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We have spoken often about what a great country South Africa is to enjoy a family safari or vacation. There is just so much for kids to do and learn and the thrill of encountering wildlife as a family unit can bring families together in a special way. The good news is that South Africa is also now much more child…
In the interests of always being helpful and ensuring that our valued international guests have the best possible experience when travelling in Southern Africa, we at Jewel of Africa Safaris decided to compile this article on travelling with children to South Africa in 2019. When you travel to South Africa with children younger than 18 in 2019, it is vitally important to take note of…
International travelers who have never experienced the thrill of a predator on the hunt in the wild, or the magnificence of Victoria Falls, or majestic Table Mountain in the fairest Cape in the world, simply cannot say they have really seen the world’s best. Hereby Africa becomes a bucket list destination! For 2019, why not turn your dream to visit…
It is a land of contrasts and extraordinary beauty. It has everything any international traveller would like to encounter in one safari. Despite its previous reputation as a country beset with political turmoil and economic woes, Zimbabwe today has put all that in the past and offers you one of the finest safari destination packages on the planet. So confident…
Here in Africa we believe that this is the nearest place to heaven on Earth. The African veld, better known to locals as ‘the bush’, is serene and savage, peaceful and thrilling, with bright sunshine and pitch-black nights with stars so brilliant they are like fluorescent lights in the sky. Yes, a place of contrast and a place that you…
As a prospective traveller to Africa embarking on one of the most thrilling international vacation experiences, an African safari, you have a couple of choices, a standard African safari, or a luxury African safari. So what is the difference? In this article we look at what makes an African safari a luxury African safari? After all (and make no mistake about this) if you…
You stand at God’s Window and you feel it. Have you died and gone to Heaven? Could this be Heaven on Earth? A sight so spectacular it can’t be of this world – but it is…and it is just one of 5 great reasons to experience South Africa’s breath-taking Panorama Route! As a traveller to many destinations of the world, you…
We believe they would be these five incredible South African tourist favourites, pretty much known throughout the globe as preferred destinations when travelling to Africa.
Although this article is written, in part at least, with tongue firmly in cheek, there are actually some real fears that international travellers have about travel in South Africa and these have for the most part been born of urban legends or ‘Myths’ as we like to call them …and in some case just misinformation. In the interests of putting…
NUMBER ONE – SPRING TO AUTUMN IN CAPE TOWN NUMBER TWO – WINTER TO SPRING IN THE KRUGER PARK NUMBER THREE – SPRING AND AUTUMN IN NAMIBIA NUMBER FOUR – WINTER AT VICTORIA FALLS NUMBER FIVE – APRIL AND AUGUST IN EAST AFRICA The migration of the herds from the Serengeti to Massai mara is…
