Just added a new product to the Tongasabi Safaris South Africa portfolio. The Premier Classe Train South Africa. Interesting product which can be combined with a large range of South African safaris & tours. e.g. The 13 days South Africa Safari (accommodated) or the Kruger Park Safari. Travel in style by using the railway tracks!
Routes:
Johannesburg to Hoedspruit (Kruger National Park)
Johannesburg to Cape Town (The Classic Journey)
Johannesburg to Durban (railway to the beach)
Cape Town to Port Elizabeth ( Garden Route & Karoo)
Check this link on the Dutch Tongasabi website: Premier Classe Train South Africa
For December and January we do have some seats available at several camping and lodge safaris to Southern Africa. You’ll find the complete listing on the Dutch Tongasabi Website. Just check the link to:
New self drive safari to Botswana on offer! Based on 6 nights in Moremi Game Reserve (incl. Okavango Boat trip + wild camping on Island) + two nights Chobe National Park Savute.
An 8 nights safari to be extended with Kasane / Chobe River, Maun, Makgadikgdi, Central Kalahari and other places of interest of your choice. The Moremi – Chobe Savute section is based on start 15 August end 23 August.
We will supply you with a 4×4 vehicle + camping gear and design together with you the full safari itinerary. Please contact Marco via Email marco@tongasabi.com or telephone +31748510174, competitive rental rate & excellent value 4 money!
We do have a Botswana Safaris on offer, departing 5th of July 2009!
***200 Euro off ***
This is our excellent Botswana Adventure Trail Safari, 18 days full off adventure. Featuring Mapungubwe, the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Deception Valley), Maun, Moremi Game Reserve & the Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park including the Savute area (e.g. see also National Geographic movies like Lion’s of Darkness, Eternal Enemies – Lions vs. Hyenas), the Chobe River front and the Victoria Falls (Livingstone Zambia). Read more!
Zebra @ Khama Rhino Sanctuary – Safari Botswana highlight! Read more!
As a professional in the Travel Industry I do monitor flight rates the whole time… at the moment flying to South Africa has become much cheaper during the low season.
e.g. British Airways – Amsterdam via London to Jo’burg: 570 Euro inclusive taxes.
Flying from Frankfurt can also safe you a lot of cash, e.g. Emirates via Dubai to Jo’burg: 615 Euro inclusive taxes in September.
However the high season for European tourism, July and August seems to be much more expensive this year. I presume the airlines compensate their cheap tickets during those summer Months? Rates around the 900 to 1100 Euro for return trip to Jo’burg are common in August.
Some websites with cheap flights:
Supersaver
Cheaptickets
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (South Africa side) Gemsbok “courtship circling”, the female gemsbok (not at the picture) is moving away from the bull. Very interersting sighting as most of the time these antilopes are just feeding, resting under a tree or walking through the bush. The bull is trying to move behind the female to sniff her backside. The erected tail (see picture) and the foreleg lifting of the bull (not at this picture) are clear signs his is ready to mount the female. The bull did finally mount the female but she rejected him by moving away.
Just back from the recce trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa, this area is part of the larger Transfrontier Park with Botswana. Kalahari sand, red dunes and arid desert vegetation. We’ve been exploring the 4×4 tracks and stayed at several of the (new) wilderness camps. More pictures + info on this safari will be published soon!
Tongasabi Recce Vehicle, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Desert)
In SA now @ the Upington Land Rover garage, no breakdown but just an aircon service for the Td5! It’s 45 degrees max. so some better cooling is most welcome. Just left Augrabies Falls and now on the way to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. Freshing up my knowledge as the last visit to the National Parks dates back to 1999! Expect not much to be changed except the increase in wilderness and rest camps (and traffic). Back in the nineties (and the Kalahari Gemsbok years) the only 3 camps were Twee Rivieren, Nossob and Mata Mata. First night will be camping and from there on we will stay at several wilderness camps.
Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa. A lot of South Africans do (unfortunately) not know their own Mapungubwe National Park. Being relatively new this National Park at the Botswana / Zimbabwe border is worth visiting. It’s both a World Heritage Site (read more at the SANPARKS website) and a good place to watch Elephants at close range! This family decided to supply us with the bum shot, a popular wildlife pose in general!
Tongasabi Safaris visiting the Mapungubwe National Park:
Botswana Adventure Trail & Botswana Lodge Safari (+ shortened tours) and the special Mapungubwe & Kruger Park Safari.
