Thought it might be helpful for those of you who would like to know where we are in our travels. There might be a few changes here and there – but for the most part, this is what we’re working with!
THE TRIP BEGINS:
Monday, May 28 Jacksonville to Buenos Aires, Argentina via Atlanta (6:15 p.m. flight – overnight)
Tuesday, May 29 Buenos Aires – Four Seasons (www.fourseasons.com/buenosaires)
Wednesday, May 30 Buenos Aires
Thursday, May 31 Rio De Janiero, Brazil (1:15 flight) Copacabana Palace – (www.copacabanahotel.com)
Friday, June 1 Rio
Saturday, June 2 Iguazu Falls, (Brazil side 11:00 flight) Sharaton Iguazu Falls
Sunday, June 3 Iguazu Falls
Monday, June 4 Iguazu Falls (flight to Sao Paolo 1:35), flight from Sao Paolo to Paris (4:40) overnight
Tuesday, June 5 Paris, France (arrive 8:45 a.m.) Relais Christine – (www.relais-christine.com)
Wednesday, June 6 Paris (Louvre)
Thursday, June 7 Paris to London (via train late in day)
Friday, June 8 London, The Goring Hotel – (www.goringhotel.co.uk)
Saturday, June 9 London
Sunday, June 10 London to Scotland – Gleneagles – (www.gleneagles.com)
Monday, June 11 Scotland, Gleneagles
Tuesday, June 12 Scotland, Gleneagles
Wednesday, June 13 Scotland to Ireland – (Glasgow to Dublin, AerLingus #225 10:45 – 11:40)
(Dublin to Kerry – Air Arann #253 1:20 – 2:15)
Sheen Falls Lodge – (www.sheenfallslodge.ie)
Thursday, June 14 Ireland, Sheen Falls
Friday, June 15 Ireland, Sheen Falls
Saturday, June 16 Ireland, Sheen Falls
Sunday, June 17 Ireland to Switzerland (Kerry to Dublin, Air Arann #252, Dublin to Zurich, Aer Lingus #342)
Monday, June 18 Switzerland – Interlaken – Victoria Jungfrau (www.victoria-jungfrau.cr)
Tuesday, June 19 Switzerland (Hotel Eiger Muerren) (www.hoteleiger.com)
Wednesday, June 20 Switzerland
Thursday, June 21 Switzerland – overnight train to Florence
Friday, June 22 Hotel Casci, Florence (www.hotelcasci.com)
Saturday, June 23 Villa in Tuscany, Italy (Il Leccio) – VV family joining us (15 min outside of Sienna)
Sunday, June 24 Tuscany
Monday, June 25 Tuscany
Tuesday, June 26 Tuscany
Wednesday, June 27 Tuscany
Thursday, June 28 Tuscany
Friday, June 29 Tuscany
Saturday, June 30 Tuscany drive to Florence, to Venice via train -
San Clemente Palace – (www.sanclemente.thi.it)
Sunday, July 1 Venice
Monday, July 2 Venice
Tuesday, July 3 Venice to Rome (via early morning train) – Mascagni Hotel – (www.mascagnihotelrome.it)
Wednesday, July 4 Rome
Thursday, July 5 Rome to Nairobi, Kenya – Giraffe Manor (www.giraffemanor.com)
Friday, July 6 Nairobi – Giraffe Manor – visit Daphne Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage (wash elephants)
Saturday, July 7 Tortilis – Amboseli National Park (www.tortilis.com)
Sunday, July 8 Kenya – Amboseli
Monday, July 9 Amboseli
Tuesday, July 10 flight to Kilimanjaro Airport via Arusha.
Flight to Nairobi, charter flight to Loisaba Wilderness Lodge (www.loisaba.com)
Wednesday, July 11 Loisaba (Starbeds)
Thursday, July 12 charter flight to Lewa Downs Conservancy/Safari Camp
Friday, July 13 Lewa Downs
Saturday, July 13 Lewa Downs
Sunday, July 15 flight to Maasai Mara (Ol Kiombo Airstrip) to Rekero (www.rekero.com)
Monday, July 16 Maasai Mara game reserve – Balloon Safari – night at Rekero
Tuesday, July 17 Maasai Mara – Nairobi – Rekero
Wednesday, July 18 Rekero
Thursday, July 19 flight at 11:00 a.m. arriving into Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. Day room. Leave Nairobi at 10:15
p.m. for overnight flight to Amsterdam airport (KLM #566)
Friday, July 20 Arrive Amsterdam at 5:30 a.m. day room -
connecting flight (KLM #887) to Hong Kong leaving at 3:20 p.m.
Saturday, July 21 Arrive Hong Kong at 8:30 a.m. – Peninsula Hotel (www.peninsula.com)
Sunday, July 22 Hong Kong
Monday, July 23 Hong Kong
Tuesday, July 24 Hong Kong to Beijing – 2:15 flight arriving at 5:30 p.m. Peninsula Hotel
Wednesday, July 25 Beijing
Thursday, July 26 Beijing
Friday, July 27 Beijing (tour the Great Wall of China)
Saturday, July 28 Beijing to Cairns via Japan Airline flight 82 3:30 p.m. arrives Tokyo Narita at 7:45 p.m.
connect to Japan Airline 5141 leaving at 8:55 p.m.
Sunday, July 29 Arrive Cairns at 5:25 a.m. – Depart 7:15 a.m. on Qantas Air flight 2503. Arrive Hamilton
Island at 8:40 a.m. connect to Qantas 2556 departing 9:45 – arriving at Hayman Island at
10:45 a.m.
Hayman Island Resort, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia www.hayman.com.au
Monday, July 30 – Hayman Island Resort
Tuesday, July 31 Hayman Island Resort
Wednesday, August 1 Hayman Island Resort
Thursday, August 2 Hayman Island Resort
Friday, August 3 Hayman Island Resort
Saturday, August 4 Hayman Island to Toyko. Depart resort 7:00 a.m. (Qantas 255) arriving Hamilton at 8:00.
Connect to Qantas 2504 to Cairns arrive 10:25. Japan Airlines 5142 at 12:10 p.m. arrive
6:45 p.m. in Tokyo. Four Seasons Marunouchi. www.fourseasons.com/marunouchi
Sunday, August 5 Tokyo
Monday, August 6 Tokyo to Jacksonville (via Atlanta) Delta #56 Tokyo to Atlanta, Delta #969 Atlanta to
Jacksonville. Arrive 9:58 p.m.
WHEW!!!!
