Browsing Month November, 2010

Zimbabwe rediscovered

By huntley@escape4africa.com at November 18, 2010 | 9:52 am | 0 Comment

Was it ever missing you might ask? No, it has always been there; governments around the world just had travel warnings out against their citizens traveling there for a while.  But we in South Africa all have our opinions on the political situation there, but I am here to talk about travel and not politics. On my first visit to Zimbabwe in 1999 I was struck at the more...

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Kruger, the budget safari destination

By huntley@escape4africa.com at November 4, 2010 | 1:07 pm | 0 Comment

Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, and the biggest in South Africa.  It covers 18,989 square kilometres (7,332 sq mi) and extends 360 kilometres (220 mi) from north to south and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from east to west. The park's history goes a long way back. Rock paintings give evidence that the reserve was stomping ground for nomadic more...

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