Africa Travel Newsletter - April 2009

CONTENTS: ** New Itineraries ** Special Offers/Late Deals ** New Photographs ** Independent Travellers

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TRAVEL CENTRE

If Africa is your chosen destination for this year's holiday our Travel Center is the perfect place for you to have a browse through to get some ideas and make some enquiries. There is the choice of over 800 individual, varied itineraries - from budget to luxury, offered by many different tour operators throughout the African continent. Click to view the whole selection.

If you are considering visiting Africa during July/August September of 2009 and are looking for a lodge safari, we recommend that you make a booking as soon as possible, as safari lodges are already getting booked up.

Here are some ideas to tempt you...

New Itineraries
	Victoria Falls ex Johannesburg or Cape Town - Zambia 3 days: Experience the essentials of Victoria Falls with this 3 day trip to Livingstone, Zambia Depart every day on request.
	Kruger National Park and Greater Kruger Reserves - South Africa Specialist wildlife and photographic lodge tours to Kruger National Park and adjoining Greater Kruger National Park. Various options include 2-5 night packages or we will custom make your own private tour.
	Exciting Kruger National Park Safari - South Africa 3 days: Kruger Park guards a huge diversity of animal, bird and plant life - preserved for their own sake and for the joy of all the people who visit the park, one of South Africa's most priceless treasures. Also available for 4, 5 or 6 days
	Ghana's Cultural Heritage Celebration - Ghana 8 days: Formally the Gold Coast, Ghana prides itself on being the first sub Saharan country to gain its independence in 1957. Relive the history and retrace the steps enslaved Africans were forced to endure during the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
	Cultural History- Ghana Panafest and Emancipation - Ghana 10 days: The biannual Panafest and Emancipation Festival is a celebration committed to the ideals of Pan Africanism. This is a chance to reunite the African family and all those interested in African History
	Ghana Eco and Cultural Adventure - Ghana 11 days: amazing adventure takes us to Ghana's smallest and most culturally diverse region, Upper East. Join our hospitable friends in Sirigu and search the caves for the oracle in the Telensi community.
	Zanzibar Spice and Stone Town Tours - Zanzibar 4 days: Learn cooking with local recipes and eating the food together with the locals using the pestle and the motor in grinding cereals e.g. millet, maize, rice. Visit Prison Island and have a relaxing beach holiday
	Beach holiday Zanzibar with Local Fishing - Zanzibar 7 days: Fishing with the local people using the traditional sailing dhow, spice tours, Stone Town tours, Prison Island tours and enjoy Nungwi , snorkelling and relaxing on the beach
	Unforgettable trip to Samburu, Mara & Nakuru - Kenya 8 days: A truly magnificent 8-day adventure that offers excellent game viewing, awe-inspiring sights and stays at luxury camps and hotels. This is an unforgettable trip through the splendour of Kenya. The Masai Mara offers superb game viewing on the vast plains; Samburu Game Reserve is good for elephant, while scenic Lake Nakuru is famous for its large flocks of flamingos.
	Bird Sanctuaries – Lake Nakuru & Samburu - Kenya 4 days A safari to the north via the high shoulder of Mt Kenya to the Game Reserve of Samburu, then the world famous Bird Sanctuaries of the Great Rift Valley Lakes Nakuru.
	UltimateTrans Africa - 43 weeks London to Istanbul 43 Weeks: An amazing chance for you to travel from London in Africa in 43 weeks, down the entire west coast then back up through eastern Africa and into the Middle East, ending in Istanbul. Departs March and November
	Southern Africa Highlights 23 days: 9 Oct 09 - 31 Oct 09 : This tour takes you through northern South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Victoria Falls. Experience the best these countries have to offer in a small group.
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Special Offers / Late Deals Special Offers are added to the Travel Center on a regular basis so keep checking for one that appeals to you... There are over 40 different itineraries currently on Special Offer. Click to view all Below are a few to tempt you...
			Cape Town, Garden Route, Kruger Park - South Africa 14 days: Discounted rate for departure on 17 May.09 Escorted Small Group tour from Cape Town, Garden Route, Durban, Zululand, Kruger Park, Panorama Route. Includes: activities, breakfast, dinner, local flights.
