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PRODUCT | OFFERS | NEWS QUARTERLY DESTINATION UPDATE - MARCH 2017 > Welcome to our new Quarterly Destination Update, your easy-to-access e-magazine covering the latest information from East and Southern Africa. We have also added special offers that can be found throughout the region. We would love to hear your thoughts on this publication and of course anything we can do to make it even better, please do let me know. In this edition, Botswana continues to surprise with some wonderful flying offers and new activities. Although it is also tinged with sadness as one of the orphaned semi-habituated elephants, Thembi, of Living with Elephants has very sadly passed away from natural causes. I had the pleasure to seeing her in April last year and I know how much she will be missed by her adopted family. As I write I have the privilege of being in Laikipia (in Kenya) possibly one of the most unique safari areas in the world. High concentration of white and black rhinos as well as all the “good stuff” - which for me means big cats and more big cats - so do please consider this unique and diverse destination for your next safari. We are excited to announce that Finally, A&K East and Southern Africa has been nominated in a number of categories at the World Travel Awards, once again we’ve been nominated in please see the panel to the right and I hope we can count on your vote. three categories for the 2017 World Travel Awards. With very best wishes, John Round-Turner Africa's Leading Luxury John Round-Turner Pippa Strong Daren Napier Tour Operator Sales & Marketing Director, Sales Manager Sales Manager East and Southern Africa East and Southern Africa East and Southern Africa [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kenya's Leading Travel Management Company South Africa's Leading Luxury Tour Operator Please Vote for us! 2 < > CONTENTS BOTSWANA Product & Activities Page 4 “I never knew of News & Special offers Page 5 a morning in KENYA Product & Activities Page 6 Africa when I News & Special offers Page 7 woke up and was MOZAMBIQUE Product, News & Special offers Page 8 not happy” - Ernest Hemingway - SOUTH AFRICA Product & Activities Page 9 News & Special offers Page 10 TANZANIA Product, News & Special offers Page 11 UGANDA Activities, News & Special offers Page 12 ZIMBABWE Product Page 13 News & Special offers Page 14 GENERAL NEWS Page 15 AKP UPDATE Page 16 CONTACT US Page 17 3 < > BOTSWANA NEW PRODUCT | ACTIVITIES “We’re very excited about the new Duba Plains camp and standing here looking out over the plains it feels like at last we have come full circle and given back to this place and developed the camp that it deserves." - Dereck & Beverly Joubert - Duba Plains Camp - Opened March 2017 Horseback safaris at Belmond Eagle Island Located in Northern Botswana on a 77,000-acre private Belmond Eagle Island Lodge in the Okavango Delta has concession in the Okavango Delta, the completely rebuilt introduced horseback safaris combined with scenic camp consists of five traditional style tents. Each tent helicopter transfers. features a lounge area, private plunge pool, veranda and outdoor under cover day rest area. En suite facilities include The activity is available all year round and starts with a double basins and indoor and outdoor showers and luxurious 15 minute scenic helicopter safari over the Okavango Delta baths. The camp also features a two bedroom Duba Plains as guests are taken to the private concession bordering on Suite where guests will automatically enjoy the services of a the Moremi Game Reserve, where the horses live. After a full private guide and game drive vehicle as well as a private orientation, guests can enjoy either a half or full day butler and chef. The main area consists of a large raised horseback safari followed by a scenic helicopter excursion dining room and comfortable lounge with private dining back to the lodge. areas, wine cellar and library all with ample space for guests The activity is usually done in the early morning and guests to either get away and be private or be all together if they will ride for between three and six hours depending on want to. The camp’s centre-point is the gathering place of all whether they choose a half or full day excursion. A minimum bush experiences, the fire place on an extended deck into horse riding ability is required and the activity is only the swamp. Activities include early morning and late available to guests staying Belmond Eagle Island Lodge. afternoon leading into evening game drives in an open 4×4 vehicles and boat-based activities when water levels permit. SOUTHERN AFRICA Tel: +27 11 438 4500 < > 4 Email: [email protected] BOTSWANA NEWS | OFFERS SPECIAL OFFERS Great Plains Free Flight Offer Enjoy free flights to or from any Great Plains Conservation camp. Valid for all scheduled air transfers, starting or ending at Maun or Kasane airports and / or all other camps within the greater Delta, Linyanti and Chobe regions. The offer is applicable to all standard guest rate accommodation reservations. No minimum stay required. Valid for new bookings and travel up until May 2017. “Ultra-personal service is the star at this freshly overhauled safari camp. That, and the new Geoffrey Kent Luxury Suite, which comes with a pri- Great Plains Heli the Spillway Offer Guests staying a minimum of six nights at either Selinda vate fire pit, lounge, and bar, plus a dedicated butler and guide." Camp or Zarafa Camp combined with newly opened Duba - Travel + Leisure - Plains will receive a complimentary inter-camp helicopter transfer. Valid for new bookings and travel from 1 January 2017 to 10 January 2018. NEWS Belmond Safaris - Green Season Offer TRAVEL + LEISURE'S IT LIST: THE BEST NEW HOTELS ELEPHANT INTERACTION Book a minimum of four consecutive nights at any Belmond IN THE WORLD We are very sorry to advise that Thembi, one of the Lodge and receive complimentary inter-camp flights to or We are delighted to share the news that Sanctuary Chief’s elephants cared for by Sandi and Doug Groves of The Living from Maun and between the Belmond Lodges. Lodges Camp is featured on the Travel + Leisure It List, the maga- With Elephants Foundation, has died of natural causes. include Eagle Island Lodge, Khwai River Lodge and Savute zine’s annual editor’s choice awards of the best new and Thembi was one of three semi habituated orphaned Elephant Lodge. Valid for new bookings and travel from renovated hotels. Every year, Travel + Leisure editors and elephants, that Doug and Sandi ‘adopted’ and have cared for 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017. contributors vet the most exciting debuts around the globe to since 1999. Sanctuary Retreats is working alongside Sandi create this highly selective list, which encompasses openings and Doug to support them at this difficult time. The focus and major renovations from the previous year. For 2017, just remains on the wellbeing of the two other elephants – Jabu 44 properties, from the Seychelles to Beijing to New Orleans, and Morula. The ‘Walking with Elephants’ interaction is were included on the It List. continuing as scheduled. NEW FLIGHTS - CAPE TOWN TO MAUN DAILY SERVICE CHILD REGULATIONS - BOTSWANA SA Airlink will increase flight frequency between Cape Town Late last year Botswana instituted new regulations for chil- and Maun from 6 June 2017 offering a daily service. The dren entering the country. As with South Africa, minors trav- additional flights will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays. elling through Botswana’s borders will be required to produce The flights will depart Cape Town at 10:35 and arrive in certified copies of unabridged birth certificates in addition to Maun at 13:05. their valid passports. Please contact us for more information. SOUTHERN AFRICA Tel: +27 11 438 4500 < > 5 Email: [email protected] KENYA NEW PRODUCT | ACTIVITIES OneFortyEight, Nairobi “A journey is best measured in new OneFortyEight is a new boutique hotel located in Nairobi's friends, rather than miles” Langata surburb. It is ideally located just minutes away from - Tim Cahill - Wilson Airport. Made mostly of timber, the main house comprises three rooms and a converted loft for children. An artist studio has been converted to three apartments and two studio suites. The veranda in the main house is a shaded area with plush seats where guests can relax as they watch peacocks strut on the hotel lawns. The hotel is located very close to the Giraffe Sanctuary where guests are able to hand feed Rothschild’s giraffe. Also nearby is the David Sheldrick elephant orphanage, a wonderful place to learn about elephants and watch them up close. Horse Riding Safaris, Masai Mara The first permanent horse stables have been opened in the Masai Mara. The stables are located on the border of the Olare-Motorogi conservancy and the Masai Mara National Reserve and are accepting bookings from properties in the nearby conservancies and in the reserve. They currently have a troop of 16 horses from South Africa consisting of thoroughbreds, boerperds and various crossbreeds. We are able to book and arrange horse back safaris for guests on morning or afternoon rides. Please note guests need to be competent riders, 14 years and older with a maximum weight of 95 kilograms (209 pounds). Each excursion is approximately two hours and takes up to eight guests. Hats, riding boots, jodhpurs, gloves, and chaps will be provided. All rides are accompanied by an experienced equestrian guide and an additional guide. KENYA Tel: +254 20 6950 000 < > 6 Email: [email protected] KENYA NEWS | OFFERS SPECIAL OFFERS MASAI MARA Sanctuary Olonana - Stay longer, pay less Stay 3 to 4 nights and save up to 30% Stay 5 to 7 nights and save up to 35% Stay 8 plus nights and save up to 40% Valid for new bookings and travel throughout 2017.