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Mozambique’s Gorongosa – A Resurging Paradise

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:33:28 +0000

Gorongosa National Park, located in central Mozambique, was once Southern Africa’s premier wildlife preserve.

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My 4 Day Kruger Adventure

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:51:30 +0000

My 4 Day Kruger Adventure
By Nerissa Lategan

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Muizenberg community festival

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:26 +0000

We moved in to our fantastic new offices on the 1st of March in front of the Victorian era Muizenberg railway station. The building was an old English/Dutch blockhouse of the late 1700’s and so must rank up there as one of the oldest buildings in the country.

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Review: Addis in Cape – Ethiopian Restaurant in Cape Town

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:23 +0000

I recently joined a group of friends at one of Cape Town’s latest eateries, Addis in Cape.

Most of the time when I told people I was invited to an Ethiopian restaurant, I was regaled with all the old Ethiopian famine jokes and comments on whether food would actually be served at the place. I must admit I did not know what to expect … but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Addis in Cape is the latest addition to the eating culture in Cape Town’s trendy Long Street. The area comes alive at night and I notice that the number of African themed eateries is growing alongside the other trendy shops, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

Addis in Cape offers a uniquely African experience in sophisticated surroundings. Located in an historic Cape Dutch building in Long Street, it comes complete with polished Oregon pine floors, long steep Dutch style staircases and beautiful artwork from Ethiopia.

Dining is casual. Guests sit on low wooden Ethiopian chairs around a small round grass table with complete with a unique cone lid. Food is presented in large enamel bowls which slot snugly into the table under the cone.

We shared a selection from the set menu, a lovely sociable way to dine. Most meals are accompanied by spiced Injera bread. This looks like a large round pancake and is the staple food in Ethiopia. It is Continue Reading -->

Tanzania: A New Species is Discovered!

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:21 +0000

Rhynchocyon udzungwensis is a curious creature with spindly legs, about the size of a cat.

The new addition to the sengi family was first spotted in 2005 when Francesco Rovero of the Trento Museum of Natural Sciences in Italy set up motion-sensing cameras in the forests of Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains.

A photograph appeared of a creature with a long snout that no-one could identify. It was only a year later that a team expedition laid traps to catch live specimens of the creature they suspected was a new species. The traps they brought along were not really big enough for this giant among elephant shrews, so the team had to rely on the traditional hunting snares instead.

They finally managed to capture 4 of the animals and could confirm that this was indeed a new species of elephant shrew. The elephant-shrews are mammals of an order called Macroscelidea; from the Greek meaning “long legs”. Though they have some Continue Reading -->

Cape Town beaches

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:17 +0000

Good morning all, yip just 2 weeks to go before Christmas is here, wow this year has just gone by so quickly.

Summer is always good here in Cape Town but last weekend was special, hot, hot and hot, at last! This past winter was rather unkind to us sun lovers, but with water reserves in and around Cape Town at 99.8% full I suppose I should not complain too much.

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KwaZulu Natal, South Africa’s Wildside

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:14 +0000

Natal, most popular with South Africans is one of the most underrated destinations in South Africa.

One on my personal favorite African safari destinations, without a doubt. Lets me give you a small personal tour of the province;

Zululand: – Northern areas of Natal, the more tropical and coastal areas, home of the Zulu Nation, home of Kosi Bay, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Phinda Game Reserve, Lake Sibaya, Tembe Elephant National Park and much much more…..

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‘09 Kilimanjaro New Years Eve Summit

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:09 +0000

Join me this year for a personally guided New Year’s Eve Summit of Kilimanjaro. We have a total of twelve spaces offered for this unique trip to watch the sun rise over Africa from its highest point. If you have had some memorable New Years Eve experiences in the past I can personally guarantee that [...]

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The History and Culture of Lesotho

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:22:08 +0000

Thanks to K. Limakatso Kendall, traveller and writer, for this piece on Lesotho

Geography and Dinosaurs
First there was the land. Fifty million years before the Alps thrust skyward, sheets of golden yellow sandstone were heaved, tossed, and capped by volcanic spew that hardened into basalt. Dinosaurs slapped their tails in the muck and left [...]

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