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Specials in Africa
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Save $400 on a private Kilimanjaro trek when you travel from Aug 24 - Sep 10, 2013. Discounts apply to our Kilimanjaro Lemosho Route with Western Breach, Kilimanjaro Lemosho Route with Crater Camp, Kilimanjaro Rongai Route, Kilmanjaro Value Trek, and the Kilimanjaro Umbwe Route.
Stay 4 nights at Tanda Tula Camp in South Africa and get 2 free nights at Majeka House in the scenic vineyards of Stellenbosch. Valid for travel from Oct 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2013.
Stay 4, pay 3 at Naibor Camp in Kenya, excluding all park and conservation fees. Valid for travel Jan 1 - Jun 30, Nov 1- Dec 15, 2013.
Find more safari discounts or contact us for additional information on planning a customized safari that includes one of these specials.
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Traveler's Corner
The Remboski's recently returned from Uganda and shared some of their photos with us, including this gorgeous gorilla. You can see more of the Bloom's photos on our Facebook page.
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Africa News & Events
We were saddened to hear of Chinua Achebe's death last month. The Nigerian-born novelist and professor was best known for his seminal work 'Things Fall Apart'. If you are unfamiliar with his literature, you are in for something special. Check him out.
Our new Uganda Flying Safari
keeps finding it's way into the press. The most recent piece is in Travel Weekly. Read about it here, or give us a call to chat about setting up your own Ugandan safari! Hurry - discounted permits are only available in April and May of 2013!
If you're in the New York area, you might consider tickets to the 22nd annual Artist for Africa event on Apr 23rd, supporting conservation in Tanzania. Purchase tickets here.
Pride of Cape Town is a major public arts event with fabulous life-size lion sculptures, designed and painted by talented local artists. It will prowl the iconic V&A Waterfront for 8 weeks, starting Mar 9th to raise awareness of the plight of big cats in Africa.
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April 2013
Greetings!
 Another Earth Day is upon us and we are reflecting on how grateful we are to have the opportunity to send people on African safaris to see some of the most beautiful and biologically diverse places on the planet. Our hope is that in addition to what people do every day to preserve and conserve, that by visiting these special places, they are further inspired to go the extra mile when it comes to caring for the earth and its inhabitants.
We do all that we can to 'green' our day to day business practices, including reducing our paper use within the office by 90%, recycling, commuting by bicycle, and working with lodges and camps within Africa that have a smaller ecological footprint. Our partners in Africa do everything from running their camps on solar power, growing vegetables onsite locally, recycling wastewater, and wildlife and community giveback programs. The guests that we send their way get to see these programs in action and it fuels a circle of positivity.
We want to preserve all that is precious; land, wildlife, resources and people. We know that our business practices have a positive impact on the economies in Africa and a lighter impact on the ecology of Africa.
We continue to commit to do all that we can to bring awareness and resources to issues faced in these wild areas, and to bring tourists there to increase the will to preserve them.
Safari njema,
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Photo courtesy AAC client Michelle Coleman
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AAC in Tanzania
 Stella spent some time in Tanzania last month exploring the Serengeti. She has written a series of entries for our Safari Journal Blog and we're enjoying them immensely. Her enthusiasm for the area and for Africa itself it contagious - we all wanted to hop on a plane after reading them! For even more inspiration, check out some of her photos on our Facebook page!
If you like what you read from Stella, why not experience it yourself? We have lots of specials on offer right now including free nights at some of our favorite camps, free activities at certain properties and spectacular discounts on nightly rates at a few select camps (including Sayari, one of the award-winning camps that Stella visited). If you want a really varied itinerary, you might add a Kilimanjaro trek on to your trip, and we can offer savings on that as well!
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Hippos & Hops
Beer has been brewed in Cape Town for more than 350 years, and our new Hops and Hippos safari will take you through the history of brewing in South Africa from 1658 until today. Visit breweries in Cape Town, Hermanus and KwaZuluNatal and taste some of the best beer brewed in the country, as well as visiting the SAB 'World of Beers' museum. To top it all off, this adventure has three days in Thanda Private Game Reserve for safari activities. You couldn't ask for a better trip for the beer connoisseur in your life!
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Did You Know?
Although lions are opportunistic hunters and will eat almost any animal that they can catch, their favorite prey in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park is the African buffalo. You'd be hard pressed to see a more physical and demanding kill. A fully grown bull buffalo can weigh over 1,600 lbs and will feed the whole pride.
Photo and fact courtesy Bushcamp Company
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