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Re: October 26 classic safari........ Anyone?
Hey Nancy
Dave and Jan from Texas. See you there
TLC
Re: We are torn between the Kenya and Tanzania classic safari and the South Africa trip, suggestions?
I did the K&T, loved! lots of game drives- plenty of chances to see lots of animals. the area is beautiful and the hotels super nice. If you haven't done a Safari before I would start with the K&T .
I want to do the Elegant South Africa too, but I'm going to Australia this year and Jordan-Egypt next 2020. So it will be for 2021 unless Tauck re-opens Turkey 
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mil
Re: We are torn between the Kenya and Tanzania classic safari and the South Africa trip, suggestions?
Do you mean the Elegant South Africa trip? If so, I have taken both, they are very different. The South Africa tour is half culture, which we enjoyed very much. If your main interest is Safari, then K and T is the way to go. Even the Safari parts of SA are different to K and T and you will not see the same wildlife in the two tours. If you become like me, whatever tour you choose, you will love, and want to go back. I am about to visit for the sixth time.
October in K and T is generally the start of the short rains. Also, the tours sell out very quickly, so make up your minds very soon or you may not be able to go with Tauck off a while.
British
Re: We are torn between the Kenya and Tanzania classic safari and the South Africa trip, suggestions?
We have done both the Elegant South Africa trip and the K&T classic safari. We loved both of them, but they are very different. If it's a safari you're interested in then do the K&T. It's all wildlife and you see herds of animals - large prides of lions, huge groups of hippos and elephants, etc. All of the Big 5 and more. You even have a chance, depending on the time of year, to see the Great Migration.The South Africa trip goes to Capetown, which is beautiful, Johannesburg where you learn a lot about apartheid, and ends in Victoria Falls. You spend 4 days at private game reserves in the Kruger. The resorts are gorgeous. We saw the Big 5, but the difference is the quantity of animals you see. In the Kruger you will see a lot less wildlife. You won't see the big herds of animals.
We went at the end of August for both trips.
itskr
Re: We are torn between the Kenya and Tanzania classic safari and the South Africa trip, suggestions?
Mary - have a great time !
Re: Mahane Yehuda food tour in Jerusalem
Have been to the Mahane Yehuda market several years ago and visited around noon on a Friday. Market was mobbed but for a lot less than $100 per couple, my wife and I sampled whatever looked good to us including freshly baked challah, some pastries, cheeses and some freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. Most every vendor speaks English so communication is not a problem, If you are unable to get a group together, don't hesitate to do it on your own. Although prices are in shekels, many of the vendors are happy to accept dollars. This experience is not to be missed; with or without a guide.
rxgale
Re: October 26 classic safari........ Anyone?
I am Nancy from Texas and I will be traveling alone on the October 26 KT trip.
Houston Traveler
Re: Great Ocean Road Tour
We used The Private Tour Guide (Simon Greenland’s company) about 2 years ago for a tour of the Great Ocean Road and we loved it. Simon was able to customize our tour with an earlier pick up from our hotel so we could return earlier for the Tauck meet and greet. In addition to the Apostles, we went to Loch Ard Gorge and to a Reserve where we saw koalas in the wild and fed the beautiful parrots. It was a great day.
jan_page511
Re: Great Ocean Road Tour
I did the Great Ocean Road tour that included Loch Ard Gorge, though I cannot remember which tour company I used. As I recall, a private tour would have cost over $900, so I chose a group coach tour that picked me up at the hotel early in the morning and got back to Melbourne around 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. It was fine. We made morning and afternoon rest stops, and stopped for lunch (on our own). I'm glad I did it. I would not have wanted to miss seeing the "12 Apostles," though there were only 7 of them left standing. I don't regret missing the fairy penguins -- but I'm not a big animal lover.
MCD
Re: Great Ocean Road Tour
We did the Great Ocean Road tour, and it was, indeed, a very, very long day. If you have access to any ocean road trips, such as in California, I wouldn’t spend time on this one. The Great Ocean Road was constructed as a tourist draw years ago, which we didn’t know, and the twelve apostles are rather reduced in number at this point. We wished we had done the fairy penguins instead.
What we very much recommend is the Echidna tour where you travel into the country to see koalas in a natural preserve and gangs of kangaroos in another preserve. You walk around the woods and the guides show you the animals. We saw quite a few koalas and an amazing gang of kangaroos, one nursing and with a baby in it’s pouch. The dominant males were enormous and very much worth seeing. They also give you billabong tea and local food. All in all, it was one of our favorite parts of the trip, especially since you don’t see any animals in the wild otherwise.
Good luck with your choice.
mcmaj