Travel Show: "Cities of Africa - Nairobi" (20min)

Neil Schell, a Canadian director and producer, recently visited Kenya's capital Nairobi to shoot the pilot episode of his new travel series "The Cities of Africa".
"The Cities of Africa" is not about wildlife, townships and poverty, but about the urban life in Africa's cities. If you want to get to know more about Nairobi's night life, cultural venues, about accommodation and shopping options, the pilot of the 20min show "The Cities of Africa" will be of your interest! Kudos Neil Schell! Enjoy Nairobi!

CITIES OF AFRICA - pilot episode NAIROBI from Neil Schell on Vimeo.

Nairobi National Museum | Sandavy Guest House | The Norfolk Hotel & The Tatu Restaurant | Karen Blixen Museum | Ngong Hills | The Panari Hotel | Nairobi National Park | Habesha Ethiopian Restaurant | Misono Japanese Restaurant | Le Rustique French Restaurant | Maasai Market | Sky Lux Bar & Lounge

South Africa: Kulula signs interline agreement with British Airways

British Airways and kulula.com, both operated by Comair Limited in South Africa, have announced an official interline agreement. Domestic and regional flights of both airlines can now be combined on a single ticket. Passengers are having the option of booking their journey with a combination of kulula.com and British Airways domestic flights or connecting from a kulula.com flight to the British Airways Southern African regional network, which includes Harare, Livingstone, Victoria Falls, Windhoek as well as Mauritius. The new agreement will also see  British Airways flights between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth return to the kulula.com website.
Customers who are members of the British Airways Executive Club or any oneworld participating carrier's frequent flyer programme, will continue to earn loyalty points when booking and flying with British Airways.

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South Africa's most punctual domestic airlines in August 2012

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has published the on-time performance results of domestic airlines’ flying out of OR Tambo in Johannesburg, Cape Town International Airport, and Durban's King Shaka International Airport in August 2012.
On-Time Performance is measured by comparing the actual off-block time (when aircraft pushes back) against the airline schedule time for a departing flight. The measurement is done in accordance with the IATA (International Airlines Transport Association) universal standard benchmark with considers a 15 minute deviation from the scheduled time as an on-time departure.

OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg - 15 Min on Time Performance August 2012 (airport target 85%)

1. 1time - 95.08% (July 95.24%)
2. Mango - 92.49% (July 90.02%) 
3. Airlink - 89.28% (July 90.41%)
4. South African Airways - 88.66% (July 87.05%)
5. British Airways Domestic - 86.35% (July 86.35%) 
6. SA Express - 87.86% (July 86.16%)
7. Kulula.com - 82.11% (July 76.36%)

Cape Town International Airport - 15 Min on Time Performance August 2012 (airport target 87%)

1. 1time - 96.10% (July 96.53%) 
2. Mango - 95.56% (July 90.85%)
3. Airlink - 93.87% (July 90.24%)
4. South African Airways - 91.37% (July 89.62%) 
5. British Airways Domestic - 88.88% (July 89.64%)
6. SA Express - 88.08% (July 91.80%)
7. Kulula.com - 83.50% (July 79.41%)

King Shaka International Airport, Durban - 15 Min on Time Performance August 2012 (airport target 89%)

1. 1time - 96.82% (July 97.49%)
2. South African Airways - 93.95% (July 94.68%)   
3. Mango - 93.05% (July 89.55%)
4. Airlink - 87.96% (July 93.88%)  
5. British Airways Domestic - 86.86% (July 87.84%)
6. SA Express - 85.12% (July 84.67%)  
7. Kulula.com - 83.12% (July 82.00%)

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Promotional video: "Rwanda - Land of a Thousand Hills" (18min)

Rwanda Tourism, the tourism authoriy of Rwanda, has re-released a promotional video about the country on their bandnew youtube channel. The video*, which was originally made for the Rwanda Development Board in 2010, takes the viewer on a journey from the country's capital Kigali to various tourism destinations in Rwanda, such as the Virunga Mountains or the Akagera National Park. Enjoy!

• Kigali: the Kigali Memorial Centre, Imigongo art
  Accommodation: Serena Hotel, Kigali
• Volcanoes National Park: the Virunga Mountains, Gorilla tours, Golden Monkey trekking, Lake Bulera, Lake Ruhondo
  Accommodation: Virunga Lodge; Sabyinyo Lodge
• Lake Kivu: Gisenyi (Rubavu), beaches, kayaking, mountainbiking
  Accommodation: Lake Kivu Serena
• Nyungwe National Park: 7 hiking trails, wildlife, the furtherest source of the Nile
• Huye (Butare): Rwanda's National University, National Museum
• Kibeho: the only church-approved Marian-apparition setting on the African continent
• Akagera National Park: wildlife safaris, birdwatching

* the defition of the previously released version of the promotional video is higher, so we didn't choose to present you the re-release but the original release from 2011 (by rwandagood)

Egypt Air to resume flights between Cairo (Egypt) and Osaka (Japan)

Good news for travellers from Japan who are currently looking for flighs to Africa. Egypt's flag carrier, Egyptair, will resume its twice weekly service between Cairo and Osaka (Japan). From 01 December 2012 the airline will operate flighs between the two destinations on board an Airbus A340-200 A330-200 aircraft. Egyptair cancelled the route in January 2011 due to the political situation in Egypt by that time.
Egyptair, in cooperation with its Star Alliance partners in Africa, is currently operating flights to 10 destinations in Southern and Eastern Africa, including Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Entebbe (Uganda), Nairobi (Kenya), Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Kigali (Rwanda), Lusaka (Zambia), Harare (Zimbabwe), as well as Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in South Africa. 

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Infographic: Sardines, the stars of South Africa's annual "Sardine Run"

The annual Sardine Run occurs in South African waters every end of May/June & July when millions of individual sardines, which are usually only as long as 15 cm, spawn in the cool waters of the Agulhas Bank and move northward along the coast of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal into Mozambique. The shoals (a large group of sardines) are often more than 7 km long, 1.5 km wide and 30 m deep and are clearly visible from spotter planes or from the surface. Following the shoals is a caravan of predators, seabirds, sharks, game fish and marine mammals with little else but a feeding frenzy on their mind. Kudos Earth-Touch!

(c) Earth-Touch

Video: Review of the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival 2012

The very first Cape Town Electronic Music Festival (CTEMF) took place in Cape Town from 27 March - 01 April 2012. The core festival, which was preluded by a week of workshops, info-sessions, showcases and fringe events, was held  on the roof of the Breakwater parking garage at The V&A Waterfront from 30 March - 01 April 2012. Tickets for the festival were actually quite affordable - a weekend pass was going at R200 and day passes were available at R100.

Cape Town Electronic Music Festival 2012 - full review from CTEMF on Vimeo.

Next year's Cape Town Electronic Music Festival will take place in Cape Town from 15 - 17 February 2013 on the roof of Breakwater parking garage at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The weekend pass is R350; day pass: R150.