The early bird catches the worm or more specifically the Big 5 when you’re on safari, and we game viewers were somewhat bleary eyed but nonetheless filled with a growing sense of anticipation as we got ready to go wild in the Kruger. We watched the sunrise and sipped coffee, our group completely captivated by the sounds of the African bush and what was to come. After heading off into Big 5 territory our jeep closed in on a solitary leopard dragging her prey towards a nearby kopjie (small hilltop). Her sleek fur glistened in the light, and her bright eyes were fixated on the surroundings as she surveyed the wilderness for incoming predators.
Awesome experience?!!! Not many parks or reserves can beat the Kruger when it comes to wildlife, and it’s still a major highlight for anyone looking to catch the big cats. One lucky adventurer will now be able to game drive in the national park for FREE, as Acacia Africa a leading adventure travel company, is giving away a 6-day African Insight overland safari as part of its “Go Wild Online” campaign.
From now until the 12th of February, the tour operator will be going in search of the "Acacia Wild Tweep", the competition targeted at fans of South Africa. Anyone who has been to the Rainbow Nation can enter, and applicants don’t need to have travelled on an Acacia tour. The winning safari enthusiast will be judged by some of the best expert Africa bloggers on the net including, AfricaFreak, PlanYourSafari and of course Travelcomments.com.
Before whisking adventurers away to the continent, Acacia will be asking the winning "Wild Tweep" to share their love of South Africa in a 20-minute virtual tweet up on the Africa specialist’s Twitter page. Scheduled to take place on Friday 26 February from 13:00-13:20 (GMT), the winning "Wild Tweep’s" mission will be to answer questions on the Rainbow Nation put forward by the tour operator’s tweeps.
The complete FREE 6-day overland trip includes river cruising on the Chobe River, optional adrenaline activities at the Victoria Falls and of course, Big Five game drives in the Kruger National Park.
So what are you waiting for? Simply fill in a Q&A and email your entry to gowildonline@acacia-africa.com. Closing date for entries 12 Feb 2010. See Terms & conditions
Join the South Africa Tweet Up!
15 December 2009
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South Africa: Kruger National Park internship
Country: South Africa
Location: Kruger National Park
Departures: 2010: 11 Jan, 12 Jul | 2011: 10 Jan, 11 Jul
Price: From £5095 (25 weeks) - £6095 (50 weeks) excluding flights. Price includes pre-departure support and discounted services, airport pickup, in country transport, accommodation and a 2 week training programme in the Kruger National Park.
These long term volunteer positions offer independent, ambitious volunteers the chance to work for one year in and around South Africa’s most famous national parks.
If you are seeking a change of direction or a long term, highly immersed experience in the field of conservation and environmental education these long term internship positions are for you. South African National Parks (SANParks) manages a system of 20 national parks that represent the indigenous flora, landscape and associated cultural heritage of the country. You will be placed with the ‘People and Conservation’ department according to priority projects and where your skills are most needed.
Interns play an integral part in the implementation of new policies and programmes developed by SANParks to integrate local communities into the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage sites within the parks. These national parks offer diverse adventure tourism opportunities such as game viewing, bush walks, canoeing and a chance to experience the history and culture of South Africa. The work carried out by interns is essential for the long term conservation of these areas which are both important to South Africa and the people who live alongside them.
Highlights:
Location: Kruger National Park
Departures: 2010: 11 Jan, 12 Jul | 2011: 10 Jan, 11 Jul
Price: From £5095 (25 weeks) - £6095 (50 weeks) excluding flights. Price includes pre-departure support and discounted services, airport pickup, in country transport, accommodation and a 2 week training programme in the Kruger National Park.
These long term volunteer positions offer independent, ambitious volunteers the chance to work for one year in and around South Africa’s most famous national parks.
If you are seeking a change of direction or a long term, highly immersed experience in the field of conservation and environmental education these long term internship positions are for you. South African National Parks (SANParks) manages a system of 20 national parks that represent the indigenous flora, landscape and associated cultural heritage of the country. You will be placed with the ‘People and Conservation’ department according to priority projects and where your skills are most needed.
