Africa to South Africa

You realize that gorillas and chimps are not monkeys, right,,?

I would like to see gorillas,chimpanzee and other monkeys

Yes, that's why I said and monkeys. just looking for people to help if no help please don't post. Thank you.

If I get to do this visa or vacation I need?

Are you asking if you need a visa? If so, that would depend on what countries you go to and what your citizenship is.

But to your intended question I did some time in game preserves in South Africa some years ago. I will dig up the poop and post it in the event that it helps.

In addition to any responses here, you might have a look at the Safari Talk forums. I found them really helpful when I was planning my safari in Namibia.

https://www.safaritalk.net/

I've only ever been to Rwanda. They do have tours that do Gorilla treks there as well as Safaris into the National Park that borders Tanzania. There is something called an East African Visa which you will probably need.
https://www.eastafrican-travel.com/arrivals/?

If I get to do this visa or vacation I need?

Donna,

Regarding these two questions -

If you need visas - most people will, usually - it depends on exactly which countries you travel to and through, and each country has its own requirements and laws. These requirements will be different depending on where you will be coming from. We don't know anything about where you live, and what nationality you have. With those pieces of information we may be able to help with the visa questions.

Do you have a passport? If not, they sometimes take some time to get.

Regarding the question of vacation - yes, if you are an employed worker, you will need to have the time to go on the trip. If you need vacation you will need to apply for it, depending on the policies of your employer. It would be worth checking on that before you buy anything. Because of the time to reach some places and the potential for jetlag people are advised to have sufficient time away from work before and after the safari.

We went on a safari with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) in mid-April to early May 2021. That was “our” spring, and I know you’re looking at a different time of year. Were signed up for another OAT trip, at the end of this year. I highly recommend OAT, for the experiences they include in their trips, and the value for the fairly low pricing. The company’s based in Boston in the USA, and I suspect that the vast majority of their clients are Americans, but you might want to look into them. They can tell you the times of year that they tour different parts of the world. Some months are cheaper than others, probably for understandable reasons.

OAT offers several Africa itineraries, and in addition to the “main” trip, they also offer pre and post trip extensions. I know one of them visits a gorilla sanctuary in Rwanda. It wasn’t part of our Botswana.South Africa/Zimbabwe trip, but it’s probably your one chance to see gorillas outside of a zoo. I believe it’s just for the one day, and is relatively expensive- that’s what’s involved with a gorilla experience these days.

The primates we saw were lots of Vervet monkeys and many troops of baboons. No chimps, and of course, no gorillas.

Botswana was our favorite part of the trip. The South Africa portion included Kruger National Park. Getting to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe involved a flight to Livingstone, Zambia, then purchasing a $50 visa (paid in U.S. dollars, but I think they may have accepted other currencies) just to land at the airport, then a short walk across a bridge into Victoria Falls. The visa needed two blank pages in my passport, facing each other, and our dollars had to be in perfect shape. The agent at the airport wouldn’t accept one bill that had a slight tear at one edge, nor another with a small ink mark on the back. Frankly, I’m glad we didn’t stick around in Zambia, but it was necessary for getting quickly between South Africa and Victoria Falls, without a loooooong journey by land.

Although OAT offered a post-trip extension to Cape Town, including an excursion to Cape of Good Hope and Boulders Beach, we did that on our own, plus driving and staying in parts of the Garden Route along the southern coast. In Cape Town, we stayed at the Parker House, and we hired Chris Hannival (Hannival Tours) for tours around the city, up to Table Mountain, and down to the Cape and the penguins. Just so you know, the boardwalk stroll through the Jackass Penguin enclosures is really smelly. They’re cute, and their “braying” call is amusing, but they stink!