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| Unique Visitors: 3 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 43666 |
| Visitors Out: 2046 |
| Total Visitors Out: 2052 |
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| Wildlife near on Tanzania trip |
| 2008-06-25 03:28:00 |
On one safari, or Swahili for journey, we saw more than 240 species of birds, dozens of mammals, reptiles and numerous insects including “pants down” ants.Our time afield was in four-wheel drive vehicles with popup roofs affording ample room for observing and photographing. In national parks, off-road driving is prohibited so wildlife can be easily approached.We traveled by 18-foot flat-bottom boat on the Rifiji River in the Selous Game Reserve as an alternative way to see elephant, cape buffalo, hippo, crocodile, waterbuck and numerous birds.
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| Tourists are becoming less afraid to travel to South Africa |
| 2008-06-11 02:26:00 |
The survey, a brand-tracking study conducted by SA Tourism, assessed Africa">South Africa's core market countries: Kenya, Nigeria, the US, the UK, Australia, France, Germany and the Netherlands.It was first conducted in November 2005 and tracked responses in November 2006, February 2007 and November 2007. It was tabled in parliament in response to a question from the DA's Gareth Morgan.The survey divided participants by country and asked why they did not visit South Africa in the past five years. Two categories were provided - general issues of safety (health, weather, roads, crime) and concerns about their personal safety.
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| Arusha Tanzania To Host Annual Tourism Trade Fair |
| 2008-05-27 15:40:00 |
The ninth annual Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair will once again take place near the Arusha Airport, Tanzania, at Magereza Open Grounds from the 5th – 8th June.Karibu is a Swahili expression meaning “welcome” and the event draws exhibitors from the East African region who are involved in or related to the safari industry. The fair operates in association with the Tanzania Tourist Board and the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators. This year, in order to accommodate delegates attending the Sullivan Summit in Arusha, the fair has been extended to four days. The first two days of the event are restricted to members of the travel trade only, with the remaining days open to the public.
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| Namibia: Tourism Environmental Campaign Launched |
| 2008-05-14 04:21:00 |
Unmanaged and poorly planned travel and tourism is said to pose serious threats to the future of Africa, especially on the environment, cultures, local customs and the natural resources of host countries.This has also resulted in the industry posing a seriously impact on the sustainability of Africa and its communities.As a result, an international campaign to raise awareness of the impact that travel and tourism have on Africa was yesterday launched in South Africa.
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| Zulu kingdom to welcome emirates |
| 2008-05-06 03:54:00 |
Following the successful start of operations in Cape Town, Emirates Airline will advance its presence in South Africa with the introduction of daily flights to Durban, effective 1st December 2008.The new service – Emirates’ third direct connection between Dubai and South Africa – underscores its commitment to the South African market, and comes close on the heels of the launch of its third-daily service to Johannesburg in 2007 and daily service to Cape Town in 2008.
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| Travel Postcard - 48 hours in Nairobi |
| 2008-04-20 05:41:00 |
NAIROBI, April 18 (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Nairobi, one of Africa's most vibrant cities? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge give tips on how to make the best of a short stay.Tourism has taken a dive in Kenya since the East African nation erupted into violence following a disputed presidential election at the end of December.But now that a political deal has been done and calm has returned to the streets, visitors are beginning to reappear, like desert flowers after rain.
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| Try a weekend package in SA for just R999 |
| 2008-04-12 02:24:00 |
# kulula today announced a new era of holiday travel in South Africa with the launch of weekend holiday packages from only R999. These packages are per person sharing and are all-inclusive of flights, taxes and surcharges as well as car rental and two nights' hotel accommodation.# Less than seven years ago kulula transformed domestic travel by introducing easy-to-book and affordable flights in this country. Since then air travel has doubled in South Africa with almost 10% of South Africans now flying each year.
