Jenman Safaris Announces Guided Group Tours 2022

Africa has revived its cross-continental spirit of adventure, ready and waiting to welcome travellers to its rich and varied landscapes. Rising from the ashes of the global travel pause, Jenman African Safaris is excited to announce our new Guided Group Tours for 2022. In the prevailing perspective of adaptation and change, we have altered, improved…

Seychelles Celebrates World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day, commemorated on June 8, is used to raise awareness about the ocean, which covers over 70 percent of the planet, and its utmost importance to life on earth. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth. The ocean produces at least 50 percent of…

Morocco FAM Trips Announced

Join Itravelafrica.com for a 7 night diverse and exotic itinerary through the Kingdom of Morocco! This tour includes the most sought after sites and experiences in Morocco including a luxury desert camp experience in the Sahara Desert. Morocco is deeply rooted in history and is an inspiring destination thanks to its diverse geography, intricate history,…

Tanzania Tour Operators Urge Government to Accept Green Passport Holders

The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) is struggling to convince the government to ease new COVID-19 restrictions to save its ambitious deal with Israel travel agents to bring thousands of high-end inbound tourists. Tanzania has elevated and enhanced prevailing preventive measures especially those with regard to international travel. Israel travel agents expect to bring…

Airlink Adds Service to Entebbe

Airlink is adding another new route to its expanding intra-Africa network with the launch of its Johannesburg-Entebbe service. Four flights a week will operate on the route from July 19, offering connections with Airlink’s domestic and regional network, which reaches across many Southern African destinations. The schedule will be made available at a later stage.…

Uganda Re-imposes Lockdown

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday re-imposed a strict lockdown that included the closure of schools and the suspension of inter-district travel to help beat back a surge in COVID-19 cases in the East African country. The new measures, which will be effective from Monday morning, include the closure of all educational institutions, some bans…

Introducing…APTA’s Virtual Chapter!

  REGISTER HERE FOR APTA’S VIRTUAL CHAPTER   Introducing…The Association of the Promotion of Tourism to Africa’s (APTA) newest chapter, the Virtual Chapter!  We’ve designed the Virtual Chapter to grow and share our community’s passion for the love of Africa in a format that works for all of our remote members. By joining the Virtual Chapter, you’ll have…

Cheryle Velsor Joins Alluring Africa as Travel Trade Relations Manager

Cheryle Velsor, previously with South African Airways Vacations, joins Alluring Africa and brings with her more than 42 years of travel industry experience to become their Travel Trade Relations Manager, a dedicated resource to the travel advisor community. Starting out as a “front line” travel agent, Cheryle owned a successful travel agency, before moving on to the tour operator side…

Malawi Airlines Back on Track

Malawi Airlines has plans to resume full operations by mid-June and already has a schedule for June of six flights a week between both Lilongwe and Blantyre and Johannesburg’s OR Tambo. The airline’s two shareholders, the Malawian government, which holds a 51% shareholding and Ethiopian Airlines, which holds 49%, have agreed to recapitalise the central African carrier after…

Kenya & Rwanda Partner to Grow Tourism

The Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA), Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rwanda Chamber of Tourism (RCT) and the East African Tourism Platform have signed a partnership that will see the development of business and leisure travel in the East African community. The framework of the agreement is expected to enhance co-operation between the parties and…

New Travel Regulations for Namibia

Namibia has introduced new travel restrictions, with effect from tomorrow (June 1), advises independent regional airline, Airlink. All travellers entering Namibia will need to produce a negative SARS COVID-19 PCR test result (valid for seven days from the date of collection). Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test results will no longer be accepted for entry into Namibia…

South Africa to Invest Heavily in Tourism Infrastructure

A total of R537 million (€32.4m) has been earmarked for investment in tourism infrastructure projects by the Department of Tourism. This was highlighted by the Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi–Ngubane, during her Budget Vote address to the National Council of Provinces yesterday (June 1). “To effect the implementation of these projects, the Department entered into a partnership…

Seychelles Reopens to South Africa

Travellers from South Africa will be able to visit the Seychelles from Tuesday 1 June onwards, after being barred from accessing the island nation since the start of 2021. In a bid to reinvigorate the island’s embattled tourism industry, which is responsible for 65% of its GDP, the Seychelles announced the full reopening of its…

Four Points by Sheraton to Debut in Uganda

Portman Square Limited has signed an agreement with Marriott International to debut the Four Points by Sheraton brand in Uganda. The development is expected boost the continued gradual resurgence of the local hospitality industry and bookings currently at 28% from a near zero at the height of the lockdown last year. Scheduled to open in…

