Route notes
Why this routing works
This multi-stop itinerary is sequenced west to south across Africa before continuing into the Indian Ocean and then Southeast Asia: Sal Island, Johannesburg, Dakar, Cape Town, Port Louis, Bangkok, and Da Nang. That order keeps the ticket moving in a single broad direction and connects several distinct regions without backtracking to earlier stops.
The timing is anchored by the two longest planned stays: 14 nights in Cape Town and 21 nights in Port Louis. Those longer stopovers create the structure of the 18-week trip, while the other cities work as shorter points in the overall routing. For a multi-stop ticket, this kind of layout is useful when a few places need more time and the rest are primarily connection points within the wider plan.
In economy class, the published price range for this routing is USD 5,460 to 7,122. With seven cities across Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia, this is the kind of trip where ticket structure matters: fixing the sequence up front can simplify a long itinerary compared with arranging each long-haul segment separately.
A May departure places this itinerary in the apr-jun travel window. For planning purposes, that gives a clear start point for an 18-week schedule and helps frame how the longer stays in South Africa and Mauritius fit into the rest of the route before continuing on to Thailand and Vietnam.