Ultimate Safaris Introduces Sossus Under Canvas

In line with their commitment to help preserve wild places through impact investments that have a positive impact on the environment and its custodians as already demonstrated at Huab Under Canvas, Ultimate Safaris introduce their newest venture, Sossus Under Canvas in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape. Located on the private 24,000 hectare Neuhof Nature Reserve which…

Steve Fitzgerald: 1953 – 2017

It is with great sadness that the APTA community has learned of the passing of Steve Fitzgerald. He was well known, greatly respected, and much loved throughout our industry – first as founder of Halcyon Hotels, then managing director and CEO of CCAfrica (later &Beyond) for 15 years. Most recently, he and wife Nicky built and managed Angama Mara in…

New Kuro Tarangire Video

Tarangire has long been a special place for us. Head Nomad guide, Richard Knocker started his bush career here and this very site was Mark & Milly Houldsworth’s first marital home. The location was home to one of the earliest camps in Tarangire, and for good reason. We’re far enough south to have our little…

Big Life Foundation’s work to stop bushmeat poaching

Big Life Foundation was co-founded by photographer Nick Brandt and conservationist Richard Bonham in September 2010. Big Life has expanded to employ hundreds of Maasai rangers to help protect 2 million acres of wilderness in the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem of East Africa. Click here to learn more about their recent work to stop the deadly trend of part-time poachers. 

Wellworth Hospitality – Tanzania exhibiting at WTM London

Wellworth Hospitality will be exhibiting at WTM London 2017. Please send us an email to p.sunil@wellworthgroup.com, to make an appointment and visit us on Stand No. AF-140 to discuss about our existing and upcoming properties. Wellworth Hospitality owns & operates Luxury Collection Lodges/Camps and Picturesque Destination Resorts. Luxury Collection Lodges includes Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge…

All four Volcanoes Lodges voted ‘Top Hotels in Africa’

Volcanoes Safaris, the leading luxury lodge company in Rwanda and Uganda, is pleased to announce that its four lodges have all received awards in the 30th annual Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards. The four Volcanoes Safaris Lodges in the Top Resorts in Africa category were Virunga Lodge, Mount Gahinga, Kyambura Gorge Lodge and Bwindi. Volcanoes is the only company to have its three properties in Uganda included.…

Top Honors for Thanda Island and Thanda Safari

The Thanda Team is very honoured to have received top accolades at the World Travel Awards. Thanda Island Tanzania won “Africa’s Leading Luxury Island” and Thanda Safari South Africa won both Africa’s and South Africa’s Leading Luxury Private Villa for our five-bedroom Villa iZulu.  Thanda Island is a truly private tropical island. Situated within southern Tanzania’s Marine Reserve, Thanda offers complete exclusivity for families and…

MORE: New Partnership in Victoria Falls

It is with great excitement that we announce our partnership with the Aujan Family in Victoria Falls with the Stanley & Livingstone Hotel. This will see the evolution of the MORE circuit to include some of Southern Africa’s most distinctive destinations and experiences – Cape Town; Big 5 Safari within four South African game reserves;…

Ethiopia Extends E-Visa service to MICE Participants

Ethiopian Immigration and Nationality Affairs Main Dept. in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines Group has launched E-Visa service for African and international participants of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions to be held in Ethiopia (eff. Sept. 20, 2017). With the launching of the E-Visa, participants of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions to be held in Ethiopia,…

Fastjet launches schedule for domestic flights in Mozambique

With the festive season fast approaching, Pan-Africa’s low-cost airline, fastjet, has announced its schedule for domestic flights in Mozambique.  The airline recently announced that it has established brand licence agreements with Federal Airlines and Solenta Aviation Mozambique, to gain the correct permissions for launching fastjet Mozambique. Fastjet will also launch flights between Johannesburg and Maputo, a…

Safari Logistics: Connecting Flights in Zimbabwe

Safari Logistics, an initiative to promote cost-effective Travel around Zimbabwe, has created this easy to read a breakdown of recommendations for international flights into Zimbabwe. Safari Logistics links with these inbound flights to the top wildlife areas in the country including Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park, Lake Kariba and Matusadona, and Mana Pools National Park.…

Fastjet deal boosts presence in the region

Fastjet, the aspiring pan-African budget airline, has increased its presence in SA and Southern Africa through a brand-licensing agreement with Federal Airlines in SA and Solenta Aviation in Mozambique.Travel industry publication, Travel Meetings & Buyer, reports that the airline has moved its head office from London to SA. On Friday, holding company fastjet plc informed…

Tanzania tour operators: Conservation agenda takes center stage on Nyerere Day

Organizers have announced that conservation will feature prominently in an annual commemoration of Tanzania’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, on October 14, 2017. The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) expressed its  resolve to place more energy and time  into marketing Nyerere Day in Arusha, Tanzania’s designated safari capital this year, to recognize his…

Tests begin for ‘fastest train in Africa’

 On Monday, the Moroccan rail office announced that engineers are preparing to test Africa’s first high-speed railway this week, with trains reaching 320kilometres (200 miles) per hour. The ONCF reported that one train reached 275kph (170 mph) on Monday, along a stretch of track between the northern cities of Kenitra and Tangier. ‘This is already the…

Happy birthday Table Mountain Cableway!

