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Feedback on a Honeymoon to Northern Kruger

By at January 31, 2008 | 8:14 pm | 0 Comment

James has kindly given us some great feedback on his Kruger honeymoon. PONDORO Lodge (Klaserie Nature Reserve which is northern Kruger Park). www.pondoro.co.za It was unbelievable, but it may depend on what the people are looking for. So ill put it like this: - Game viewing was very good, and the drivers (in our case, we had the owner of the farm) are more...

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Client Feedback on Kenya, Serengeti and Zanzibar Overland- Jan 08

By at January 31, 2008 | 5:20 pm | 0 Comment

Hi Gelle I had a great holiday thank you - everything went to plan. Even better than that I got a good mix of being with other people and having some quiet time on my own, there was some adventuring and some opportunities to just chill out - and I didn't see any issues in Kenya. The Ngorongoro crater was spectacular and probably the highlight of the trip. I saw loads more...

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Ponto D’ Ouro and Diving in Southern Mozambique

By at January 10, 2008 | 5:02 pm | 0 Comment

Paraíso Welcome to the African Eden Before I share my Mozambican experience with you, I kindly request that you pardon any trite descriptions or romanticized depictions of the country , because it is truly a place where clichés meet and no illustration can do justice to the relations and surroundings of Ponta D’ Ouro. Ponto D’ Ouro is a coastal village on the more...

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Kenya Safety Update

By at January 3, 2008 | 9:21 am | 1 Comments

I just wanted to put an update on the blog what we have received from one of our extremely reputable operators. Graeme Thomspon lives in Kenya with his young family. We are constantly monitoring the news and will keep you informed. Message from Graeme: Nairobi, Kenya 2nd January 2008 The situation after the elections was one of confusion and, at times, concern over the more...

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Adventure activity in Cape Town (Air and Sea)

By at December 19, 2007 | 5:36 pm | 0 Comment

For anyone heading into Cape Town I have a great adventure combo for you. Yesterday I spent just over 2 hours on the most amazing experience. It was a combo adventure experience of going up in a helicopter for exhilarating ride over Signal Hill, past Lions Head down to Sea Point and along to the coast to Clifton and Camps Bay, followed by an hour extreme boat ride out more...

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Umfolozi/ Hluhluwe National park

By at December 18, 2007 | 1:03 pm | 0 Comment

Umfolozi/ Hluhluwe National park

I spent the whole of Saturday in the Umfolozi /Hluhluwe Park ..its only 1 ½ drive from Richards Bay and we were there just after they opened the gate for the day. The weather was nice and cool unusual for December in Zululand . We saw everything except any of the big cats and elephants.The park is the greenest I’ve ever seen it and puddles of water to be found around more...

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Internships in South Africa Great for Travellers

By at December 12, 2007 | 3:21 pm | 0 Comment

I have to tell everyone about a great company in Cape Town that organises internships for foreigners in South Africa (http://www.allinterns.co.za). So often in the travel industry do we get enquiries from people that are coming out to Africa and are looking to spend some time out here. In fact the travel industry often has people who are doing internships before they more...

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How do you decide on an Africa overland tour?

By at December 10, 2007 | 4:23 pm | 0 Comment

How do you decide on an Africa overland tour? I know what it is like, like you I also took a long time before I decided on the trip to do. I remember looking through tons of brochures and websites and feeling overwhelmed. You probably have loads of questions, that is why we are here to assist: I hope some of these points assist you in deciding on the Africa overland more...

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