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| Travel to Tanzania |
| 2008-04-05 17:09:00 |
Tanzania, that east African nation with the beautiful, exotic name is a new travel destination for many. The nation’s rich cultural heritage and diverse landscape makes for a once in a lifetime adventure to this land of cerulean hued waters, snowed capped mountain peaks and thrilling safaris on the plains of the Serengeti. This nation, roughly twice the size of the state of California is also home to the famous Masai tribe, some of the world’s most strikingly statuesque people.Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak often called the roof of Africa at 15,100 feet and enjoy the view of the surrounding plains or travel to the heart of Masai country, also in northern Tanzania to visit Ol Donyo Lengai. This active volcano, measuring close to 10,000 feet in height is located in the Rift Valley. The view from its north from its summit looks over the sweltering yet extraordinary salt flats of Lake Natron where few animals live but the flamingo makes its home.
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| China/Africa Trade May Hit $100bn in 2010 |
| 2008-03-28 15:37:00 |
Author of China/Africa: the Dragon and Ostrich, Mr Adama Gaye, yesterday said trade level between China and Africa has gradually increased from $10 billion in 2000, to an estimated $55 billion.Gaye said the Chinese government hopes to hit the $100 billion mark before 2010, making it the most important foreign actor on the continent. Also, Nigeria is among five African countries where China hopes to set up commercial centres that will become the offshore base for its commercial activities on the continent.
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| I need travel authors from Africa |
| 2008-03-23 19:43:00 |
Hi, This is Tam Tree, I hope you like the Africa travel news blog.I need travel authors from Africa to help me coverage the areas of Tanzania, kenya and south Africa. Please send email if you like to participated in this effort. Thanks !tamtree@gmail.com
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| Mr. Claude Marthalir traveled by bicycle across Africa |
| 2008-03-19 15:19:00 |
The nice aspects of African customs and traditions we are familiar with to one degree or another. In fact state media often speak about the good aspects to the point of overdoing it. So my highlights here tend towards the critical aspects.Smuggling goes everywhere. Fuels are one, for instance. They come in all sorts of containers: Jerry cans, soda bottles. The author describes the phenomenon as "shortage compensated by excesses everywhere. Quality and reason are luxury when these stomach cries." What he meant was that there is fuel in excess in the major cities and towns, with shortages in peripheral areas prompting smuggling.
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| SA Airways pushes African travel |
| 2008-03-10 04:20:00 |
South African Airways (SAA) is to continue expanding its route network across Africa and adding capacity to existing routes, while cementing its membership with the Star Alliance, in order to turn itself into the leading airline on the continent, says company CEO Khaya Ngqula."Our plans for Africa are to keep with our mandate to be an African carrier with a global reach," he said at the airline's headquarters at OR Tambo International Airport outside Johannesburg on Wednesday."We are planning to add capacity so we have more flights and destinations to our African route network criss-crossing the continent."Two additional flights per week to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were recently launched, while one additional flight per w
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| After violence, Kenya tourism struggles |
| 2008-03-03 15:35:00 |
Hotels are empty up and down the Kenyan coast after ethnic clashes killed more than 1,500 people and forced more than 600,000 to flee their homes in the wake of the disputed Dec. 27 presidential election.Inland, the elephants, lions, and giraffes have the country's game reserves to themselves as safari companies divert to neighboring Tanzania.After years of boom, East Africa's dominant economy seems headed for a fall. Tea companies are struggling to get bushes harvested and farm workers are stranded far from their fields.
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| Students, Profs to Travel to South Africa During Spring |
| 2008-02-28 04:29:00 |
The Elizabethtown group will take with them seven used wind instruments. The other 40, which had been collected by music education and psychology students, had previously been shipped to the school, which Devroop chose from several proposals he had received. That school, located in Pietermaritzburg, has about 1,300 students, 370 of which have lost one or both parents. Students live either with an ailing grandparent or they are homemakers, meaning they live by themselves, according to Devroop. “They live on one solid meal a day and walk about 30 to 45 minutes each way to school,” he said. “Almost all students are faced with extreme poverty.”
