Industry News
20 Wild Dogs born in Madikwe Game Reserve
By Tourism Update News Feed at July 24, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Such awesome news at Jaci's Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve. They have just had 20 Wild Dog pups born more...
Kumuka into Administration
By admin at July 18, 2012 | 7:43 am | 0 Comment
We are so sorry to hear that Kumuka has gone into administration. Our thoughts are with the travellers and staff. Over the past 2 weeks we have been inundated with travellers looking for alternatives. If you are in need of help finding an alternative trip or just need some independent advice on what operators run good trips give us a call. We work with a lot of more...
1time to start flying to Vic Falls
By admin at July 10, 2012 | 5:17 am | 0 Comment
Lowcost airline 1time has announced that they will shortly be competing with BA and SAA on the Johannesburg to Vic Falls route. They currently run the Johannesburg to Livingstone route. This is a welcome addition for clients prefering to fly straight into Victoria Falls. 1 time CEO, Blacky Komani, “We will be flying to Vic Falls shortly, we did our demonstration more...
Mining taking place in Selous Game Reserse
By admin at July 9, 2012 | 8:22 am | 0 Comment
"The Unesco World Heritage Committee has accepted Tanzania's request to make changes to the territory of the Selous Game Reserve to pave way for uranium mining," said Natural Resources and Tourism Minister, Khamis Kagasheki. The Tanzanian government reportedly has said that it has a minimum of 54 million pounds of uranium oxide deposits. Environmental groups have more...
Kenya Airways to re-introduce Nairobi to Cape Town Route
By admin at July 6, 2012 | 5:51 am | 0 Comment
Kenya Airways has stated that within the next year it will re-introduce its connections between Nairobi and Cape Town. This will be wonderful for the Cape To Kenya Overland Tour routes and also the travellers wanting to do see the Wildebeest Migration but then come down to Cape Town too. They have also stated that they have a plan to launch flights between Durban more...
Condor European Airline Launching Cape Town Route
By admin at July 6, 2012 | 5:46 am | 0 Comment
In the news today it has been reported that the German leisure airline, Condor, will start flying to Cape Town. They will be launching the flights between Cape Town and Frankfurt offering another alternative to European travellers great for travellers in europe looking to come out for an Africa overland. The airline announced that it would launch twice weekly, non-stop more...
PnP Lauches Knysna Oyster Festival for smart phones
By admin at July 3, 2012 | 5:36 am | 0 Comment
Great news about the launch of the first app for the Knysna Oyster Festival. The Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival, which takes place from July 6-15, has launched a user-friendly app that will give festival goers instant and frequently updated digital access to festival information. Knysna Oyster Festival App Download It is the first festival app in South Africa and more...
Knysna Oyster Festival 2012
By admin at June 29, 2012 | 6:25 am | 0 Comment
The 1 week countdown has began for the 2012 Knysna Oyster Festival. It is promising another awesome event with over 100 events lined up around the week. List of all events happening this year I just had to highlight this event... Beer Tasting Event If you have never been to the Knysna Oyster Festival the events main attraction is for the crazy runners but for more...
6 Arrested in Connection with Serengeti Armed Robbery
By admin at June 29, 2012 | 6:14 am | 0 Comment
Great news for this Friday. Great to see that the Tanzanian police have arrested people in connection with the resent armed robbery at Ikoma Tented Camp in the Serengeti, which claimed the life of a Dutch tourist and a Tanzanian national. Now they need to throw away the key. Last Wednesday June 20 , an unknown number of armed bandits raided Ikoma Camp and shot dead more...
Kenya Tourism Federation issues security statement
By Tourism Update News Feed at June 28, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Below is a security statement released by the Kenya Tourism Federation following the terror attack on June 24 on a bar in Mishomoroni, a small more...
