Tailor Made South Africa Travel has had a wonderful testimonial back from some people who are still on their South Africa idyll!  They have been planning for this trip of a lifetime since August 2007.  They had booked to go to Victoria Falls, as well as Indigo Bay in Mozambique, and also taking in a safari in Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa.

Here is what Kevin and Julie have to say of their tailor made South Africa travel:-

“A quick email as we have been out of email and mobile range. We are now at Indigo Bay on the last leg of our holiday and are having a brilliant time. Everything is great and especially the Exeter River Lodge which was an unbelievable experience, but everything so far as been brilliant.”

Here are some photos of their stay:-

 

The first four photos are of Exeter Lodge, Sabi Sands Game Reserve and the last photo is of Indigo Island, Bazaruto Island, Mozambique.  Just a little taster of the sort of vacation you can expect from Tailor Made South Africa Travel!

Safari in South Africa and you will no doubt want to know the do’s and don’ts that will ensure you have the best safari ever!  Why not receive my free report, “9 Surefire Ways To Have The Safari In South Africa You Always Wanted” delivered direct to your inbox?

You’ll find a wealth of information that will help you decide what type of safari you want, as well as

• The best game reserves to visit and whether to combine your trip with other destinations
• The best time of year to visit
• What type of clothes to pack and equipment to take
• What animals you are likely to see and how to make sure you see all you want to
• What you can expect and much more

Guaranteed to have you packing your bags, grabbing your passport and heading to the nearest airport clutching your camera and pith helmet!

Here’s the link again to receive your Safari in South Africa Free Report straight to your inbox.  Happy reading!

Safari in South Africa and you will definitely want to add Cape Town to your itinerary. Cape Town’s wonderful Waterfront is a hive of activity from early morning to late into the night with international cusine in its restaurants, exceptional shopping in its malls and street theatre to rival Barcelona’s Ramblas!

Take a look at my first video, produced by me of Cape Town’s Waterfront. I hope you will agree that the blue skies, superb views and activity make it a “mustn’t miss” stop on your safari in South Africa itinerary!

Let me know what you think of the video by posting a comment. I have lots more to show you, so watch out for more posts in the coming weeks …

Tailor Made South Africa Travel is being joined by a new family member! No, not a person, but another website, Tailor Made Australia Travel. We are delighted to introduce Tailor Made Australia Travel as the luxury Australia travel sister to Tailor Made South Africa.

Like our personalized South Africa itineraries, we are working closely with an Australian specialist to bring you the very best in luxury Australia travel, so don’t forget to visit and find out how we can help you have the best luxury Australia travel you can get!

Don’t forget to claim your free special report, ” 9 Sure-fire Ways To Have The Safari In South Africa You Always Wanted” – it’s jam-packed full of great tips to make sure you have a fantastic luxury safari in South Africa.

Safari in South Africa generally means to go shooting photos with animals as your models, but the word safari also means to go on a journey. I want to take you on a journey to Cape Town, to a place where you can actually “shoot” photos of animals in an area which is not generally thought of as “safari country”.

The beauty of taking a safari in the Western Cape is that it is totally malaria free, meaning that you do not have to plan for months in advance, visit doctors, take malaria tablets, but you still get to see the Big 5 (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and Cape Buffalo) plus many other plains animals such as Black Wildebeest, boks of many varieties, zebra and ostriches.

One such South Africa safari lodge is Aquila and they have a delightful video which I have added here. Take a look at it – sit back and relax for a minute while the music washes over you and the glorious pictures unfold before you. When you click on the links you might find that the low-band video produces the best results …

Now, tell me you don’t feel better for having watched! One word of caution, if you want to experience a safari anywhere in South Africa, you will have to plan ahead of time. Aquila is booked up well in advance, so the earliest you know your travel dates, the better.

Let us help you find that elusive booking though if you can’t book early. I can’t make any promises, but we can usually winkle out something …

Luxury Safaris to South Africa tend to conjure up pictures of people in 4×4 vehicles with nothing more dangerous than a digital camera in their hands.  However, we do get requests for hunting safaris where a gun is used to shoot plains animals such as bok, kudu, warthog and blue wildebeest.

