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Can I Explore Africa in just over 3 Weeks?

Can I Explore Africa in just over 3 Weeks?

Looking for a tour in which you can really ‘experience it all’? From the glamour of cosmopolitan Cape Town, to the peace of the Chobe River, to the excitement of the Zambezi River, the 21 Day Cape Town to Victoria Falls Overland has it all. It is no wonder that this...

20 Day Victoria Falls to Cape Town Feedback – Jan 2014

20 Day Victoria Falls to Cape Town Overland Hi Nicky, Happy NY! How are you? I just wanted to say that the trip was amazing and thanks again for your brilliant help prior to my travels. I don’t know what I would do without you once my original tour got cancelled. I...

Our Dutch Intern Travels from Cape Town to Victoria Falls

Our Dutch Intern Travels from Cape Town to Victoria Falls

Day 1, December 1st 2013 At 08:45 six complete strangers met, but after this trip they will never forget each other… I am a bit nervous because I’ve never travelled on my own, but my nerves are gone within a few minutes because it soon becomes clear that everyone else...

Big Game Fishing in Zanzibar

Big Game Fishing in Zanzibar

Zanzibar offers some of the greatest Big Game Fishing due to its deep sea fishing grounds. Most of the fishing is done on the northern side of the island (Pemba, Mafia Island and Latham Island). You can fish for Barracuda, Wahoo, Kingfish and Giant Travelli all year...

Safaris near Cape Town

Safaris near Cape Town

One may think that Cape Town can’t offer the traveller any more than it already does, but still it continues to impress. Now you don’t have to travel into ‘deepest darkest Africa’ to experience fantastic wildlife and amazing scenery. Just a hop, skip and a jump from...

Abseiling

Abseiling

Abseiling is a fantastic adventure activity that only needs a few seconds of guts just before you step off the mountain. From then on it’s free sailing… Your descent is controlled as you are attached to a rope with a harness and sail down a rock face using a rappel...

Travelling Challenges in Botswana

Travelling Challenges in Botswana

Although beautiful and a very popular tourist destination, there are a few travelling challenges in Botswana. One of the major challenges in Botswana is the weather. July is the rainy season leaving a watery mud pool over the entire region which obviously makes game...

10 Tips on How to Irritate your Fellow Travellers

10 Tips on How to Irritate your Fellow Travellers

We all come from different cultures and backgrounds and have been brought up in different ways, so throwing a group of strangers together for the first time and packing them into a safari vehicle is going to be a daunting task! But…here are a few tips to stop you from...

Visit Ukutula Lion Park

Visit Ukutula Lion Park

The Ukutula Lion Park is also known as the ‘place of quiet’, is situated only an hour’s drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria and has 260 hectares of wild bushveld filled with lions, various antelope, giraffe and zebra. Here you can have the pleasure of observing and...

Places to stay in the Drakensberg

Places to stay in the Drakensberg

Just like the luscious Drakensberg, Cathedral Peak is a sanctuary for hikers, with a wide range of trails that snake through the gorgeous mountain setting with trees, sparkling streams and trout pools. Bordering the upper Thukela region in the north and east, Lesotho...

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