			A Botswana Classic Semi-Luxury Mobile Safari 2009 - Botswana 10 days: Up to 20% discount for limited period Visit Botswana's premier game viewing parks and reserves, Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe National Park, including Savute, plus a fly-in visit to the Okavango Delta, unique combination of land and water
			Namibia Mobile Safari 2009 - Namibia 15 days: Up to 20% discount for limited period Namibia - Land of Contrasts. This semi-luxury safari includes many of the varied ecosystems unique to Namibia including the fascinating and remote northern areas of Damaraland and Kaokoland.
			Botswana and Zambia Mobile Safari 2009 - Namibia 14 days: Up to 20% discount for limited period This exciting semi-luxury mobile safari brings together the best of the Botswana and Zambian National Parks and Game Reserves incl Moremi, Chobe and Kafue as well as Victoria Falls.
			Bush to Beach Safari - South Africa & Mozambique 12 days: Special Rates 1st May to 30th August 09 Travel across 2 countries, experience the drastic contrast of the rugged inland wilderness of South Africa and the sub-tropical beach paradise of Mozambique. Group, family & children discounts
			Nairobi to Cape Town Overland 42 days: 2 FREE trips - Cape Town package and Masai Mara safari From the east coast of Africa to the southern trip of South Africa, Extensive game viewing, leisurely enjoying the local scene, maybe a bit of diving in Zanzibar, visiting a wildlife sanctuary, poling through the Okavango Delta in a dugout canoe, racing through the sand dunes on buggy’s, sky diving in Swakopmund. The choice is yours!
			Gorillas & Game Parks 14 days: Special Offer: FREE 3 Day Masai Mara Safari Undoubtedly one of your lasting memories from this trip will be the unforgettable experience of meeting with the mountain gorillas in their own habitat. This memorable safari takes in the awesome scenery of “The Pearl Of Africa”, Uganda, as well as the unforgettable scenes of wildlife, which abounds in the lake and game parks of Kenya.
			Victoria Falls, Botswana & Kruger NP family safari 10 days: Special Offer: FREE 3 day Hwange Safari Travelling from the mighty Victoria Falls we enter Botswana and explore Chobe NP, experience hands on the Okavango Delta before entering South Africa and the famed Kruger National Park
			Tanzania Safari: Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar 10 days: Special Offer: FREE 3 day Masai Mara Safari Experience Tanzania’s varied geography, diverse cultures and famed wildlife reserves on this highlighted safari. You will be amazed by Tanzania’s varied landscape from the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, to the Serengeti, and along the Usambra mountain ranges to the picture perfect coastline of Zanzibar
We can't include all the itineraries that are on special offer in this Newsletter so click here to view all
PHOTOGRAPHS OF AFRICA We would like to thank Samuel Mugisha,    Zbigniew Szylanski ,   Chris Maheu ,   Roy Clayton and Angella Kyeyune who have recently joined up and contributed their stunning photos to the Library. Plus we would like to also thank the photographers who have added more photos to their existing libraries. If you have visited Africa and you have taken photos that you would like to share with other travellers or friends and family, join up for free and create your own African Photo Library. You will be provided with a unique URL for use as a link to all your photos whether they have been selected for general display or not. You can send the link onto your friends and family and they can view your photos. Click to join up Click to browse through and add your own photos to our African Photo Library
TRAVELLING AFRICA INDEPENDENTLY Although this Newsletter is mainly dedicated to what's in our travel center - the Africa Guide has so much useful information for travellers who wish to see Africa independently. Before embarking on a trip to Africa, research is key to getting the most out of your experience, there are very few websites that cover the whole of Africa with up-to-date, useful and comprehensive information. For those of you who wish to travel independently, The Africa Guide website has the following sections that will prove to be invaluable for making your plans. Please visit our Africa Countries Index and select the country you are interested in .
We hope you have enjoyed this Newsletter. Please let you family, friends and colleagues who are thinking of visiting Africa know about The Africa Guide where they will be able to find all the information they need to plan their travels. Happy Travels    Back up to Newsletter Index