East Africa
Tour Specials – 10% to 20% discount!
By huntley@escape4africa.com at January 19, 2012 | 8:06 am | 0 Comment
We have the following list of discount tours for bookings made in the month of Jan 2012. Specials (between 10% and 20% discount off the tour price) on some really awesome tours that you might want to look at. (Normal local payments apply) Seats will sell fast, so don’t miss out on these amazing discounts.Send us an enquiry or feel free to email us on: more...
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Best Game Viewing in East Africa
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 31, 2011 | 3:48 pm | 1 Comments
East Africa is a brilliant game viewing destination - all year round!! Generally speaking the best time really is during the dry season (May to August) in the Masai Mara. The Serengeti Park & Ngorongoro Crater are both great for game viewing but may be a bit quiet during this time, when most of the wildlife is further north in the Masai Mara. The wildlife more more...
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Malaria – What you need to know!
By huntley@escape4africa.com at June 30, 2011 | 3:00 pm | 0 Comment
Obviously we are not health specialists, and will recommend you see a doctor or pharmacist for professional health advice. This article must be treated as a guideline only. Malaria is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female Anopheles; a species of mosquito prevalent throughout sub-Saharan Africa and considered to be the most dangerous. Only a more...
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Focus: Mozambique
By huntley@escape4africa.com at February 15, 2011 | 2:16 pm | 1 Comments
Our current focus on our Facebook page is Mozambique, the long thin country opposite Madagascar on Africa's south-east coast on the warm Indian Ocean. The Portuguese was first lured to the palm fringed shores and colonized the country in 1505; and the Gorongosa National Park became internationally famous during the 1960’s for its great game viewing and beautiful more...
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Video: Amorous elephants in Chobe National Park – Botswana
By huntley@escape4africa.com at February 15, 2011 | 8:29 am | 0 Comment
We received the following from Chanh Lieng that travelled on the 26 Day East South Overland Camping Safari (Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg) tour. "This is perhaps the funniest moment of my trip. We were on a safari at Chobe in Botswana. It was a lazy day in the park and there were a bunch of elephants roaming around and all of a sudden we see this "well hung" elephant more...
Camping Safaris , East Africa , Information , Miscellaneous , Southern Africa , Travel Feedback
3 /4 Day Kenya Fly-In Safari
By huntley@escape4africa.com at January 14, 2011 | 2:28 pm | 0 Comment
A fly-in safari is perfect for visitors to Kenya who have limited time to spare, or would simply like to add on a few nights to an existing trip. Conveniently these trips depart twice dayly from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport and include return flights, all transfers, meals, an English speaking driver-guide and 4x4 vehicles (apart from Sentrim lodges where game drives are more...
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Travel Photos – Nairobi to Cape Town
By huntley@escape4africa.com at October 8, 2010 | 11:10 am | 0 Comment
We received the following photos from one of our travellers, Celine Hervaud, on the 56 Day Nairobi to Cape Town Camping Overland tour. [caption id="attachment_1113" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="RD Congo -Mapuwa the Silverback"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1115" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Young Gorilla in DRC"][/caption] [caption more...
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Accommodation on an overland tour
By huntley@escape4africa.com at September 7, 2010 | 7:14 am | 0 Comment
There are 3 styles of overland tours, camping, accommodated and those that have a combination of the above. These can further be broken down into Southern and East African, with reference to the standards you can expect. In Southern and East Africa the camping tours all use the same kind of tents. Only the facilities at the campsites (like bathrooms) change. more...
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Great feedback – 35 Day Nairobi to Cape Town
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 23, 2010 | 6:02 am | 0 Comment
Hey Nicky I just got back the other day from my 35 Day Nairobi to Cape Town camping trip. Overall had a great time with ATC (Africa Travel Co) did a wonderful job. My guide Mwangi, driver Steve and cook Franco were phenomenal (I gained 8 pounds partially from Franco's cooking partially cause beer is the same price as water). I would definitely recommend them to more...
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5 Tips for choosing your Victoria Falls to Nairobi Overland Tour
By nicky@escape4africa.com at August 13, 2010 | 2:18 pm | 1 Comments
Here are some basic tips on how to choose a Victoria Falls to Nairobi (or Nairobi to Victoria Falls) trip. Camping or Accommodated To camp or not to camp, that is the question ...?! On a camping trip you would be staying in dome tents (including a sewn in mosquito net) vs an accommodated tour you would be staying in simple accommodation such as permanent tents and more...
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