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AF10 Livingstone's Africa
28 Days

Follow in Livingstone's footsteps on this journey taking in the Masai Mara, Ngorongoro Crater and Mikumi National Parks for exceptional game viewing. Relax on Zanzibar island and Lake Malawi, which covers a quarter of the country and is the third largest lake in Africa, before ending up at Victoria Falls. Take the Flight of Angels option to get the full magnitude of this incredible waterfall.

Countries Visited: Kenya - Tanzania - Malawi - Zambia - Zimbabwe

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AF12 Southern Explorer
35 Days

This is your chance to see the migration in the Masai Mara, up to 30,000 animals in the Ngorongoro Crater then relax on Zanzibar, enjoying Stone Town and maybe the beaches, diving or snorkelling. Head to Mikumi National Park to see if you can spot lion, leopard and black backed hyena. Next are a few days at Lake Malawi, preparing yourself for the adrenaline rush of Victoria Falls.

Countries Visited: Kenya - Tanzania - Malawi - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Botswana - South Africa

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Airlink to connect Kruger NP with Livingstone, Zambia

Airlink will begin operating the new route from Kruger to Livingstone as of 17 August 2009. Airlink’s service will operate directly from Nelspruit Kruger to Livingstone. Initially Airlink will operate this service on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, with the intention to grow frequency to correspond with demand.

Herewith the new timetable effective 17 August 2009:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Depart Nelspruit Kruger 11h55 arrive Livingstone 13h50
Depart Livingstone 14h20 arrive Nelspruit Kruger 16h45

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STA Travel: Win 2 Tickets to South Africa!

STA Travel is giving away 2 tickets to South Africa - check the video!

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Confederations Cup: Free tickets from FIFA

Sport24.co.za is reporting that FIFA has decided give dish out free tickets for the Confederations Cup in an attempt to fill the thousands of empty seats in the stadiums.
Sport24 is quoting FIFA spokesperson Nicolas Maingot saying that tickets for football fans will be given to institutions which have been very supportive of the event. The spokesperson didn'nt mention the amount of tickets, but they be for some of the remaining group matches.

Except for the opening match South Africa vs. Iraq at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg all other matches have been nowhere near capacity.

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Nelson Mandela Bay stadium: robbery at sports bar after Lions match

According to "The Herald" (PE local newspaper) thought to be bogus cops robbed one of the sports bars at the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth right after the rugby match between the Southern Kings and the touring British & Irish Lions. A barman was robbed at gunpoint, no more incidents were reported.
The match was the first official sports event in the 48,000 pax capacity stadium, the first of five new World Cup stadiums to be completed earlier this month. Because of certain delays and other problems the stadium got axed from FIFA a hosting stadium for the ongoing Confederations Cup.

btw - check the comments made about the article in "The Herald"... interesting...

16 June 1976: 'This is our day' - SouthAfrica.info

16 June 1976: 'This is our day' - SouthAfrica.info

It is Youth Day in South Africa - get to know more about it and why it is called Youth day!

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South Africa: Sardine Run 2009

The worldfamous "Sardine Run" is happening every year between May/June and July along the South African East Coast when the sardines spawn in the cool waters of the Agulhas Band and move northward along the coast of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal into Mozambique. The shoals are often more than 7 km long, 1.5 km wide and 30 meters deep and are clearly visible from spotter planes or from the surface. Sardines, like almost all other fish, group together when they feel threatened building so-called "bait balls". Dolphins are mostly the reason why the sardines group together, but once they are a "bait ball" all other hunters of the oceans are showing up - sharks, game fish (mackerel, kingfish, garrick etc.) and even birds are having a feast.

According to some recent news this years run might not be as spectacular as usual. It seems that the water is a little too warm (21°C) - the sardines prefer temperatures around 19°C. Only small pockets of sardines have been sighted close to Port Edward, and the main shoals are hopefully expected to appear over the next week.

Nevertheless the Sardine Festival 13 June – 17 July 2009 has already started, which highlights not only the impending arrival of the fishy visitors from the Cape but also the array of activities which is available on the South Coast during the winter school break. Check the official website for more info - plenty of activities ranging from a MTB race, a jazz festival, airshow, food festivals and much more!

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