P.S. For those who believe in Santa ... I hope he brings you a trip to SA.

Thanks, he's sending me to New Zealand and the South Pacific on Friday (I haven't been this excited about a trip since my first safari in 1999). Have a happy holiday.

Michael

Mele Kalikimaka!
I asked Santa for a trip to Zambia, we'll see!

Krismasi njema!

Merry Christmas/season's greetings to the Africa board! And if we're asking Santa, I'd like a trip to Rwanda. I've been very, very good alllll year.

Happy Holidays, everyone!!!

Best wishes for New Year - 2008

Rgds
Hari

God Jul from rainy Seattle, sounds like the sister city to Mala Mala right now! Please Santa, send me to Mala Mala in 2008,

MerryChristmas!
Happy Holidays!
A hot chocolate with Amarula for all my Fodor's pals

with Earth

Merry Christmas to All (Happy Chanukah , however spelled, just past)

Kevin from California

Merry Christmas, and may all your Africa wishes come true!

Celia

Dear all,

Merry christmas and a happy new year

leaving for bandhavgarh, may santa grant me many tigers(only for viewing)

Sonali

Happy Holidays, I hope you're right about that trip!

Bob

merry xmas Bo Ra / Ma
From a cold and rainy Maun Botswana...

Merry Christmas and health and happiness in the New Year!!

From a cold and rainy Vancouver Island.

I hope Santa leaves all of you a little trip to Africa in your stockings! And tigers for Sonali!

Season's Greetings to All! I'll be thinking of all of you while sipping some Pennsylvania Dutch Eggnog on Christmas day.

Cindy

jd, I don't know what to wish for Santa to bring you because you're already where everyone else wants to be!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Happy New Year and Peace on Earth to all my fellow Africaphiles.

From beautiful Colorado, where it is now snowing (big-time!) just in time for the holidays!

You got it right Kevin!

Happy, happy; Merry, merry!

2007 has been a fun and interesting year. Let's see what 2008 brings.

As much cheer as you wish from now till whenever.

Happy Holidays to all - in whatever form you might celebrate the season.

Santa is good!!! He put a master's degree and a safari in my stocking. THANKS SANTA!!!

Hope everyone's 2008 is happy, healthy and prosperous.

Shane

Season's greetings to all, from a delightfully damp Adelaide, South Australia...in the midst of a long, trying drought, in the driest State in the driest continent (bar Antarctica), we've just had an inch or more of very welcome rain. We'll still have a warm, sunny Christmas Day.

John

Wishing you all a very Happy Holiday from warm (and humid) Kinshasa, DRC.
Cheers,
Bill

Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year to everyone!

Santa hasn't been too bad to me either - I'm off to Chicago & Yellowstone on Wednesday so lets hope he pulls a few Wolves out of his sack for us too

Imelda

Season's Greetings to all from a cold and grey London! I went to the Xmas party at my client company last night and when Pete (very kindly) picked me up at around midnight we drove home through the heaviest fog I've seen for YEARS!

Hope everyone has had a great year and that the next one brings you many wonderful things.

We have a few trips lined up for next year: the first is a week in Islay, Scotland to coincide with the whisky festival. We first went at the same time in 2006 and are taking several friends with us this time. Second trip is a week in Wales with a large crowd of friends - we do a similar trip somewhere in the UK every year. Then it's the Kenya and Tanzania trip that will be our first trip back to Africa since 2004!!!! And then we'll end the year with the Antarctic journey which will be magical!

Happy travelling for 2008!

Merry Christmas to all Fodorites!

I think I’ll start a planning thread on boxing Day.

Happy Christmas from snowy Bend, Oregon-wishing I was with Kaye in Mala Mala.

Great round the world holiday greetings, you all just made my day!

ShellCat

Merry Christmas and a best wishes for a Happy New Year for Africa planning and travel!

CW in snowy New England.

Imelda,
Where in Yellowstone are you staying? Are you going on a wolf tour? We saw the Slough Creek pack in Lamar Valley early last year. Good luck!

Merry Christmas to you all! May Santa have another safari in your stocking for you

Imelda and Patty,
DH and I live 90 miles from Yellowstone and so go there several times a year. You've really gotten a gift if you get to see wolves and/or grizzlies in just one trip. It took us many trips before we saw either!

Happy New Year every body!

-doo

To all, a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, from sunny and 75 degrees Houston, Texas.

Merry Christmas to all everywhere.

From a cold but sunny Norfolk/Suffolk border UK

Cheers from from sunny, windy Los Angeles where it was a very cold (for us) 42 last night, but Catalina Islad is crystal clear.
We're asking Santa for a trip to Zambia/Zimbabwe next year (if Mugabe hasn't let things slide further into the toilet), and a good Christmas-y city to visit over the holidays. Any suggestions? Santa Fe? Montreal? Venice? Vienna?
Leslie
PS And I promise to do my Botswana trip report for the New Year!

Hi Patty,
I read your amazing trip report on Yellowstone when we started planning this trip - wasn't it you that had those amazing Coyote pictures in a snow covered Yellowstone?? Along with the wolves I'd LOVE to even get a glimpse of a Coyote!
We're staying in Gardiner in the Super 8. We didn't have a huge amount of choice as Old Faithful Snow Lodge was booked for our dates by the time we started planning, also, hubby "needs" to have TV access . We are taking a snowcoach trip in to see Old Faithful though.
We have hired a SUV from Bozeman and a couple of spotting scopes that we are picking up outside Cooke City. We were originally going to do a tour but were recommended to do it on our own and just 'watch for groups of people'
I got reports the other day that two packs - the Druids and the Slough Creek Pack are giving some amazing sightings near the road in the Lamar area so hopefully they will still be there when we get there.....fingers crossed!

Imelda

That's great to hear, Imelda. The northern area of the park between Gardiner and Cooke City was the most productive for us in terms of game viewing. I'd love to hear more about your trip when you get back. Have a fabulous time!

I'm dreaming of a Khaki Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know,
With smily faces, exotic places and so much wildlife to behold.

(Yeah I know that was corny, but I couldn't resist.)

Wishing you and the ones you love all the best in 2008 and many joyous safaris!

Seasons Greetings to you all and have a wonderful New Year, wherever you find yourselves.

Thanks Patty!
I will try to do a mini trip report when we get back - hopefully I will have lots of good things to report.
Have a wonderful Christmas.

Imelda

Merry Christmas to all you Africaphiles, and a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful new year to all.

Happy travels to all of you who are on your way somewhere.

Carla, I am salivating over that hot chocolate with Amarula! I can almost taste it.