The Typical Festival Itinerary
Future Festival Dates:
2012: July 5-July 15
2013: July 4-July 14


Your Choir will participate in at least four concerts during the festival.

DAY 1: DEPART HOME
Flight from Home to South Africa

DAY 2: JOHANNESBURG (D)
Arrive in Johannesburg

Brief city orientation tour of Johannesburg (Depending on flight arrival)
Johannesburg is the business capital of South Africa. The city is characterized by a cosmopolitan, multicultural mix of people from all walks of life alive with activity and a fast paced style of living. There are many excellent museums, theatres, cultural precincts and craft markets to choose from.
Transfer to Hotel accommodations

Welcome event and group dinner

Overnight in Johannesburg/Pretoria hotel

DAY 3: SOWETO (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel

City tour of Soweto
You can relive the events that sparked the change in South Africa forever, as the start of the Soweto uprisings sparked by scholars of the Phefeni junior secondary school on the 16th of June, 1976.
Lunch on your own

Group dinner in Soweto

CONCERT #1
Choirs will share a concert with South African Choirs at Local Soweto Churches, or alternative venue. Each choir performs for up to 25 minutes and is conducted by their own Music Director.
Overnight in Johannesburg/Pretoria hotel

DAY 4: PRETORIA (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel

Pretoria City Tour

Lunch on your own
Pretoria is the country's administrative capital where you can get a taste of the cultural history of South Africa. On this city tour you will view the Union Buildings, the Voortrekker Monument.
WORKSHOP
With a wonderful South African Choral Conductor
CONCERT #2
Choirs will share a concert with South African Choirs at University of South Africa or alternate venue. Each choir performs for up to 25 minutes and is conducted by their own Music Director.
Group Dinner

Overnight in Johannesburg/Pretoria hotel

DAY 5: ALEXANDRA ~ JOHANNESBURG (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel.

Church Service at a Township Church
You are likely to have an uplifting experience and will be able to rub shoulders with the local congregation, an experience never to be forgotten!
Mingle with church members and their choir

Lunch on your own

CONCERT #3
Choirs will share a concert with South African Choirs in Johannesburg at the University of Witwatersrand or alternative venue. Each choir performs for up to 25 minutes and is conducted by their own Music Director.
Travel to Game Park and check in

Group Dinner

Overnight in Johannesburg/Pretoria hotel



DAY 6: GAME PARK EXPERIENCE (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel

Morning game drive
Visitors can spot White Rhino, Buffalo, Giraffe, Hippo, Black Wildebeest, Zebra and many antelope species including the rare Roan and Sable Antelope, Tsessebe, Eland, Waterbuck, Kudu, Oryx, Red Hartebeest, Blesbok, Springbuck, and Impala just to mention a few.
Lunch on your own

Braai Lunch out doors where your food is cooked over the open flames.

Free time
You can relax, explore on your own, or play volleyball, table tennis, pool table, etc.
Dinner on your own

Overnight at Game Park Lodge

DAY 7: GAME PARK ~ CAPE TOWN (B)
Breakfast at the Lodge

Transfer back to Johannesburg

Lunch on your own

Fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town

City tour of Cape Town
Cape Town has a fascinating history that includes a strong Dutch, some German, French, British and Malay influence, which is still present in much of the Cape's architecture. Explore the character of Cape Town whilst reveling in the modern Mediterranean culture that Capetonians have adopted.
Check-in to hotel

Dinner on your own

Overnight in Cape Town hotel



DAY 8: CAPE TOWN (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel

Tour of Table Mountain
Take the cableway to the top of Table Mountain where it offers visitor's unsurpassed views of Cape Town & its suburbs. The Swiss-built cable car carries up to 65 people to the top within a matter of a few minutes and the cable car rotates as it ascends & descends and enables you to see the view from all sides.
Lunch on your own

CHORAL EXCHANGE
Participate in a Choral exchange with a local Cape Town Choir
Group Dinner