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| South Africa as second in its list of top worldwide travel destinations |
| 2008-02-23 10:22:00 |
According to its iExplore, adventure travel includes activities like hiking, biking, diving, and multi-sport tours, while experiential travel includes activities like cultural, expedition cruising, wildlife safari and culinary tours."This is a wonderful accolade for our country," Cape Town Tourism CEO Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold told The Weekender last Saturday. "Cape Town Tourism applauds the efforts of our adventure industry and the valuable contribution made to keeping SA top of mind when it comes to accolades and visitor choice."
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| North American Airlines suspends Africa flights |
| 2008-02-19 16:32:00 |
North American Airlines flights to Lagos, Nigeria, and Accra, Ghana, end on May 20, the company said Tuesday.The airline said it was the first airline in decades to establish scheduled service on the routes when it started flights in 2005.Delta Air Lines later launched service to Lagos and Accra.North American also will ax service to Georgetown, Guyana, in South America, it said Tuesday.
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| Travel Postcard - 48 hours in Cape Town |
| 2008-02-15 16:09:00 |
If the weather forecast is hot and sunny, hire a car for the 40 km (25 mile) ride to Boulder's Beach, stopping along the way to watch the whales cavort in False Bay, before arriving at your destination and mingling with penguins. Or stay in the city centre and soldier on towards the Castle of Good Hope (Buitenkant and Strand streets), a pentagonal fortification built by the Dutch between 1666-1679 and South Africa's oldest surviving building. Try to catch a ghostly glimpse of Anne Barnard, the castle's former first lady whose apparition is said to haunt certain sections of the ramparts, with daily guided tours offered to the dungeons and torture rooms.
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| Africa As Premier Travel Destination |
| 2008-02-12 02:50:00 |
More than 200 representatives from the public and private sectors and travel industry in Africa, North America, Caribbean, Europe, and Asia will convene to discuss Africa as a leading travel destination and hear from expert panelists who will focus on topics such as sports and tourism, infrastructure development, traveler perception, real estate, investment, sports marketing, tour operation, airline and hotel development, and travel trends in Africa.
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| Chinese Visitors Help South Africa's Tourist Industry |
| 2008-02-08 10:57:00 |
Growing prosperity in China is beginning to affect the global tourism industry. More and more Chinese are traveling abroad - especially this week, which includes the lunar New Year. One place that is benefiting from this trend is South Africa. A surge in Chinese visitors is helping South Africa's tourism industry achieve double-digit growth. For VOA, Terry FitzPatrick reports from Cape Town.
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| Travel Issue: South Africa in February |
| 2008-02-04 15:06:00 |
It's a philosophy that CC Africa, top-end safari-lodge company, takes seriously. In 1992 the company bought an area of northern South Africa called Phinda and let it revert from pineapple farms and pasture back to rambling bush. They re-introduced game and then built a handful of luxury lodges; 80 per cent of their staff (some of whom are HIV positive) come from local villages and are paid a decent wage and have access to healthcare. Their conservation programmes are copied by game reserves all over Africa and, in partnership with the charity Africa Foundation, part-fund the building of classrooms, medical and technology centres. It's all working so well that they have expanded all over Africa and are moving into Ind
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| The escalating violence in Kenya has destroyed its image for overseas tourists |
| 2008-01-31 16:00:00 |
"The image of Kenya has been destroyed overnight -- the image of palm trees and elephants has been replaced by that of a madman," he said."Tourism in Kenya is devastated and the problem is affecting the whole of Africa," he said.He said that in neighbouring Tanzania, resorts are getting 30 percent cancellations. Tourism officials in Uganda said last week that arrivals have dropped by up to 30 percent.
