"In the Footsteps of Desmond Tutu & Nelson Mandela" - Sept 27-Oct 8 (Palestine solidarity emphasis) In the Footsteps of Desmond Tutu & Nelson Mandela Ubuntu Lessons from South Africa September 27 - October 8, 2026 Cape Town, Hermanos, Soweto, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Safari Dr. Michael Spath - Lmichaelspath@gmail.com Rev. Edwin Arrison - edwinarrison2022@outlook.com Deon Kitching - deonkit@mweb.co.za 20-24 travelers $4,850 double room $5,195 single occupancy 24+ travelers $4,650 double room $4,995 single occupancy 10% (non-refundable), 30% (June 21), 30% (July 19), 30% (August 26) Accommodations Land transportation All meals per itinerary (30 meals) Domestic flight, Cape Town --> Johannesburg Guide, entrance fees Tips in certain cases (US --> Cape Town, Johannesburg --> US) * Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you. Deon Kitching – founder of Embrace South Africa tours. Retired pastor, 20+ years offering tours focused on beauty of South Africa’s landscape and people and cultural, historical, and religious issues. Dr. Michael Spath – co-chair of ICAHD-USA and founder of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, retired Religious Studies professor. He has led tours to Palestine and Israel, Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Egypt, and co-led tours to South Africa. Rev. Frank Chikane, Rev. Allan Boesak - anti-apartheid activist leaders Rev. John de Gruchy - Dietrich Bonhoeffer scholar Dr. Marthie Momberg - Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, Global Kairos for Justice Dr. Thandi Gamedze, Rev. Rene August – The Warehouse, social justice activists Fr. Michael Lapsley - Healing Memories Program, injured by the apartheid SA gov’t Christo van der Rheede - music educator, agricultural development expert Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation Long March to Freedom Statue Park District 6 Museum – neighborhood destroyed by apartheid government in 1960’s Robben Island, with Nelson Mandela’s cell (UNESCO World Heritage site) Apartheid Museum , Johannesburg Soweto (Hector Pieterson Memorial) Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg (where Ganhdi and Mandela were interred) Freedom Park, Pretoria Volmoed Youth Drummers - from Zweilihle Township Penguin Colony at Stony Point, Betty's Bay Whale watching from the shore in Hermanus Fynbos - South Africa's rich floral biodiversity made into drinks, herbs, and spices Wine tasting @ La Vierge Winery in "Heaven and Earth" Valley Three 3-hour Safaris - Bakebung Game Lodge, Pilanesberg Game Reserve (the “Big 5”) (minimum 5 persons – prices are per person) Th, Sept. 24 – Cape Agulhas $140 Southern point of Africa, where Atlantic & Indian Oceans meet F, Sept. 25 – Bo-Kaap $165 Muslim neighborhood, pro-Palestinian murals) and Langa Township Sa, Sept. 26 Both - $220 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens – $75 Cape Point Nature Reserve & Cape of Good Hope – $150 For a complete trip flier and more information, contact Michael Spath: Lmichaelspath@gmail.com ICAHD USA ICAHD.org , click the ICAHD USA tab on the far right 119 N. Fairfax Avenue, #486 Los Angeles, CA 90036-2110 TRIP COST * Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you. INCLUDED * Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you. EXCLUDED * Embrace South Africa Tours books domestic flight (Cape Town -->Johannesburg) for you. Travel insurance (including COVID insurance) Medical, personal, liability insurance Visa and passport fees Meals not covered in itinerary (4 meals) Personal items and souvenirs Pre-tour rooms Double ($285/night), Single ($265/night) TOUR LEADERS (accompanying the entire trip) Rev. Edwin Arrison – close friend, and anti-apartheid activist with Archbishop Demond Tutu. He lectures around the world on Tutu’s spirituality of ubuntu. Leader of Kairos South Africa and friend of Kairos Palestine. SPEAKERS FEATURES SITES AND EXPERIENCES OPTIONAL PRE-TOUR – ALL DAY — ICAHD (icahd.org) /newsletter/in-the-footsteps-of-desmond-tutu-nelson-mandela-sept-27-oct-8-palestine-solidari