CONCERT #4
Choirs will share a concert with South African Choirs at the University of Cape Town, or alternative venue. Each choir performs for up to 25 minutes and is conducted by their own Music Director.
Overnight in Cape Town hotel

DAY 9: CAPE TOWN (B, L)
Breakfast at the hotel

A visit to the rugged Cape Peninsula
Cape Peninsula is an extremely scenic drive over Chapman's peak, with steep cliffs dropping almost vertically into the ocean at times. Cape Point is located at the tip of the peninsula & is the spectacular meeting-point of ocean currents from the Atlantic & Indian Oceans. The tour includes a visit to an adorable colony of African jackass penguins, which settled on a public beach and share this with their fellow human brothers!
Lunch at Cape Peninsula

Free time

Dinner on your own

Overnight in Cape Town hotel



DAY 10: CAPE TOWN (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel

Optional Tour of the notorious Robben Island
Once a leper colony, Robben Island achieved notoriety as the prison of South Africa's most famous son, Nelson Mandela, during the dark days of Apartheid. The tour leaves from the Waterfront and all guides are former political prisoners. (Extra fee applies for this excursion).
Lunch on your own

Optional Tour of the Bergkelder Wine Estates
Located in the town of Stellenbosch, take a walk in this 300 year old town with its quaint little stores and especially "Oom Samie se winkel"
Group Dinner

CONCERT #5
Choirs will share a concert with South African Choirs at the Stellenbosch University, or alternative venue. Each choir performs for up to 25 minutes and is conducted by their own Music Director.
Overnight in Cape Town Hotel



DAY 11: CAPE TOWN (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel

Morning Rehearsal

Lunch on your own

Free time at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
This is Cape Town's spectacular working harbor with beautiful sea and mountain views, offering everything from up market shopping malls, arts and crafts markets, theatres, live music and museums.
CONCERT #6
Choirs will share a concert with South African Choirs at the Cape Town City Hall, or alternative venue. Each choir performs for up to 25 minutes and is conducted by their own Music Director.
Farewell group dinner

Overnight in Cape Town hotel

DAY 12: CAPE TOWN (B)
Breakfast at the hotel

A free morning to spend in Cape Town

Lunch on your own

Check in to International Airport

Depart on International Flight

DAY 13: HOME
Arrive Home



B=Breakfast; L=lunch; D=dinner

YOUR IHLOMBE PACKAGE CAN INCLUDE:
  1. Roundtrip airfare to Johannesburg with a national roundtrip flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
  2. A modern air conditioned bus throughout for the whole tour for each group of 30 to 59 persons.
  3. Ten nights tourist class hotel accommodation with private bath, including all taxes and service charges.
  4. Ten Breakfast meals
  5. Welcome Event in Johannesburg and Farewell Event in Cape Town
  6. Eight additional meals - either lunch or dinner based on the final itinerary
  7. Local English speaking tour guides.
  8. One South African tour director and one Classical Movements staff available for all festival participants.
  9. Extensive sightseeing as per the final itinerary
  10. Entrance fees for selected sites.
  11. Tips to Guides and Drivers
  12. Two workshops or choral exchanges with participating conductors/choirs
  13. Two rehearsals for individual performances.
  14. Four to Six concerts with multiple choirs - each choir sings individually, conducted by its own Music Director.
  15. Concert arrangements to include: venue hire, publicity, posters & flyers, and concert programs.
  16. Learn and perform a brand new commission by a South African Composer.
  17. Festival T-shirt for choristers.
  18. Certificate of participation in the Ihlombe festival.
  19. One tour book for each tour participant with detailed instructions on your trip, and travel tips and information on visited cities.
  20. One free place based on half a double room for the tour escorts/instructors for every 25 paid (26th and 52nd are free). Maximum of 2 free.
  21. Classical Movements fees.
Itinerary subject to change
Venues are tentative and may be replaced with alternatives



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