Excursion 30 March – 6 April 2013

University of Connecticut

Cape Town Study Abroad

Excursion

30 March – 6 April 2013

Sat. March 30

• 10;00am          Depart CPT Airport 
• 12:00noon       Arrive at Oliver Tambo Airport
• 12;45pm          Depart for Sandton
• 1:30pm            Check in at Westford Suites Hotel
• 2:00pm            Lunch –Pizza
• Afternoon        FREE
• 6:45pm            Leave for Nelson Mandela Square
• 7:00pm            Group Dinner at Trumps Grill House
• 10:00pm          Return to Westford Suites

Sun. March 31, Easter Sunday

• 11:00am          Tour of Hector Pietersen Museum
• 12:00pm          Leave HPM
• 12:15pm          Tour of the Mandela Family Home
• 12:45pm          Leave MFH
• 1:00pm            Group Lunch at Wandi’s
• 2:15pm            Leave for Kliptown
• 2:45pm            Tour of Freedom Square
• 3:30pm            Leave for Rosebank
• 4:00pm            Visit Rosebank Flea Market
• Evening           Individual Dinner in Rosebank Mall
• 7:30pm            Return to Westford Suites

Mon April 1, Family Day

• 9:00am            Depart for Soweto Boys & Girls Club
• 10:00am          Fun Day work & play with learners 
• 1:00pm            Group lunch provided by folks at Club
• 4:00pm            Return to Westford Suites
• Evening           FREE

Tues, April 2

• 9:00am            Depart for Sharpeville
• 10:00am          Tour of Sharpeville Memorial
• 1:00pm            Group provided by folks at the memorial
• 3:00pm            Return to Westford Suites
• 5:30pm            Leave for Mandela Square
• 6:00pm            Group Dinner at Wangthai 
• 8:15pm            Theatre on the Square: Curl Up and Dye
• 10:00pm          Q & A with playwright and actors
• 11:00pm          Return to Westford Suites

Wed April 3

• 8:00am            Depart for Booysens
• 9:00am            Tour of the Apartheid Museum (AM)
• 11:30am          Leave for Gold Reef City Casino
• 12:00noon       Individual lunch
• 1:15pm            Depart for Braamfontein
• 2:00pm            Tour of Constitution Hill and the Old Johannesburg Prison
• 3:30pm            Return to Westford Suites
• 6:00pm            Leave for Melville
• 6:30pm            Dinner at Poppy’s Soul Food Café
• 8:00pm            Live entertainment

Thurs April 4

• 6:45am           Check Out       
• 7:00am           Leave for Mpumalanga           
• LUNCH          Individual Lunch on the road
• 3:00pm           Check into Skukuza Lodge Kruger 
• 4:30pm           Game Drive
• 8:00pm           Group dinner at Skukuza restaurant

Friday April 5

• 4:30am           Leave for sunrise game drive
• 8:30am           Group Breakfast
• 1:00                Individual lunch
• Afternoon       FREE – Options: Relaxing/Walking Tour/ Game Drive
• 7:00pm           Group Braai at Skukuza Restaurant

Sat. April 6

• 5:00am            Depart Kruger National Park (Picnic breakfast to go)
• 12:00               Individual lunch at airport
• 1:00 pm           Check in at Oliver Tambo Airport
• 2:25 pm           Depart for Cape Town
• 4:35 pm           Arrive CPT