I am still hopeful for my May 28 departure.
Flying Qatar Houston -Doha - Joberg. Same route back. Hopefully all the barking by our government will slow down in the next month or so. Biden is just trying to show off in a lot of ours opinions that he can stop it. Give it a month and I bet it relaxes some.
Same route for us on the way over as we depart Houston on May 6th, but then we will fly out of Cape Town, via Doha, Houston on May 16th. I'll post how it went for us. I know we opted to sit on the right side of the plane and if opt to sit on either the left or the right side, they keep the middle seat open. Plenty of wiggle room for us now with that empty seat. I believe they are filling all three seats on the center section as I recall.
I've talked to four PHs in the last day or so. One based in Namibia, one in RSA, one based in RSA but will be our PH for Botswana and just got off the phone with Strang up in Zambia. All assured me it was safe to travel there and getting the required test is not an issue. The governments realize they need the money from hunters/tourists so they are making it as 'user friendly' as possible to get tested and have the results in a timely manner.
My wife and I do not want the vaccine, so we are hoping that Qatar doesn't require that before boarding. Wearing the mask, or face shield, for 17 hours doesn't sound appealing, but I'll suffer through that if it means I can get back to Africa for a week or two.