many questions during my time in southern Africa. Right in front of me, the poverty was as clear as day, an arm’s length away as we drove through the city. The surrounding unfamiliarity had suddenly hit me—unsettled, I wanted to know more. It was a proper welcome to Africa.
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