The public areas at Lion Sands River Lodge in the Sabi Sand Reserve, Mpumalanga, have burned down after a fire broke out around 04h00 on Wednesday June 21. The fire was contained within the hour and none of the accommodation was affected. The cause of the fire is still unknown. All staff and guests are…
Dear APTA Corporate Members We’re getting ready to print our 2018 APTA Corporate Directory and now is your chance to have your company featured. All directory advertisements are due by July 21st . Rates & Specifications can be found here. The print version of the APTA Corporate Directory is distributed to all APTA members and is…
The Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa in Johannesburg and Shambala Private Game Reserve in the Waterberg, comprising of Zulu Camp and Nelson Mandela Villa, has announced the launch of their newly redesigned websites, www.saxon.co.za and www.shambalaprivategamereserve.co.za, offering users an improved and innovative design concept in conjunction with an easy-to-use booking process, and seamless integration of…
Flydubai will have 6 flights every week to Kilimanjaro. 3 of these flights will have one stop at Dar es Salaam. In addition, the Dubai based airline will increase direct flights to Zanzibar from 3 to 8 flights a week. Kilimanjaro is the 3rd destination in Tanzania and the 12th in flydubai’s African flights network.…
South Africa’s Garden Route had been included on a list of global biosphere reserves, said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). Unesco members voted in favour of the inclusion of the Garden Route as a biosphere reserve at a meeting in Paris, France, on 14 June 2017. Read More
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce that it has won SKYTRAX World Airline Award for The Best Airline in Africa on June 20, 2017 at the Paris Air Show. Skytrax is the most respected global air transport rating organization that conducts the world’s largest annual airline passenger satisfaction survey where customers…
Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the most popular tourism destinations in Kenya- Africa. The reserve is located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife tends to be most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest’s…