Step by Step, I will take you there...
Time is on our side currently. We have been discussing the options with Bulembu Visitor Coordinator, Michelle and we have a few challenges due to the Swaziland custom of taking a Holiday on the Monday after Easter. There are many details yet to work out and tell you about. So the next best thing is to give you an understanding of the trip's content, deadlines and rough prices. So here goes:
Time is on our side currently. We have been discussing the options with Bulembu Visitor Coordinator, Michelle and we have a few challenges due to the Swaziland custom of taking a Holiday on the Monday after Easter. There are many details yet to work out and tell you about. So the next best thing is to give you an understanding of the trip's content, deadlines and rough prices. So here goes:
Understanding the BASIC Mission Trip Package without any side trips or excursions...
High Level Summary:
Fly Non-stop on Delta to Johannesburg, South Africa on March 29, 2018, Departs around 8 pm.
Stay in a nice hotel near the airport; the City Lodge
4 hour trip the next day to Bulembu in Tour Van
Stay 6 nights in the Bulembu Country Lodge
Church on Sunday, Hike on Sunday or visit the Museum,
Work days at Home Renovation and other jobs as needed at the time we visit,
Spend time with the Orphans
Travel to Hazy View and stay in the Hippo Hollow Lodge
End the Trip up in Kruger Park on a Photo Safari
Return to Johannesburg, South Africa on April XX and fly back non stop to Atlanta
NOTE: Some of you may want to book your own excursions to various other places while you are in Africa.
Costs per person:
Airfare about $1500 or less
Check your airfare at this link anytime: www.google.com/flights/?source=flre_fli_share#search;f=ATL;t=JNB;d=2018-03-29;r=2018-04-09
Rooms, meals, Van transport, Safari, Tips and Misc. Cost: about $1,000
NOTE: Costs shown in red are estimates and as the airfare fluctuates it is recommended you follow the cost of the airfare and book when you feel it is at it's lowest. I first paid over $2,000 on my first trip, then in 2015 I got the fare at $1,283. This was a Co-Inky-Dink also, which I explain on the web page called... wait for it... Co-Inky-Dinks!
Fly Non-stop on Delta to Johannesburg, South Africa on March 29, 2018, Departs around 8 pm.
Stay in a nice hotel near the airport; the City Lodge
4 hour trip the next day to Bulembu in Tour Van
Stay 6 nights in the Bulembu Country Lodge
Church on Sunday, Hike on Sunday or visit the Museum,
Work days at Home Renovation and other jobs as needed at the time we visit,
Spend time with the Orphans
Travel to Hazy View and stay in the Hippo Hollow Lodge
End the Trip up in Kruger Park on a Photo Safari
Return to Johannesburg, South Africa on April XX and fly back non stop to Atlanta
NOTE: Some of you may want to book your own excursions to various other places while you are in Africa.
Costs per person:
Airfare about $1500 or less
Check your airfare at this link anytime: www.google.com/flights/?source=flre_fli_share#search;f=ATL;t=JNB;d=2018-03-29;r=2018-04-09
Rooms, meals, Van transport, Safari, Tips and Misc. Cost: about $1,000
NOTE: Costs shown in red are estimates and as the airfare fluctuates it is recommended you follow the cost of the airfare and book when you feel it is at it's lowest. I first paid over $2,000 on my first trip, then in 2015 I got the fare at $1,283. This was a Co-Inky-Dink also, which I explain on the web page called... wait for it... Co-Inky-Dinks!
Understanding the Mission Trip Deadlines
The final dates have been confirmed by Bulembu Ministries Swaziland, now the Tour Van Company has to be hired and confirmed before this web site's page "Mission 2018" can be updated to show all the details of how to book your reservation for the Trip. Here are the major mile stones that lay before all of us:
1. Deadline to commit to go on the Mission Trip, including deposit due at that time: December 13, 2017
2. Deadline to go on line and pay $20 for a police background check requested by BMS: February 13, 2018
NOTE: An email will be sent out with a web link to a web portal to request the background check.
3. Deadline to sign and email Childcare Policy and BMS Liability Release: February 13, 2018
3. Deadline to pay the final deposit amount due: March 13, 2018.
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1. Deadline to commit to go on the Mission Trip, including deposit due at that time: December 13, 2017
2. Deadline to go on line and pay $20 for a police background check requested by BMS: February 13, 2018
NOTE: An email will be sent out with a web link to a web portal to request the background check.
3. Deadline to sign and email Childcare Policy and BMS Liability Release: February 13, 2018
3. Deadline to pay the final deposit amount due: March 13, 2018.
Click here to get on my mailing list for updates and more information on the next trip to Bulembu...