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| Kulula unveils online travel packaging operation |
| 2008-01-28 00:42:00 |
Johannesburg - kulula.com, the South African low cost carrier has expanded its online travel offering with the launch of Kulula Holidays, an online dynamic packaging travel operation using RWA’s Sell-It Suite reservation system, a first for the South African online travel booker. The Sell-It Suite system provides Kulula with the ability to create fixed and dynamic packages consisting of hotel and other ground products combined with Kulula’s own flights said the carrier.
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| Foreign Office relaxes Kenya travel advice |
| 2008-01-21 20:54:00 |
The Foreign Office said: ‘We advise against all but essential travel to the following parts of Kenya; Western and Nyanza provinces, Rift Valley province between Narok and Kitale, the central business district, Kibera, Mathere and Eastleigh areas of Nairobi, Uhuru Park and Mombasa town.'It added: ‘Some tour operators are cancelling forthcoming holidays to Kenya. You should contact your tour operator for confirmation of this. International flights continue to operate but you should check with
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| Travel safely with a Road Angel |
| 2007-09-07 16:31:00 |
The Road Angel 6000 is the first GPS solution in South Africa that will warn drivers of potential hazards as well as help them find the quickest route to their destination.“The Road Angel system helps to improve road safety simply by giving you audible and visual alerts as you approach hazardous parts of the road,” says Road Vigil CEO, Kevin Huysteen. His navigation solutions company is responsible for bringing the device to South Africa.
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| Eagle Africa Offers Cover for Tourism |
| 2007-09-03 02:19:00 |
The cover will be provided in partnership with Safari and Tourism Insurance Brokers and will be underwritten locally and off shore. The policy has helped grow tourism in South Africa with hotels, lodges and tour operators protected against liability suits which could cripple the industry in cases of large claims
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| Air Transport in Africa Grossly Under-Developed |
| 2007-08-29 20:06:00 |
Ghanaian President, John Kufuor, has said air transport in Africa is still under developed, because the continent is yet to achieve easy air movement from one part of the continent to another.Kuffuor attributed this to the fact that most of the continent's domestic airlines lack funds to acquire enough aircraft, while they face stiff competition from international airlines on more lucrative routes in the region.Speaking at the opening of the of the 13th Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference in Accra, capital of Ghana, yesterday, Kufuor said connecting flights from one African nation to another is an arduous task.
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| Africa By Bicycle |
| 2007-08-28 04:18:00 |
For those seeking a green vacation, while meet people and gain a better understanding of the world, the International Bicycle Fund is sponsoring a cultural “Bicycle Africa" tour in Mali, West Africa, in November 2007. Participants will stay in rural villages, learn about day-to-day life, meet artisans, health care personnel, educators and government officials, visit historic and cultural sites, and relax on the river. Highlights of the program are visits to Mopti and Djenne, multiple markets, the fascinating enclave of the Dogon people (with its many sacred sites) and a truly extraordinary riverboat trip on the Niger River.
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| Domestic Violence in Ghana |
| 2007-08-26 03:48:00 |
This lack of basic transportation is a crippling problem for the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), formed in 1998 to deal with the rising number of cases involving women and children in domestic settings. One in three Ghanaian women experiences some form of domestic violence, according to a 1999 study by the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre.
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| Lonely Planet reissues 1,100-page Africa guidebook |
| 2007-08-24 14:14:00 |
Lonely Planet has reissued its comprehensive "Africa" guidebook in an 11th edition on the 30th anniversary of its original publication. The book runs more than 1,100 pages and covers 49 countries:-Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia in North Africa.-Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo in West Africa.-Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Sao Tome & Principe in Central Africa.
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| Outside Nairobi There's a Throbbing Night Life |
| 2007-08-20 02:49:00 |
In the years gone by, the city boasted of the Carnivore, L'ora Bleue, Lips and Club Boomerang. Carnivore has maintained its place today and has been joined by clubs such as Florida, Klub House, The Kengeles Chain, Palacina, and Casablanca, among others.But even as Nairobi has maintained its leadership position in entertainment terms, towns which in the past lacked attractive clubs are today teeming with modern clubs which could easily rival the more established joints in the city.
