South-Eastern Africa
South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia:
- Starting in Cape Town, journey through the Garden Route, which encompasses some of South Africa's most beautiful beaches, mountains, and rivers. The climate is mild year-round and there are countless of activities to alternate with our class days – including whale-watching, hiking, ostrich riding, swimming, canopy swinging, surfing, and more.
- Witness Kruger National Park,home to a staggering amount of wildlife and birds. Smell the dust and the heat during sunrise and sunset game drives when the animals are at their most active.
- Explore Mozambique, including the palm-fringed coast to Inhambane – a small town with a colorful market and friendly atmosphere. Spend the week at the idyllic Ponta De Barra for class on the beach, and an Open Water scuba diving course in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
- Volunteer for a week at a local community service project to help local schoolchildren learn English, and teach with local professionals in an HIV clinic. Additionally, you’ll be able to enjoy a Dhow safari to the islands of the Bazaruto Archipelago – classed as a World Heritage Site for its outstanding natural beauty.
- Thanksgiving in northern Zambia in South Luangwa National Park, a park well-known for large herds of elephants - some herds numbering up to 70. Buffalo and various antelope species are prolific throughout the park. In the river and adjoining pools, hippos and crocodiles can be seen in great numbers. The zebras distinctiveto Luangwa are everywhere - their stripes are evenly spaced as opposed to broad light stripes with a faint stripe in-between.
- This semester is for you if you like: music, dancing, drumming, peri-peri sauce, oceans, history, animals, culture, surfing, cities, heat, photography, sand, languages, and remoteness.