Interns play an integral part in the implementation of new policies and programmes developed by SANParks to integrate local communities into the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage sites within the parks. These national parks offer diverse adventure tourism opportunities such as game viewing, bush walks, canoeing and a chance to experience the history and culture of South Africa. The work carried out by interns is essential for the long term conservation of these areas which are both important to South Africa and the people who live alongside them.
Highlights:
- Opportunity to gain experience in environmental education and conservation within a high profile organization
- Be instrumental in the development of South Africa’s National Parks
- Receive comprehensive training programme at the Kruger National park
- Long term opportunity for cultural immersion
- Possible opportunities to be involved in many other aspects of a National Park such as; guiding on interpretive trails, game drives, community activities, game counts, presentations.
- Live and work in beautiful and remote parts of South Africa.
The highest definition picture ever taken of Cape Town
Virtual Africa, a South African company specialised in virtual tours, just took what is believed to be the highest definition picture ever taken of Cape Town.
Watch the video for the "making of..." and click here for the pic!
Some details as to the size of the pic:
Watch the video for the "making of..." and click here for the pic!
Some details as to the size of the pic:
- It was created by stitching 1850,fully zoomed (x 20 optical zoom), 10 MegaPixel images together.
- The time it took from the first shot (top left) and last shot (lower right) being taken, was about 3 hours.
- It’s 205 000 pixels wide.
- That equates to a printout of about 90 m x 15 m!
- The end result was a 25 GigaBytes RAW file
[src.: virtualafrica.co.za]
2010 World Cup - ticket sales in numbers UPDATE
The third ticketing sales of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ has hit the 500 000 mark within the first ten days.
The current third Ticket Sales Phase will run until 22 January 2010.
In total, about one million tickets for all 64 matches and categories are made available in the third sales phase including a limited number for the opening match and the final.
All applications within the sales phase will be treated equally. In an event of over-subscribed matches or price categories, there will be an electronic random selection draw on 1 February 2010.
- South Africa - 386 300 tickets
- USA - 22 942 tickets
- UK - 20 232 tickets
- Mexico - 7 981 tickets
- Germany - 7 697 tickets
- Australia - 6 277 ticktets
- Brazil - 4 760 tickets
- the remaining 44 348 tickets were bought from fans from around the world.
The current third Ticket Sales Phase will run until 22 January 2010.
In total, about one million tickets for all 64 matches and categories are made available in the third sales phase including a limited number for the opening match and the final.
All applications within the sales phase will be treated equally. In an event of over-subscribed matches or price categories, there will be an electronic random selection draw on 1 February 2010.
14 December 2009
11 December 2009
GAP Adventures' Africa Overland tours: All guaranteed until June 2010!
Big news for anyone heading to Africa in the next 6 months - all of GAP Adventures' Africa Overland tours are 100% guaranteed until June 2010!
GAP Adventures offers more than 35 Overland tours running through 10 countries in eastern and southern Africa. Trips are as short as 8 days or as long as 54 days.
If you have been sitting on the fence, then now is the time to book. Lock in your guaranteed trip and find some great airfare, our life-changing African Safaris have never been so easy before! Just imagine the possibilities...spoting the "Big 5" in the Serengeti, hanging out with the Maasai people, trekking for mountain Gorillas in Uganda, hearing the roar of Victoria Falls or taking a Mokoro through the Okavango are just a few highlights form GAP Adventures' Africa Overland program!
Note: Tour code DKTO is not included in this Africa Overland guarantee program.
GAP Adventures offers more than 35 Overland tours running through 10 countries in eastern and southern Africa. Trips are as short as 8 days or as long as 54 days.
If you have been sitting on the fence, then now is the time to book. Lock in your guaranteed trip and find some great airfare, our life-changing African Safaris have never been so easy before! Just imagine the possibilities...spoting the "Big 5" in the Serengeti, hanging out with the Maasai people, trekking for mountain Gorillas in Uganda, hearing the roar of Victoria Falls or taking a Mokoro through the Okavango are just a few highlights form GAP Adventures' Africa Overland program!
Note: Tour code DKTO is not included in this Africa Overland guarantee program.
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