Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Luxury Honeymoon In Africa

Sit on your private deck at your safari lodge, sipping cocktails and watch a lion strolling past - indulge in romantic candlelit dinners in the bush , ending your Honeymoon on a pristine white beach watching the sun going down. Honeymoons are one of the most special times in your life, and these moments will remain in your memories for many years to come. Let us create your Honeymoon of a lifetime !

Combine a luxury Safari at Singita Private Game Reserve, flying off to a private lodge on one of the islands in Mozambique or explore the beauty of the Kwa-Zulu Natal coastline, with a combination of bush, beach and lakes. Whether South Africa , Botswana or Mozamique appeals to you - let us be your inspiration for this special start of your life together !

Luxury Safari and Island Honeymoon packages

Africa hosts some of the most romantic Honeymoon destinations. Honeymoons should be memorable and romantic. Let us whisk you and your partner away for an intimate bush Safari combining luxury lodges with azure warm Indian oceans or spend relaxing days in the cosmopolitan Cape Town, ending your Honeymoon with Safari in Kruger National Park or Botswana.

Luxury Train travel , sipping cocktails on pristine white beaches, Hot Air Ballooning , champagne in your plunge pool on Safari enjoying an elephant walking by - the options for your Honeymoon are endless. We have put together some popular Honeymoon package ideas below - should these not be what you are looking for - contact us to create and inspire you ! Packages available from ZAR 15 730 per adult

HONEYMOON INSPIRATIONS
Luxury Honeymoon Safari in South Africa

Honeymoon in ultimate luxury at one of the top Kruger National Park Safari lodges in the Kruger National Park - the largest game reserve in South Africa. There is a lodge for all budgets - from your super luxury Singita Private Game Lodges to Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve with a variety of lodges to suit all budgets. These lodges all offer special delights for Honeymoon couples, ensuring that your Safari in the bush is made extra special and memorable.

The Eastern Cape also offers fantastic game viewing and an excellent selection of lodges to suit all budgets - an ideal extension to a Garden Route Honeymoon - leaving the best till last !

Add something unique and different - combine your Safari with a few nights in the Kalahari - Tswalu Kalahari offers luxury accommodation and Honeymoon specials in this vast and unrivalled wilderness !
HONEYMOON SAFARI IN BOTSWANA

Botswana is a unique safari destination - combining the best of Big Game viewing with the Okavango Delta. Your ulimate Africa experience, ensuring a Honeymoon of a lifetime.

Exquisite lodges await you - enjoying the sun setting whilst on your game drive - spot a leopard kill . Return to your lodge for a romantic dinner under the African Skies !

What could be more romantic than floating gently on your Mokoro in the Okavango Delta - bird and water life abound !

Combine your Safari in Botswana with a visit to the wonder of Victoria Falls - with the option of extending your Honeymoon trip to the balmy Mozambique or perhaps Cape Town.
BEACH HONEYMOON

Balmy White beaches, sipping cocktails at Sunset, snorkling - and then fly off to your Safari destination. The ultimate Honeymoon combination.

Mozambique offers deserted white beaches and superb diving ! Coral reefs and sunshine - what more could you want ! After a few days soaking up and sun and falling in love all over again - enjoy your Africa experience in the bush.

Kwa-Zulu Natal also offers beautiful beaches, this being an all year round destination - combine a safari at Phinda Private Game Reserve , with a few days at Thonga Beach Lodge on the Maputuland coastline- relaxing and diving in this beautiful part of South Africa. Kosi Forest Lodge also offers a unique experience, situated in the World Heritage Site of the Isimangaliso Wetland park - enjoy canoeing, boat trip, beautiful walks and turtle tracking !
CAPE TOWN & GARDEN ROUTE - Western Cape

Cape Town hosts a combination of some of the best sightseeing in South Africa - in one city you have the best of most worlds - the amazing Table Mountain , glorious white beaches, sipping Award winning wines in the Cape Winelands , Cape Point where the two oceans meet , sunset boat cruises - the perfect destination of any Honeymoon.

Combine Cape Town, with a few days on the Garden Route - either as a Self Drive or with your private tour guide. Beautiful scenery with plenty of activities on offer on the Garden Route - travelling either along the coastline of the Eastern Cape , or via the Little Karoo [ Ostrich country ]. Option of ending your Garden Route with a Safari at one of the Eastern Cape Game Reserves.

Let African Welcome Safaris create the ultimate Honeymoon experience for you and your partner. Contact us for your tailor made quotation.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Luxury Train Travel In South Africa

African Welcome Safaris is a South Africa based tour operator and travel specialist aiming to utilise our insights into South Africa travel that we have gained over the years to create flawless and exciting African safaris for our clients.

Rovos Rail

Since its establishment in 1989, Rovos Rail has earned an international reputation for its truly world class travel experiences. Step aboard the wood paneled coaches - classics remodeled and refurbished to mint condition - and enjoy fine cuisine in five-star luxury as some of the most varied scenery imaginable unfolds beyond the windows. Recapture the romance and atmosphere of a bygone era, when privileged travelers experienced the magic and mystery of Africa in a relaxed and elegant fashion. The trains - which may be hauled by steam, diesel or electric locomotives at various stages of the journey - carry a maximum of 72 passengers in 36 superbly appointed suites. Pride of place in the Rovos stable goes to the historic and newly rebuilt Capital Park Station and locomotive yard, which is the heart and new headquarters of this private railway company.

For many visitors to South Africa, there is no finer way to see the country than on the popular 48-hour weekly journeys between Pretoria and Cape Town.

