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 * ===Daily lectures given by prominent South Africans!===
 * ===Exciting excursions!===
 * ===Guest speakers Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu!===
 * ===Hands-on South African art classes![[image:http://www.travelpost.com/MainImages/AF/South_Africa/Mpumalanga/Hazyview_South_Africa/Hazyview,%20South%20Africa_23544_0_06072006_1006561176_500.jpg width="396" height="295" align="right"]]===
 * ===Live South African music!===
 * ===South African spiritual services!===
 * ===Two salt water pools on deck!===
 * ===Movie Theater!===
 * ===Library stocked with books by South African authors!===
 * ===TWO 21+ dance clubs/bars! Safari (Hip-Hop club) and The Library (high-class scholarly lounge)===
 * ===And a teen dance club for the kids!===
 * ===Indoor shopping mall with South African stores!===
 * ===Grand ballroom!===

= Itinerary =

4:00 P.M. - Beginning Ceremony and Embarking of our Ship

 * Miriam Makeba performing on the Mandela deck

8:00 P.M. - South African movies showing in theatre

 * The Color of Friendship
 * Big Fellas
 * Son of Man

11:00 A.M. - Pool party with South African artists working LIVE on deck!

 * Black Noise performing on the Zulu deck

3:00 P.M. - Excursion to Johannesburg, must be back on ship by 7:30 P.M.

 * Lesedi Cultural Village: history, culture, dining, and entertainment
 * Madiba Freedom Museum: History of Nelson Mandela
 * Bruma Flea Market - one of Johannesburg's largest flea markets

3:00 P.M. - (alternate excursion) Helicopter Ride to Drakensberg Mountians, must be back on ship by 7:30 P.M

 * Game Pass
 * Horse back riding, Hiking, Picnic

9:00 A.M. Daytime excursion to Capetown, must be back on ship by 2:00 P.M.

 * Tour through vineyards
 * Transportation to Table Mountain
 * Transportation to Cape Peninsula
 * Transportation to Robben Island - the prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, now a museum and historical site

7:30 P.M. - Formal dinner with in Ballroom with guest speaker, Nelson Mandela

 * Lecture will be on the Robben Island prison and Apartheid

2:00 P.M. - Afternoon excursion to Kruger National Park

 * Safari through Kruger National Park
 * Stop at the Big Five
 * Stop at God's Window

2:00 P.M. - (alternate excursion) South African Parliament

 * The Keiskamma Tapestry

9:00 - South African kwaito dancing at The Safari
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9:00 A.M. - Spiritual services begin

 * Bishop Desmond Tutu will be giving a sermon which will include a South African Christian Dance
 * Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a South African Zulu leader will be leading a healing dance

Links to More Information about South Africa

 * History and Literature


 * Geography


 * Music


 * Art


 * Food


 * Spirituality and Religion


 * Important South Africans

Works Cited (Photographs)

__The Bubble__. 9 Dec. 2008 .__Cosmos Cuisine__. .__High Country Passage Travel__. ..__Travel Post__. 9 Dec. 2008 .__Trip Advisor__. .