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| Zimbabwe: Air Transport Sector Hits Turbulence |
| 2007-08-18 00:05:00 |
Transport and logistics experts say the worst hit sector has been the tourism industry that relies on an efficient aviation industry to fly tourists from overseas and regional sources, or fly them between local attractions. The country' airline industry, dominated by Air Zimbabwe, has remained small because potential investors have shied away from the risks associated with a plunge in tourist arrivals since 2000. Where these airliners are flying in central and southern Africa, they have been popular with tourists, attracting 80 to 90 percent capacity in a region where aircraft are virtually flying empty.
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| Mt Kenya Loses Appeal to Tourists As Snow Melts |
| 2007-08-16 01:49:00 |
Several Tour companies said visitors are frequently complaining of lack of glaciers on Africa's second largest mountain, a stark contrast to the captivating visual impression found in books, travel magazines and documentaries. The glaciers are large, slow moving rivers of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, which slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity. According to one of the scientists working with UNEP, Mr Christian Lambrechts, Mt Kenya has lost 80 percent of the glaciers and snow cover over the last 10 years.
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| Daniel in the lions' den, trying to act invisible |
| 2007-08-14 01:31:00 |
What about elephants then? Look, there's a herd straight out of Daktari, from when Saturday mornings were in black and white and television was ruled by the Banana Splits. We follow them to the waterside where a lot of the action is. There be hippopotami and crocodiles, all very dangerous and thrilling, and monkeys and maybe a warthog or a rhino. You just know that any moment now, while the elephants wade, Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan will come around the bend in the river, doing that crazy Tarzan and Jane synchronised swim we used to copy when we still wore armbands in the pool.
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| Travel, Kenya - It began in Africa |
| 2007-08-12 00:16:00 |
As we first headed into the bush we saw the dwellings of the Maasai people. Despite being the most well-known, the Maasai are actually only a minor tribe in Kenya – there are many others much larger. But their distinctive dress and customs, and their close proximity to many of the big game parks, have made them the most familiar to tourists, and they are a strong presence during our trip.
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| Africa travel website that has helped thousands of travelers discover Africa |
| 2007-08-10 00:14:00 |
Africapoint.com is an Africa specialist travel agent, offering travel services through the company website -Africapoint.com and also offline. The company is supported by a network of partner offices in the leading destinations in Africa. This includes Cape Town (South Africa), Arusha, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Cairo (Egypt), Kampala (Uganda), Victoria (Seychelles), Harare (Zimbabwe) and Accra (Ghana). We are members of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA).
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| Local Tourism Enters East Africa as Country Spreads Across Continent |
| 2007-08-08 05:08:00 |
The South African tourism industry is joining the fray of South African businesses entering Uganda, East Africa and the rest of Africa and snapping up business opportunities. A group comprising the South African tour and travel operators visited Uganda recently with the mission of courting local Ugandan travel operators to promote South African tourism products.
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| Me and my safari |
| 2007-08-04 02:42:00 |
So we were all relieved when we finally drove into Tusk camp, in the Aberdares, north of Nairobi. The camp is small, with cosy sleeping huts, a kitchen, a living room with a fireplace and table, and a bathroom with a flushing loo and a shower with hot water. Best of all, it had a wonderful view of Mount Kenya in the distance
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| One Of A Kind African Safaris |
| 2007-08-02 06:29:00 |
Be it in South Africa, Kenya or Tanzania, days started with pre-dawn animal viewing followed by breakfast, a few hours of relaxation, lunch, more animal viewing and dinner. The next day? Repeat. Each day thereafter for the rest of your trip? You got it. Repeat again. Good news: The safari market today is far more personalized, and trips can be designed to cater to any traveler's interests.
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