What are your views on this sport?

Get your safari in South Africa through a a new blog!  Coast 2 Coast Connection brings together the two travel destinations dear to my heart and my businesses.

The name, Coast 2 Coast Connection brings together two amazing coastlines, Costa Brava, Spain and the whole of the South African coastline that stretches for more than 2500 km from the Namibian border on the Atlantic coast right up to Mozambique on the Indian Ocean.

The Costa Brava is tiny in comparison, only 160 km, but its beauty is no less.  Stunningly rugged in parts with turquoise blue seas and long sandy beaches and tiny inlets and coves.  It is a fascinating destination with history, beauty, culture and cuisine which are international icons.

Much like South Africa then!  But boy, don’t the incredible animals on a luxury safari in South Africa really have the edge!  Any safari, which is a Swahili word meaning long journey, is great though, be it a wine safari, bird safari, mountain safari …  travel is so enriching!  If you need any help defining exactly what you want from your South Africa travel, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Endangered Loggerhead turtles have finally settled down to their nesting and created records on the Northern KwaZulu Natal coastline.

With careful monitoring over the project area, morning and night to ensure the safety of these huge sea creatures, the Loggerhead and the Leatherback turtles have responded by breeding almost entirely within the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, which is a designated marine protected area and a World Heritage site.

Numbers have declined in other areas due to the consumption of tutle meat and eggs by poverty-stricken communities and fishermen’s abandoned drift nets drowning the imprisoned turtles.

One of the most facinating places to visit on your tour of South Africa is the St Lucia Wetlands. The diversity of wildlife and outdoor activies will have you wishing you could stay forever! Imagine wandering through coastal forests fringed by white, sandy beaches watching the whales and dolphins perform for you in the surf, whilst if you are incredibly lucky, in the warm summer evenings in the months of October to March, you may well find the baby turtles emerging from their nest sites on their dash to the sea. What paradise!

Take a look at South Africa – The Good News for the full article on the safe haven for sea turtles, where you’ll discover more about the WWF/Green Trust Turtle Monitoring and Community Development Project.

I heard about a guy called Jim Rogers for the first time today. It turns out he is a whizz with money/investing, co founder of the Quantum Fund and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).

I can hear you all now asking what on earth this has to do with South Africa and how is she going to link these two very diverse subjects! Well, that’s the sort of guy Jim is. In the 1980′s he travelled through China on a motorcycle and again in 1990- 1992 he took off on a motorcycle covering 65,065 miles across six continents and picked up a Guinness Book of World Records journey. 1999 – 2002 saw him and his partner Paige undertake another record breaking journey travelling through 116 countries, covering 245,ooo kilometers. Guess what? They visited South Africa and the photos, videos and audio evidence is one that perfectly sums up their trip through Johannesburg, on safari and right down to Cape Town.

I thought that you might like to take a look at their journey through South Africa especially, although the rest of the world looks facinating too! Click on the map for Africa and then choose South Africa. Down the left hand side you will then find all the places in South Africa that they visited with photos, video and audio diaries. What an experience! What a guy!

Although I haven’t yet read his books, I am reliably informed that they are a great read – Entertainment Weekly said this of Investment Biker, “Set against the backdrop of an exhilarating around-the-world motorcycle odyssey, Investment Biker paints a vivid picture of the current state and future direction of economics throughout the world.” Let’s hope Jim will make a book out of his Millennium exploits – I’m sure he’s got a tale or two to tell!

Reading this story of safari in South Africa, I thought how well it is written and offers a different view of the traditional game to be found in South Africa.

Look away now, if the killing of game is not your thing, but if you can bear it, the story makes interesting reading. Take a look here and let me know your thoughts. Should any game be hunted or have we become a world in which we shy away from anything distasteful just because it’s been “Disney-fied”? Fluffy animals look cute on a cinema screen, but is that the reality – I think not. What do you think?