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Lion and Lioness, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
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Jambo ,
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For those who have visited Africa, you probably understand what I mean when I say that Africa's beauty, raw energy and unique spirit are truly indescribable. Colorful. Magnetic. Beautiful. There are thousands of words that could be used to describe Africa's unique culture, but none of those words do this culturally-enriched continent justice. In order to really discover the true beauty behind Africa's cultural scenes, you must explore them first hand.
Ready to have your African adventure? Call us on 0800 528 101 to discuss your safari plans.
Yours in African Safari
Claire Vial
Managing Director
Visit our website or call us on 0800 528 101 or email us for more information.
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Limited places ... be in quick to book your places in our 2012 guided safaris.
Click here for more details. Or call us on 0800 528 101 and register your interest.
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Sunset in Tarangire National Park and Masai Warriors |
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Africa Night - Auckland Zoo
Guest Speaker, Claire Vial
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Game-viewing from camp, Uganda
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If you have always wanted to visit Africa, but don't want to leave town, then come along to Auckland Zoo's annual Africa Night on Sunday, 6 November from 4.30pm to 9.30pm. I will be the guest speaker for the evening, giving a talk about a variety of safari destinations, followed by a slideshow. The evening begins with a behind-the-scenes tour giving visitors the chance to get up close to some of Africa's most spectacular wildlife including lions, hippos, rhinos, and giraffe. To recover after your urban safari, you will move on to the Old Elephant House to enjoy a traditional African dinner where I will present my address. This will be followed by a live auction, which offers you the opportunity to bid for some unique and affordable items.  | |
Game-viewing in Botswana
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Africa Night is a joint fundraiser for the Auckland Conservation Fund and Zoological Society of Auckland to help support conservation projects and provide grants to further conservation work or studies. "Africa Night is an extraordinary way for people to have a great time while supporting local and international conservation projects for endangered wildlife," says Auckland Zoo field conservation programmes coordinator, Claudine Gibson. Africa Night: - Sunday 6 November, 4.30pm - 9.30pm
- Tickets $90 per person including behind-the-scenes tour, dinner and complimentary drink
- Bookings can be made by phoning the Zoo's Information Centre on 09 360 3805
- Advance booking is recommended.
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Guest Feedback
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Bushman of the Kalahari
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Rachel travelled to Botswana on one of our small group scheduled adventures, and had a wonderful time!
"Botswana was amazing, such great variety to see and experience, extremely well organised. Botswana is definately a place I would recommend, you also get the bonus of going to Victoria Falls and the option to spend some time in South Africa, which was fantastic. The whole trip was really well organised, Claire was very quick with her responses, put me at ease with her knowledge and was able to give great advice. Thanks Claire!"
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SPECIAL - 5% discount on selected safaris
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Elephants, Amboseli National Park, Kenya |
Save 5% on selected East African safaris when you confirm your booking before 31st December 2011.
This special offer applies only to the safaris on our specials page.
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2012 Photographic Safaris
Check out our selection of photographic safaris throughout Southern Africa and East Africa. If you are a nature and photography enthusiast, and looking for a personalised African experience ... you will find it here!
Click here for more information on 2012 photo safaris
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Professional photographers/wildlife guides on our 2012 photo safaris
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Waiting Game
The Mara is best known, not for the animals that live in it, but for the animals that cross it twice each year. Yet, lurking in its depths and bathing on its banks is one of Africa's greatest creatures.
The old crocodile sprawls across a shallow rock shelf just a metre from the water's edge. His massive armoured frame is as motionless as the river-sculpted rock. Legs splayed, jaws agape and eyes shrunk to slits, he offers no sign of life.
Click here to read this article ...
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Latest news from Africa ...
Check out our blog. It contains insights on safari travel, African wildlife, and topical safari related issues. Some of our latest articles include:
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Photo Draw Winner
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Chimpanzee, Uganda
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Thank you to all those who entered our October photo draw.
CONGRATULATIONS to Rob Carter. He has won an A3 print of a chimpanzee photographed on Ngamba Island in Uganda.
Click here to enter our November photo draw.
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Monthly Desktop Wallpaper
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Secretary Bird, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
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November's desktop wallpaper features the Secretary Bird. The Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Sahara. It is in the same family as many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards, vultures, and harriers.
Click here to download November's desktop wallpaper.
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Do you know ...
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Léopold Sédar Senghor |
The poem "Et nous baignerons mon amie", ("And we shall be bathed, my love") was written by the famous poet and first president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 - 20 December 2001). He was a Sengalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first president for two decades (1960-1980). Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française, the French Academy, which is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century.
Originally written in French, Et nous baignerons mon amie was translated into English by Gerard Benson.
And we shall be bathed, my love, in the presence of Africa.
Furnishings from Guinea and the Congo, heavy and burnished, calm and dark.
Masks, pure and primeval, on the walls, distant but so present!
Ebony thrones for ancestral guests, for Princes of the Hill Country.
Musky perfumes, thick grass-mats of silence,
Shadowed cushions for lazing, the sound of a spring-of peace.
Mythic tales and far-off songs, voices woven like the strip-cloths of the Sudan.
And then, dear lamp, your kindness in cradling the obsession with this presence,
Black, white, and red: oh, red like the earth of Africa.
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