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
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)
