People to People Moments

• Be welcomed into a South African community for dinner, and learn more about living like a local.
• Spend some class time with local students, and compare notes on school systems.
• Meet a former political detainee of Robben Island who will educate you about its bleak history.
• Help meet local needs through more than 20 hours of group service projects in local schools, organizations, and communities.

Enhance Your Education

• The history and politics of South Africa
• Zoology, geology, and conservation
• UNESCO World Heritage sites
• Geography and the anomalies of this region

Top Program Activities

• Go on safari in the Bushveld area of Kruger National Park, and watch for South Africa’s Big Five—leopard, lion, buffalo, elephant, and rhino—in their natural environment.
• Work side by side with inspiring volunteers in disadvantaged communities and orphanages.
• Gaze into the stunning night sky as you listen for lions roaring in the distance. 
• Explore the Cape Peninsula, and delight in watching the penguins at Cape Point.
• Gain a unique perspective on the history of apartheid at the Apartheid Museum and Nelson Mandela’s family home.
• Delve into the Apartheid Museum and the beating heart of the struggle for equality that consumed South Africa for so long.
• Visit a primary school to learn some South African games and dances—and share a meal—with your new friends.

Cape Town, South Africa

• Explore Robben Island with a former political detainee to learn about the notorious island’s past—and then learn about the island’s future at Robben’s only school.
• Discover where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet off Cape Point.
• Observe the resident penguins at Seaforth Beach.
• Spend a day in a local high school helping students with their projects.
• Lend a hand by working side by side with volunteers in local service projects in schools, organizations, and after-school programs.

• Explore the famous South West Township, better known as Soweto, and visit Nelson Mandela’s family home.
• Try your hand at the rhythms of Africa in a drumming circle.
• Join in South African games and dancing during a visit to a local primary school.
• Be introduced to some of the traditional cultures of South Africa, and enjoy trying a variety of local flavors for dinner.
• Visit the groundbreaking Apartheid Museum.
• Shop as you never have before at the African Craft Market in Rosebank—a unique African experience.

• Learn about the camp’s lion-breeding project, and do your part to help the nearly 300 lions benefiting from this fascinating program.
• Watch for South Africa’s Big Five—leopard, lion, buffalo, elephant, and rhino—in their natural environment.
• Learn from your bush guide about this amazing region, and get up close and personal with a few of its residents!
• Spend the clear African nights around the campfire at the boma, a traditional circular meeting spot, at the bush camp, and don’t be surprised if curious monkeys or hornbills come in to get a closer look at you and your fellow Ambassadors!

Note: Highlights featured represent past programs. Your program may differ slightly in some areas due to scheduling conflicts, unforeseen changes, and the arrival of new opportunities. Your program's Schedule of Activities will be provided as confirmed, closer to actual travel.