Caprivi accommodation

I am going on a trip to Namibia again in a few weeks, and have been going through some of my pictures from the last time I was there. Here are a few to show you how beautiful it is there.

Sunrise at Kalizo Lodge on the Zambezi river. Kalizo Lodge is in the Caprivi area of Namibia, in a town called Katima Mulilo.

I will be stopping there again in a few weeks time, and will hopefully get some great photos. The Kalizo Lodge website is www.kalizolodge.com, and it is the best place for accommodation in the Caprivi area.

Attack of the Carmine Bee eaters! This photo series is of a swarm of beautiful Carmine Bee eater birds in the Caprivi, Namibia. I was taken to the 'secret location' by my river guide from Kalizo Lodge.

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If you ever want accommodation in the Caprivi, you should give Kalizo Lodge a try, they are excellent value for money. This time round, we will be camping in the Caprivi, so will be roughing it a bit, but it should be great fun.

Here are some other pictures I took when I was there last time.

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African Safaris

Check out African Safaris if you need any assistance with planning a trip to South Africa. Tracy will be your personal tour operator, and can tailor a holiday just for you!

Visit her website at www.ultimateafrica.co.za

Luxury safari

If you are looking for a luxury safari experience in Africa, Diya Travel consultants are the right guys to speak to. Excellent personalized service and attention to detail, will highly recommend them.
- Francois

in reference to: Cape Town Accommodation | Diya Travel Consultants (view on Google Sidewiki)

Car hire in Cape Town South Africa

Car hire in South Africa

I must say I can highly recommend CABS Car hire if you need to hire a car anytime soon in South Africa.

Now with branches at all major airports in South Africa and Namibia, CABS is able to have an agent meet and greet you on arrival too.

CABS Car hire is renown for excellent customer service, and competitive car rental rates in South Africa. Established in 1990, the company has grown organically at a sustainable rate.

CABS is an independant car rental company, and owns all the vehicles in its fleet. This puts CABS into the top 10% of car rental companies in South Africa, with the majority of others simply being brokers for larger car rental companies.

The next time you need to hire a car, why not put CABS customer service to the test.

Visit www.cabs.co.za to make an enquiry.

Weddings in Cape Town

Cape Town seems to be a favorite wedding destination these days, this can more than likely be put down to the favourable climate, scenery, wildlife, exchange rate, and cosmopolitan lifestyle of the Capetonian locals.

A few companies are capitalizing on this new fad, here are links to there websites, useful if you choose Cape Town for your wedding.

Wedding Cakes in Cape Town - Emma's Cakes
Wedding coordinator in Cape Town - Agape Weddings
South Africa travel accommodation - Traveldex web directory
Luxury honeymoon accommodation in Stellenbosch - Evergreen Manor & Spa

Cheers for now

- Francois

Cape Hotels - Premium Private Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation in South Africa - Home

Cape Hotels - Premium Private Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation in South Africa - Home

The new Cape Hotels site is up and running! Owner Glenda has just returned from the ITB conference in Berlin, and had a great time marketing her clients.

Glenda is going to be exhibiting, at WTM, why dont all you tour operators meet with her there!

Dates: 12 -15 November 2007 Excel London

Visit AF 2200 at WTM and meet the dedicated team who will be offering detailed information for WESTERN CAPE – WESTCOAST – GARDEN ROUTE AND EASTERN CAPE
best of Southern Africa.

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Langebaan accommodation - At The Rocks

Recently found a wonderful place to stay in Langebaan, which is on the West Coast in Cape Town, South Africa. The place called "At The Rocks" is 4 star graded by the TGCSA, and is very luxurious. The staff are extremely friendly and helpfull, and I would highly recommend you take advantage of the low accommodation rates. The website address is http://www.langebaan.biz - Ed

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa will take place June 11-July 11 of that year, the ruling body FIFA announced on Wednesday amid a warning to local organizers to finally start with stadium construction and renovation. FIFA said that its executive board also agreed that the preliminary round draw for the World Cup will take place November 23, 2007, in Durban.