Cape Town offers a blend of cosmopolitan city life, magnificent mountains and superlative wine lands, while the twin cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg form the economic heartland of South Africa and the ideal departure point for Mpumalanga's world-famous Game Reserves

This 1600-kilometre journey is a perfect illustration of South Africa as a world in one country. Travel the windswept grasslands of the gold rich Highveld to the haunting barrenness of the Great Karoo, the spectacular mountain ranges and scenic wine lands of the Cape to the Mother City of South Africa, Cape Town, cradled by the imposing bulk of Table Mountain, Devils' Peak and Lions Head.

Highlights of the north and southbound routes include a visit to the historic village of Matjiesfontein. This authentic, perfectly preserved Victorian Village, which was founded by Mr. Logan as a refreshment stop in 1890, also boasts an impressive museum on the Station platform. A stop is also made in Kimberley with an opportunity to enjoy a city tour, the Mine Museum and visit the world's largest man-made excavation, the ‘Big Hole'.

The Blue Train

The Blue Train has an aura of mystique about it. Kings and presidents have travelled on this magnificent moving five-star hotel. Its very name has become synonymous with the ultimate in luxury and personal service. The routes of The Blue Train take guests through some of the most breathtaking countryside to be found anywhere in the world. As the ever-changing scenery flashes past the windows, guests can savor exquisite meals freshly prepared on board by top chefs. Our meals are complemented by the best wines South Africa has to offer. The suites on The Blue Train live up to its reputation for magnificence and splendor. The finest bed linen, marble tiles and gold fittings in the bathrooms and sheer opulence all ensure that guests will never forget the time they spend on The Blue Train. The Blue Train routes are easily combined with your South Africa travel package, allowing for diversity within your trip.

African Welcome offers luxury train travel and rail tours like Rovos rail the famous Blue train trips in South Africa. Your Luxury Safari and South Africa Travel website focuses on easy navigation offering a large variety of travel products to choose from at the best value money can buy.

Monday, February 22, 2010

African Welcome offers tours, safaris and accommodation in Namibia

Namibia never fails to enthral its visitors, to charge the fantasies and imaginations of narrators in their efforts to aptly describe the many-facetted grandeur and harsh splendour of this desert country. Namibia is known for its contrasting landscapes. The desolate Namib Desert is said to be the oldest in the world, with its high dunes and awe-inspiring sense of space... Namibia is located in southwest Africa. It is a large and mainly arid country sharing borders with Angola, Botswana, South Africa , Zambia and Zimbabwe. Along its entire length, the vast shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert spread inland for 80 to 130km. Sossusvlei hosts postcard perfect Sand Dunes – a photographers delight! A fascinating land of contrasts – from the interior sand basin of the Kalahari to the Etosha Pan (a dried-out saline lake), surrounded by grasslands and bush which support a large and varied wildlife. The Etosha National Park & Game Reserve is one of the finest in Africa, in that it remains, to a large extent, free of human influence.

Sossusvlei

One of the most spectacular sights in Namibia!

The Namib Naukluft Park is one of Africa’s oldest and certainly one of the most spectacular National Parks on the continent. A combination of the rocky Naukluft Mountains and wide open plains that gives rise the huge towering red dunes that reach more than 1000 feet, astound the visitor with the stark beauty and makes Sossusvlei one of Africa’s most photographed destinations. The “vlei” itself is a clay pan surrounded by these dunes and on rare occasions following heavy rainfall, the floodwaters find their way to the pan to create a large body of water surrounded by extreme desolation. Most of the time the pan remains dry and is riddled with maze-like cracks caused by the baking sun. Most of the lodges in this area are set on the plains between the Naukluft Mountains and the dunes. When selecting your lodge please take into consideration that none of them are actually right among the dunes. Kulala Desert Lodge is the closest with spectacular views, while the rest of the lodges are within a short drive. This allows for diversity in activities ranging from walking trails through the mountains, to exploring and climbing the “red giants”.

Damaraland

Situated to the east of the Skeleton Coast National Park and southwest of Etosha National Park is the breathtaking mountainous region of Damaraland. Here, an assortment of unique desert-adapted animals, such as elephant, zebra and lion, seek out an existence in this near-barren landscape. Not to be missed is the beautiful Brandberg, Namibia's highest mountain, which is home to thousands of ancient rock paintings - most notably, the White Lady. Nearby, the rocky outcrops of Twyfelfontein feature exceptional Bushmen etchings, which are considered to be some of the best preserved etchings on the continent. One of the region's more unusual habitats is the Petrified Forest, which dates back millions of years and offers a haunting landscape of gigantic fossilised trees, some up to 30 metres (100 ft) in length.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ancient rock painting of the White Lady at Brandberg
  • The Petrified Forest, where ancient fossilised tree trunks can be seen
  • Exceptional Bushman etchings at Twyfelfontein
  • Remarkable assortment of desert-adapted fauna and flora

Etosha National Park

Etosha National Park, considered one of southern Africa’s finest wildlife parks, is Namibia’s prime wilderness conservation area. Spanning a vast 22 300 km² (8 610 square miles), the Park consists of a mosaic of vegetation types that surround a huge salt pan, which becomes a lovely lake after heavy rains. Etosha, meaning "Great White Place", hosts a vast array of wildlife, including four of the Big Five, as well as giraffes and rare species such as the black-faced impala, Hartmann’s Mountain zebra or the dimunutive Damara dik-dik.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Temporary water in the Etosha pan attracts huge flocks of flamingos
  • Annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, springbok and oryx
  • Frequent sightings of leopard
  • Floodlit waterholes
  • Excellent game viewing
Source: Namibia