South African Airways (SAA) is set to reintroduce long-haul flights for the first time in over three years, establishing a new route linking Cape Town and São Paulo. Additionally, the airline will resume services between Johannesburg and the Brazilian city. Starting on Oct. 31, flights from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos…
Despite some industry concerns about the project – the environmental impact and access roads, amongst others – the proposed Drakensberg Cable Car project is going ahead. Over the past weekend, KwaZulu Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs, Siboniso Duma, conducted an oversight visit to monitor the progress of the Drakensberg Cable Car project.…
THE 138-room Radisson Safari Hotel Hoedspruit – the global group’s first safari hotel in South Africa – is set to open within the next quarter. This is part of Radisson reinforcing its position as one of the fastest-growing hotel companies in Africa, aiming to open more than 50 new hotels on the continent over the…
In a significant achievement for conservation, Babanango Game Reserve, in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, has achieved Big Five status. The 20 000 hectare reserve is now home to lion, rhino, buffalo, leopard and elephant and many more significant species. Last month, a small breeding herd of seven elephants were brought in from Manyoni Game Reserve in Maputaland,…
Wilderness has opened two new luxury mobile tented camps in Tanzania that will follow the Serengeti National Park’s legendary Great Migration. The mobile camps have been set up in key locations on the migration route, moving with the herds throughout the year. Both camps, accommodating a maximum of 12 guests each, operate under the same…
RwandAir will launch daily flights between Kigali International Airport and London Heathrow on October 29. The carrier launched four direct flights a week to Heathrow in November last year. Before that it operated flights to the UK capital via an indirect service through Brussels. “Having first launched flights to the British capital in 2017, we…
Malawi has been nominated for the most Desirable Emerging Destination in the 2023 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards! Having been a a top Country in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel for 2022, and regularly featuring again in a variety of ‘Top Places’ lists (top places to visit in Africa, top lakes of the world, etc, etc). Malawi is emerging as a…