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Azura brings luxury to beach
Operator has a vision for trade
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE Visions of Africa is seeking to drive
Azura has added a new Beach Villa
to its eco-boutique Mozambique property, which also includes 'Luxury' Villas and 'Infinity Villas'. The property, on Benguerra Island, sits
on a white-sand beach with dense bush behind it. The Beach Villa features a thatched roof, a private sun-deck and a plunge-pool that overlooks the beach. Isolated and luxurious, the resort is
geared towards couples and honeymooners. Turquoise Holidays has the resort from £549pp pn, twin- share in a Luxury Villa. This includes meals, local drinks, a 15-minute back- and-neck massage at the Spa, an island drive and a sunset dhow cruise. International flights and flights from
Johannesburg and Dar Es Salaam are not included.
www.azura-retreats.com
African Pride has NWP twins
African Pride has a seven-day South
Africa option that twins family entertainment at Sun City with game- viewing in Madikwe Private Game Reserve, both in the country’s malaria- free North West Province. The deal includes four nights at the Cascades Hotel, Sun City, in a luxury twin-room on a B&B basis, and three nights at Impodimo Game Lodge, Madikwe, in a luxury suite. The package leads in at £2,935pp and includes flights with South African Airways, road transfer from Sun City to Madikwe, plane transfer back to Johannesburg and all meals and two game activities a day whilst on safari. Travel must be completed by the end
of April 2012.
www.african-pride.com
South African Airways’ new A330-
200 aircraft are now operating on UK-South Africa routes, flying out of Heathrow’s Terminal One. A stand-out feature of the new aircraft
is the new in-flight entertainment (IFE) system, which uses technology ‘integrated into the seat structure’. “The 2-4-2 configuration offers
greater privacy for couples travelling and ensures that no-one is more than one seat from the aisle. The 10” screens are some of the largest in the industry, about the same size as an iPad, so flyers are not left squinting at the screen,” said Gary Kershaw, SAA's country manager UK & Ireland.
www.flysaa.com
more sales through the trade after launching its latest programme to Southern and Eastern Africa, which features an expanded range of properties and tours. The operator has increased its agent commission level to 12% and trade expert George Salter has been appointed in the role of agency sales representative. Featured countries are South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, (pictured), Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. A key feature of the programme is eco-tourism projects offering participation in conservation practices such as whale-watching by boat, leopard tracking, rhino darting, and tagging turtles. Experiences include tours of battlefields such as Rorke’s Drift, Spioenkop, Ladysmith and Isandlwana, and ballooning over wildlife in Pilanesberg National Park, the Serengeti and the Masai Mara.
SAA comfortable
For adventurous clients Visions has a
four- and five-star two-week self-drive tour (billed as suitable for families) to Namibia which takes in the dunes in the south and Etosha National Park in the north, with stays at six different types of accommodation, from elegant guest houses to the Onguma Tented Camp in
Etosha. The lead-in of £3,635pp includes flights via Johannesburg, six days’ half- board accommodation and three days' B&B, hire car and transfers. Flights are with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Kenya Airways or South African Airways.
www.visionsofafrica.co.uk
Uganda’s new rooms with a view The new Kyambura Gorge Lodge
in Uganda overlooks the 'lost world' of Uganda’s Kyambura Gorge, which exits the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The park, which offers one of Uganda’s premier wildlife experiences, is a mix of open plains, lakes, forested areas, game-rich riverine habitat and the chimpanzees of the gorge itself. The luxury lodge is made up of individually decorated bandas, part of a habitat restoration project that has returned a precious wetland and fertile hillside to their former glory. All the bandas have views across the
AFRICA IN BRIEF
Families Worldwide over the Rift Families Worldwide has reduced
the price of its 11-day Rift Valley Explorer tour, departing October 19. Guests will stay in a mix of hotels and camps in Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara. Highlights will include visits to an elephant orphanage and a Masai village. Priced from £1599.
www.familiesworldwide.co.uk
Virgin nights in SA from £809 Virgin Holidays has a four-night
break in South Africa for £809pp, a saving of £353. The deal includes flights with Etihad Airways from Gatwick to Cape Town and accommodation at the four-star Protea Hotel President on a B&B basis. Prices are based on departures September 6-15 2011.
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park to the Rwenzori Mountains and feature private verandas. Rates start at $400pp for two sharing
for the remainder of 2011.
www.kyambura.com
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