73. The Secret to Booking Your Dream Safari: Budget, Locations, and Luxury (If You Want It) with Dr. Niki Topp

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Devon Gimbel MD

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Niki Topp is a board-certified OB/GYN who is now retired from clinical practice. After moving to South Africa 8 years ago, her career focus switched toward philanthropy and opening her own small business. She is also the founder and director of a non-profit called Ithemba Ngemfundo, which focuses on improving early education in the townships of South Africa.

Through her travel business Wandering Leopard, Dr. Topp plans group trips to South Africa, specifically for female physicians, which is why I have her on the show. Discover Niki's tips for booking your dream safari vacation, learn about your different options, and decide what works best for you.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals,
0:06.1	entrepreneurs, and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average
0:09.5	expenses to travel the world.
0:11.5	I'm your host, Stephen G Gimble and I believe that your
0:13.4	expenses are your greatest untapped asset if you know how to leverage them.
0:17.8	Ready to dive into the world of credit card points and miles so you can travel more,
0:21.6	travel better, and travel often. Let's get started. Welcome to the podcast Dr. Nicky Top. I am so thrilled to have you here today. Thank you for joining me.
0:36.0	Well, thank you so much for having me. I've been listening for a very long time and I'm very excited to be here even though I'm a novice I think in the in the
0:43.7	points redemption I was saying I'm accumulating and learning what I can and I'm so
0:47.7	happy to be here to talk with you and to share what I know about safaris
0:51.9	with you. Exactly.
0:53.0	You said you might be a novice in terms of earning points right now,
0:56.2	or using points right now, but you are not a novice
0:58.7	when it comes to the topic that I invited you to talk about today on the podcast, which is all about
1:05.0	planning and taking safaris, because I think this is one of those wish list items that so
1:10.2	many people have at the top or near the top of their travel wish list in general is really
1:15.3	wanting to be able to take a safari at some point and you have so much experience in this and we're going to get into
1:20.5	all of your words of wisdom all all of your tips for folks.
1:23.0	But first I kind of want to back up and talk about how it is
1:26.8	that you actually gained so much experience in Safaris.
1:30.3	Because I understand that you're originally an OBGYIN from the United States, but now you live in South Africa.
1:37.0	And I'm really curious to hear what was behind that transition?
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