The Confederations Cup in South Africa will be played June 14-27, 2009, in the five cities of Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), Pretoria and Rustenburg.

FIFA said it was satisfied with a progress report on the World Cup and reiterated its supprt to the local organizing committee, but insisted work on the venues must now start.

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Cape Town number one city in Africa

The 19th annual Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards has voted Cape Town as the number one city in Africa and the Middle East and has been ranked as the eighth city in the world.

In this year’s awards, Cape Town beat Marrakech, Morocco, Jerusalem and Israel to the crown of the top city in Africa, and in the world category, they were beaten by cities such as Sydney, Florence and San Francisco. Rated on ambience, culture/sites, friendliness, lodging, restaurants and shopping, Cape Town scored 82.8 on a scale of 100

Full story here: http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=58817&nav=51

Cape Garden Route was named the 2006 Golf Destination of the Year

South Africa`s Cape Garden Route was named the 2006 Golf Destination of the Year for Africa and the Middle East at the International Golf Travel Market held at Marbella, Spain. The award is made annually by IAGTO, the Global Trade Organisation for the Golf Tourism Industry and is a milestone for golf tourism in the Garden Route and Western Cape province.

The Cape Garden Route walked away with the grand prize, beating top destinations like Dubai and Mauritius amongst others, after more than 200 golf tour operators in 38 countries worldwide cast their vote based on the quality of golf courses and accommodation, customer service, professional conduct of suppliers, support from the local tourism authority, value for money and accessibility of tee-off times.

The Cape Garden Route is home to the world famous Fancourt Hotel & Country Estate where the Presidents Cup was hosted in November 2003, Goose Valley, designed by the Gary Player Group, and Pezula Golf Club, situated on one of the most magnificent locations in South Africa. It also has five other 18-hole and eight 9-hole golf courses, and a driving range.

Full Story here: http://www.traveldailynews.com/new.asp?newid=33895&subcategory_id=107

SouthAfricaSearch - with Quicklinks

Quick links to the most popular South African websites, news, car hire, shopping, banking, cell phone networks, accommodation and more.

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IOL: SAA hopes cheap Mango will bear fruit

It's a case of hello to dirt-cheap seats, goodbye to legroom, and hello again to pensioner pilots.Launched on Monday, South African Airways' new low-cost kid on the block, Mango, will cost just R200 to fly between Johannesburg and Cape Town and a little less for flights between Johannesburg and Durban.But while Mango will be offering the cheapest flights in the country, they will also be the tightest.Mango's four Boeing 737-800s, leased from SAA, will see 186 seats packed into planes which, under normal seating configurations including Business Class, have places for 157 people.

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travel.iafrica.com | flights BA flights a boost for Cape Town

British Airways on Friday began operating double-daily flights to Cape Town, providing an additional 14 040 seats between the Mother City and London during the busy summer season.The airline, which first began flying directly to Cape Town in 1984, has long campaigned for more services to meet both burgeoning inbound tourism demand from one of South Africa’s major source markets and to provide sufficient seats for outbound business and leisure travellers.It started operating daily services to Cape Town in 2000 and has steadily increased this schedule whenever it was able to in terms of the inter-government agreement which regulates the number of flights between South Africa and the UK. Last summer it operated 12 services a week.

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allAfrica.com: South Africa: JIA Officially Renamed O.R. Tambo

The Johannesburg International Airport is now known as the OR Tambo International Airport, following an official renaming ceremony here on Friday.President Thabo Mbeki joined by among others, former President Nelson Mandela and the Tambo family, attended the ceremony to rename the airport in honour of the late Oliver Reginald Tambo.The former African National Congress (ANC) leader passed away on 23 April 1999. He would have turned 89 today.The renaming is set to immortalise Mr Tambo and pay homage to his contribution to South Africa's liberation struggle.Speakers at the ceremony showered Mr Tambo with praise for his outstanding work in rallying international support for the liberation movement and getting the global community to condemn apartheid.

