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It’s a new year and that means new adventures are on the horizon. Africa is featuring more and more as a preferred destination for holidaymakers, thrill seekers and honeymooners alike. With so much to think about when planning your…
One of the fastest growing trends in family vacation travel is African Safaris. Not only do kids love seeing the animals in the wild, but parents love spending quality time with their kids in an exotic environment which provides…
At the beginning of December, we launched the second of our successful ‘1 like 1 Dollar‘ campaigns whereby we donate $1 to a charitable organisation for every new ‘like’ received on our facebook fan page during the campaign. For the…
Following on from our original Thanksgiving ‘1 Like, 1 Dollar’ campaign, African Safari Consultants has decided to raise the bar this Holiday Season and go all out to make a worthwhile difference.
December 2011 – Abu Camp, located in Botswana’s pristine Okavango Delta, is proud to announce that Shireni, one of the Camp’s leading elephants, gave birth to her third surviving calf, a healthy female, at 22:05 on the 17th December.…
Hi Liesl and Jeff: We really enjoyed our trip to Grootbos and Ulusaba. Even my 14 year old son loved it– you know how cynical teenagers can be. He even used the word “awesome.” We’d like to send a special…
Hi Liesl, Thanks for the email. We had an amazing time in South Africa. everything worked out smoothly with our car rental, and the two lodges Gomo Gomo and Elephant Plains were awesome. We would definitely recommend both lodges to anyone. …
In celebration of Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp featuring on tv show “Born to Explore”, shown on ABC in the United States, they are offering 20% off accommodation at the atmospheric camp in Bwindi, Uganda, for a short time only.
If asked what was the world’s largest mammal migration, most people would probably guess the annual migration of wildebeest across the plains of the Masai Mara. And they’d be wrong…