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In the opening of Botswana’s Parliament and in the recent Botswana budget speech, it was announced that VAT (Value Added Tax) will be increased from 10% to 12%, effective from 01 April 2010, in that country.

Many people ask us when we book their holiday ‘I am a vegetarian … will I be OK and be able to eat things?’. It is our policy to always find this out, and inform the properties beforehand, but staff at Rissington Inn have gone one step further to make sure vegetarians are truly welcomed. […] Read More

Guests at AmaKhosi Safari Lodge, about 3 hours from Durban, are used to their rangers taking them off road during exciting game drives in search of Africa’s Big 5 … but recently some guests got a slightly closer encounter than maybe they had bargained for ! An everso slightly curious elephant decided to investigate the […] Read More

The new airport for Durban (the King Shaka International Airport – or KSIR for short) has just announced that it will be fully operational from 1st May 2010. All flights into Durban will go through here as of this date. The current airport will be closed on the 30th April once the last flight into […] Read More

Stay 4 nights for the price of 3 at either Hlosi Game Lodge or Bukela Game Lodge, both situated less than an hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Both lodges offer exciting malaria-free Big 5 game drives in search of Africa’s wildlife, in specially modified, open air 4WD Land Rovers designed to accommodate 8 guests. Because […] Read More

Stay for 6 nights for the price of 5 at Vamizi Island Lodge in Quirimbas Archipelago. All meals, soft drinks, local beers and spririts, guided activities, one scuba dive per day and boat transfers are included. A slender coral island just off Mozambique’s remote northern coast, Vamizi Island’s near perfect white coral beaches and breathtakingly […] Read More

Stay for 3 nights for the price of 2 at the Victoria & Alfred Hotel in Cape Town. Breakfast is included. Set in the heart of the beautifully restored Waterfront, and framed by the ocean and Table Mountain, the elegance and luxury of the Victoria & Alfred Hotel is rivalled only by its relaxed atmosphere […] Read More

For anyone looking to go on safari in March or April this year, this superb offer gives visitors to South Africa the opportunity to experience a fantastic 3 day safari in the Amakhala Game Reserve in South Africa’s Eastern Cape for the cost of only 2 nights. The Amakhala Game Reserve began in 1999 as […] Read More

Stay for 5 nights at Dugong Beach Lodge in Vilanculos and enjoy the following all included within your rate : All meals; FREE Return boat transfer; FREE return flights (including airport taxes) from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport; All non-motorised water sport PLUS one of the following activities : Dhow Cruise OR Sundowner Cruise OR 2 […] Read More

Bateleur Charters have just announced that they are offering a brand new service for safari goers to the Sabi Sands Game Reserve. This new service will be launched on 1st May. They will fly daily from the Johannesburg O.R. Tambo to the Sabi Sands Reserve, departing Johannesburg at about 11.15 am and landing in Sabi […] Read More