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allAfrica.com: South Africa: Gauteng Tourism, Airports Company Sign Agreement

The Gauteng Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Airport Company of South Africa (ACSA) signed an agreement today, to promote access to information about tourism in the province.Gauteng is pulling out all the stops to ensure it boosts its popularity among foreign visitors, ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.With the tournament set to attract millions of tourists into the country, the hospitality industry is making sure it does not miss great opportunities the event promises.Passenger traffic at the airport is said to be at about 17 million a year currently and is expected to grow to about 24 million a year by 2010.For this reason, the two organizations have agreed to man an information kiosk at the OR Tambo International Airport, to disseminate information about tourism and the airport.The GTA said the kiosk will provide accurate and relevant information and material about Gauteng's key experiences. Some include shopping, business, heritage, wining and dining, advice on travel, sights and sounds of the province, tours and accommodation booking.

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allAfrica.com: South Africa: Gauteng Tourism, Airports Company Sign Agreement

The Gauteng Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Airport Company of South Africa (ACSA) signed an agreement today, to promote access to information about tourism in the province.Gauteng is pulling out all the stops to ensure it boosts its popularity among foreign visitors, ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.With the tournament set to attract millions of tourists into the country, the hospitality industry is making sure it does not miss great opportunities the event promises.Passenger traffic at the airport is said to be at about 17 million a year currently and is expected to grow to about 24 million a year by 2010.For this reason, the two organizations have agreed to man an information kiosk at the OR Tambo International Airport, to disseminate information about tourism and the airport.The GTA said the kiosk will provide accurate and relevant information and material about Gauteng's key experiences. Some include shopping, business, heritage, wining and dining, advice on travel, sights and sounds of the province, tours and accommodation booking.

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Tourismcapetown - (Travel Daily News)

The local tourism organisation of Stellenbosch is the first of a potential 68 in the Western Cape to be officially accredited by the provincial tourism destination marketing organisation, Cape Town Routes Unlimited, as part of a process to give visitors to Cape Town and the Western Cape an improved, integrated tourism service and enhance their tourism experience of the province. Being accredited will give local tourism organisations access to long-term funding from local municipalities.An official accreditation certificate, valid for three years, will be handed over by Cape Town Routes Unlimited to representatives of the Stellenbosch Tourism Organisation at a ceremony at The House of JC le Roux, Stellenbosch, this afternoon (Friday, 13 October 2006). The event follows an extensive consultative process with local tourism organisations and local municipalities in the Western Cape over the last six months, including 32 workshops and several discussion sessions hosted by Cape Town Routes Unlimited’s Visitor and Membership Services Unit.

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Business Report - V&A Waterfront to get R7bn pizazz boost

Cape Town - The V&A Waterfront, one of Cape Town's top tourist attractions, is set to get a cash injection of R7 billion that will place the already swanky centre firmly in the upper-class bracket.Nakheel Hotels & Resorts chief executive James Wilson said the money would be in addition to the R7 billion that the new owners had paid to Transnet and its pension funds.In September Nakheel sibling company Istithmar, UK property company London & Regional Properties and local black empowerment partners bought the V&A, announcing that they would bring an element of "pizazz" to the property. Only about half of the 603 000m2 property had been developed by Transnet.

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Tourismcapetown - (Travel Daily News)

Most international visitors to the Western Cape this winter were British and they spent more than their American and German counterparts, even though they didn’t stay as long. But somewhat surprisingly more Americans than Germans visited the province and, on average, spent more.This according to the results of research commissioned by Cape Town Routes Unlimited and released to its members in a new weekly newsletter, Let’s Talk Tourism. The study was carried out in June and July by a consortium comprising the University of Stellenbosch, University of the Western Cape, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and African Equation.

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