Sun City Re-Opens Daily

Sun City Resort, just a two-hour drive from Pretoria, is now open daily for day visitors after months of gradually easing access. Guests can take a quad bike or mountain bike through the Letsatsing Game Park or get lost in the largest permanent maze in the Southern hemisphere, The Maze of the Lost City. The…

SkySafari Airborne Again This Month

SkySafari’s three newly launched, redesigned fly-in itineraries provide guests with a nonstop flying safari; visiting the best camps, offering the best wildlife viewing, and more time to experience more magic while on safari. Taking to the skies of Kenya and Tanzania from 10th May 2021. Taking to the skies of Kenya and Tanzania from 10th May…

The Nest Collection Launches this Month

The Nest Collection – a new hospitality management solution for owners and managers of boutique accommodation establishments – launched this month. Its aim is twofold: to bring together a bespoke collection of distinctive, individual, boutique properties to create a quality travel ecosystem, and to offer an array of solutions for those properties to help them…

SAA Aims to Resume Flights in July or August

South African Airways (SAA) aims to resume flights in July or August, but the restart date will depend on how the COVID-19 pandemic progresses and whether the airline can resolve a pilot dispute, its chief executive said on Friday. State-owned SAA, which was put into administration in December 2019, has not flown commercially since September,…

Victoria Falls Attains Herd Immunity

Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa says the city of Victoria Falls has now achieved herd immunity following the vaccination of over 77 percent of its residents in the ongoing countrywide mass COVID-19 vaccination programme. Statistics released by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care show that more than 19 243 people, against a target of 25 000, had received…

New “Skylink Airways” Planned for South Africa

A new airline, Skylink Airways, has been established with the aim of filling the vacuum left by South African Airways (SAA). AeroTime Hub reported that Skylink Airways was founded by South African entrepreneur Clarence Andrea Steyn. Steyn told Aero Telegraph he has received backing from Russian and South African investors and has started hiring former SAA…

South Africa to End Controversial Captive Lion Industry

South Africa has taken steps to end its multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry, which supplies cubs for tourism, lions for trophy hunts, and bones for traditional medicine. In a statement on May 2, Barbara Creecy, the minster of South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, acknowledged the “view that the captive lion breeding industry did not contribute…

Tourism Industry Welcomes Tanzania/Kenya Deal

Tourism players are upbeat following heightened negotiation between Kenya and Tanzania that aims at bolstering trade between the two nations. Stakeholders said that apart from Kenya which has been cooperating with Uganda and Rwanda on tourism, Tanzania has had a frosty relation with Kenya. They said the recent state visit by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to…

New Uganda Entry Requirements Clarified

Classic Africa Safaris (CAS) has liaised with the Ugandan Minister of Health (MOH) and all appropriate government bodies to clarify the new COVID-19 entry requirements for Uganda. Please be advised that this is a constantly – and swiftly – changing situation, but current requirements are outlined below. In keeping with existing COVID-19 entry requirements, all…

Cape Town Approves Major V&A Waterfront Expansion

City of Cape Town Mayor, Dan Plato, has approved a R3.9bn (€229.6m) expansion to the V&A Waterfront’s Canal District. The mixed-use development will lead to the creation of at least 1 100 jobs during the construction phase. This announcement follows the recent approval of the R14bn (€824.1m) mixed-use Harbour Arch Development, which will include the construction…

Namibia’s New Onduli Ridge Camp Now Open

Ultimate Safaris has shown incredible talent and innovation in bringing to life camps that stand apart from the rest, and their newest, Onduli Ridge, lives up to their high standard. The planning for Onduli Ridge was undertaken with the intentional absence of engineers, architects and interior decorators, allowing nature and its boundaries to determine the camp’s…

Seychelles Remains Safe Despite COVID Surge

In an exclusive interview with the Seychelles News Agency on Monday, the head of state of Seychelles – President Wavel Ramkalawan – said the island nation remains a safe destination for visitors and that the archipelego’s world-leading vaccination campaign has proven to be effective. President Ramkalawan said the Seychelles – 115 islands in the western…

Uganda COVID Status/Protocol Update in Relation to Travel

On 5th May 2021, Uganda’s ministry of Health issued a statement on the status of Covid-19. The document mainly covered statistics and measures being undertaken to avoid a resurgence of the pandemic. Adventure Consults is happy to share a summary mainly focused on tourism and travel in general. When the ministry released the first statement on 30th April 2021…