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company is celebrating its 88th birthday this week, with discount vouchers available in community newspapers. The cable cars have been running up the mountain since 1929, taking Capetonians and tourists to great heights to see the best of the iconic natural landmark of the city. Not only has the company been around…

SA’s Marine Dynamics wins global sustainable tourism award

SA’s Marine Dynamics wins global sustainable tourism award  South African shark-cage diving company, Marine Dynamics, scooped a prestigious eco-tourism award at the Skål World Congress, Sustainable Tourism Awards 2017, in Hyderabad, India, on Friday, 6 October. Skål International is an organisation of tourism leaders around the world, “promoting global tourism and friendship”. Marine Dynamics won the award for…

African Bush Camps US Representation

African Bush Camps has recently entered into a partnership with Index Select, a cutting-edge agency based in the USA. Index Select will support African Bush Camps in the American market in sales, marketing and PR. Index Select is a global hospitality consulting firm with a simple creed of conveying remarkable stories to the best in…

African Bush Camps Guide Honored at PURE

We are thrilled and delighted to announce that one of our finest and most-loved professional guides, Lewis Mangaba, was honored with a PURE award. Lewis was crowned the ‘Unsung Hero’ – an award dedicated to recognizing the dedication and passion of guides who go an extra mile to offer a truly transformational experience to their…

New Olduvai Gorge Museum Inaugurated

Tanzania’s Vice President, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan has inaugurated a state-of-the-art museum at the Olduvai Gorge. Speaking during the ceremony, Ms Hassan said she was optimistic that the museum would help increase the number of tourists and researchers visiting the country. “Olduvai Gorge is where the history of a human being can be traced, so I…

Elewana Manual Now Available

We’ve listened to your feedback and taken action. Our Elewana Information Manual has been updated and is now fully digital!  The link below will direct you to the Information Manual, where you will find important details, facts and figures pertaining to each of the Elewana properties, The Land and Life Foundation and SkySafari.  To keep…

Ethiopian Holidays Presents Africa’s Top 10 Honeymoon Destinations

Ethiopian Holidays, a division of the continent’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has lined up the top ten honeymoon destinations in Africa for your nuptial bliss. Africa has it all: abundant wildlife, breath-taking landscapes, ancient wonders,  exquisite beaches and an incredible variety of cultures. It is the perfect continent for newlyweds looking to experience the ultimate romantic…

Big Life Foundation’s Work to stop bushmeat poaching

To help protect 2 million acres of wilderness in the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem of East Africa, Big Life Foundation, which was co-founded by photographer Nick Brandt and conservationist Richard Bonham in September 2010, has expanded to employ hundreds of Maasai rangers . Click here to learn more about their recent work to stop the deadly trend of part-time poachers.

Wellworth Hospitality – Tanzania, will be exhibiting at Magical Kenya Tourism Expo 2017

Wellworth Hospitality will be exhibiting at Magical Kenya Tourism Expo 2017. Please feel free to visit us on our Stand No. F-9 to discuss about our existing and upcoming properties. Wellworth Hospitality owns & operates Luxury Collection Lodges/Camps and Picturesque Destination Resorts. Luxury Collection Lodges includes Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge & Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge.…

The Africa Africans want you to see

As the world marked the United Nations designated World Tourism Day on Wednesday, many Africans took advantage of the day to show the world the side of Africa never seen before. Individuals and state institutions alike flooded Twitter with such pictures using the hashtag #WoorldTourismDay to besides educating the world of the numerous sites in…

Ethiopian Airlines Embrace Mobile Money Payments

ETHIOPIAN Airlines, Africa’s largest airline group, in partnership with Flocash, a leading Pan-African provider of electronic payment services has enabled online mobile payments on its website to allow its Zimbabwean customers to buy and effect payment for ticket online. Travellers can now book and pay for tickets eamlessly on Ethiopian Airlines website www.ethiopianairlines.com using their…

$38 million renovation project transforms decrepit grain silo complex in Cape Town into the largest contemporary art institution on the continent.

Smithsonian Fuelled by a $38 million renovation project, a decrepit grain silo complex in Cape Town, South Africa, has been transformed into the largest contemporary art institution on the continent. Khanya Mtshali reports for Quartz that the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), located on the V&A Waterfront, a popular cultural hub overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, opened its…

Grab Your Free Ticket to Attend East Africa Tourism & Hospitality Expo 2017

East Africa Tourism & Hospitality Conference and Trade Expo is Tanzania’s leading business-to-customer (B2C) event, which attracts representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry from the East Africa region and other parts of the world. This is the only event in Tanzania for Tourism and Hospitality companies to carry out direct sales to Corporate bodies, the General Public and Expatriate Communities in Tanzania. The Expo is designed to ensure that, at the…