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Lodges has opened Elephant Plains, a new luxury lodge in Queen Elizabeth national park that can accommodate up to 20 guests. In Tanzania (AF600), Asilia has opened Jabali Private House, a three-bedroom villa with private vehicle, guide and chef in the remote Ruaha national park. Asilia has also relaunched Olakira Migration Camp, which moves twice a year through the Serengeti following the wildebeest migration, with new stargazing tents giving guests the option to have their beds rolled from the main bedroom out to a custom- designed, mosquito net canopy. Namibia has always been a good- value destination – now it’s developing its luxury tourism accommodation, giving visitors more options. Natural Selection is opening up Kaokoland in the country’s wild north-west corner, with two new lodges – Hoanib Valley Camp, set among granite boulders overlooking the ephemeral Hoanib river, and the architecturally unique Shipwreck Lodge, the first to be built on the


South Africa (AF500)


A double bedroom en suite at Jabali Private House


Private walking tours are offered at Jabali Private House in Tanzania


The sunset from Jabali Private House


South Africa remains the most popular destination in sub-Saharan Africa. Sisa Ntshona, chief executive of South African Tourism, says: “As part of our global strategy of attracting four million more international tourists to South Africa by 2021, we are committed to nurturing and growing all our key source markets. “South Africa boasts an amazing breadth of experiences – that’s why it is so important for us to provide our trade partners with the best training, such as workshops, takeover days and fam trips.”


To tie in with the launch of British Airways’ direct service to Durban, Rainbow Tours has introduced a new 12-night self- drive tour around the KwaZulu- Natal Province.


Shipwreck Lodge, Namibia Inbound arrivals to sub-Saharan Africa


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dunes of the Skeleton Coast. Other recent openings include Omaanda, a partnership between Zannier Hotels and the Namibian Naankuse Foundation to create a 9,000-hectare reserve close to the capital Windhoek.


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Rwanda (AF750) Rwanda is one of the fastest growing destinations, with arrivals increasing by 4.2% on average from 2012 to 2016. The largest market is the US, with 30,000 arrivals in 2016, followed by the UK, Belgium, India and Germany. Belise Karisa, chief tourism


offi cer at Visit Rwanda, says: “We expect visitor numbers to reach about 1.9 million annually by 2024, as we continue to grow our tourism offerings across the country, including the expansion of Volcanoes national park project, and new cycling and paramotoring activities.”


Visit Rwanda has signed a three-


Namibia Exclusive’s Sorris Sorris has only nine suites overlooking Damaraland’s desert and mountain scenery, while Ultimate Safari’s new semi-permanent tented camp Sossus Under Canvas is set in the Neuhof nature reserve and offers a unique wilderness experience.


year agreement to be the offi cial tourism partner of Arsenal FC and has been focusing on promoting the new “tourism circuit” tracking, including all three national parks, Akagera, Nyungwe and Volcanoes, as well as Lake Kivu and the capital Kigali.


While mountain gorilla tracking is still the main draw, despite the increase in the permit price to $1,500, several upscale lodges are opening up other areas of the country. Wilderness is launching Magashi Camp in March 2019. This six- tented camp will overlook Lake Rwanyakazinga in the north-eastern section of Akagera national park, a


Big Five destination. In October, One&Only opened Nyungwe House in the lush surroundings of Nyungwe Forest national park, with more than 300 bird species, over 75 species of mammal and 12 primate species. A second lodge, Gorilla’s Nest, is slated to open early next year close to Volcanoes national park. Singita is also extending its conservation footprint into Rwanda with the opening of Kwitonda Lodge in August 2019 on the edge of Volcanoes national park, with seven one-bedroom suites, a two-bedroom suite and a four-bedroom villa.


And Southern Africa 360 has launched a six-day Northern Cape Kalahari Explorer itinerary to encourage guests to visit the beautiful and varied landscapes of the Green Kalahari and the Kalahari Red Dune Route. In 2019, the iconic Blue Train is reinventing its classic Pretoria- Cape Town experience to a two-night journey, with evening departures and time spent onboard increasing by one third, but prices only rising by 10%. In accommodation news, andBeyond Tengile River Lodge is set to open its doors in Sabi Sands game reserve in December, with nine raised suites set in riverine forest, and its private villa Phinda Homestead has reopened following a rebuild. The Royal Portfolio has unveiled the opening of The Farmstead on June 1, 2019, close to Royal Malewane on the Thornybush private nature reserve, with three Luxury Farm Suites and The Farmhouse, a four-bedroom, privately serviced villa.


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