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Explore Africa
Experience the ancient cultures that define this continent of colour and magnificent wildlife. It is in Africa that you will find the world’s richest wilderness areas and the rarest creatures. Here too, you can experience beach, snow-capped mountains, pristine grasslands, floodplains, rain forests and waterfalls and always, wherever you travel, historic treasures.
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Come on a safari with African Stay and see everything from high drama, raw tragedy, exquisite costumes and breath-taking choreography. Africa is more than just The Big Five and African Stay will help you discover The Small Five or The Secret Seven or The Big Five of the Birding World.
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Experience South Africa’s history and heritage. Travel across the country and follow in the footsteps of iconic political figures and freedom fighters. Visit the heritage sites, homes and places of incarceration wherein the moments that changed a nation’s destiny occurred, all the while witnessing the exquisite beauty and multicultural hotspot that is South Africa.
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Come and experience the wonders of Southern Africa in luxury and thrill. Let African Stay arrange your trip to this “rainbow nation”. Whether you’re a keen golfer or simply an adrenaline junkie who wants to bungee jump from the highest gorge in the country or ride an ostrich we will help you plan your journey with complete professionalism.
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African Stay designs, books and brings about a fully tailor-made, unique holiday throughout Southern Africa as well as West and East Africa.We create our tours to suit your particular interests and what we always want to achieve is an itinerary that will thrill you from the moment you land. Our aim is to get you out and exploring and experiencing everything from local tastes to adventure activities.
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Whether it’s a 5 star cave or a private luxury thatched bungalow on the knife- edge of a rising gorge, a stone hotel set in the wind-sculpted singing dunes or a fiery sunset seen from the private deck of a tree house, it’s my pleasure to suggest hotels and lodges, guest houses and quirky B&B’s, that are as much as an experience as the surround.
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African Stay has gained wide recognition for offering unique special interest tours and adventures. Whether it’s an astral safari you’re after or travel beneath the sea or simply to be introduced to fascinating cultures and customs, we can plan a perfect itinerary for you. If you’ll permit me, I will customise your tour so your experience is unique and filled with new delights and pleasures.
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Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape offers lush and diverse scenery.
You can enjoy a Big 5 game drive in the morning and go hiking through rugged, wild coastline a few hours later. From Port Elizabeth, drive inland to experience the vast thirstland of Cambdeboo and picture if you will, how this region once carried a great migration of wildlife.
If you’ve time to explore further, then try and include visits to the towns of Graaff–Reinet, Grahamstown and Jeffrey’s Bay. They will reward you with their charm.
Graaff Reinet is the “gem” of the stark Karoo and this oasis town has more national monuments than any other in South Africa. Nearby is the Karoo Nature Reserve which is where you can experience the Valley of Desolation – a moonscape of desolate beauty and where some 9000 plant species have adapted to the harsh, unforgiving conditions.
Offers immense natural diversity from indigenous forest to the spare beauty of the Great Karoo, it is also embraced by the mountains of the Southern Drakensburg region. Take a walk on the Wild Side...
The Eastern Cape's Must See and Do Highlights:
- Tsitsikamma Forest.
- The Great Karoo.
- The lush Wild Coast.
- Knysna Elephants.
- Addo Elephant Reserve.
- Boviaanskloof Nature Reserve (World Heritage Site).
- Great Fish River Nature Reserve.
- Sites of great historical interest.
- Sandy white beaches.
- Renowned Hiking trails.
- Jeffrey’s Bay.
- Canopy tours.
- Historic monuments.
- Grahamstown Arts Festival.
- Golfing in Paradise.
- Knysna mountain biking and forest marathons.
- Lagoon and Deep Sea Angling.
- Sailing.
- Vast Indigenous Forests.
- Cango Caves.
- Ostrich Farms.
- Raptor and Reptile Rescue Centre.
- Cheetah Sanctuary.
- Diving with crocodiles.
- Outeniqua Tchoo-Tchoo.
- Qunu – Home of Nelson Mandela.
You simply must not miss the Owl House in the remote village of Nieu-Bathesda near Graaff Reinet. Tired of tedium and boredom, Helen Martins created an exceptional fantasy world of owls, birds, mermaids, suns, camels, flowers. Developed over30 years, this is a not-to-be-missed experience of one person’s monument to their own madness.
Across the Eastern and Western Cape try a different type of accommodation. Sleep in a Lighthouse. You will not have to get up at all hours to ensure the lights work, nor send out ships to save distressed vessels. But what fun it will be!
Not your average holiday accommodation! In fact, decidedly unique: Become a Voortrekker for a night and sleep in a covered ox-wagon, (but with modern ablution facilities). Just how did the early settlers survive in the rough and hostile terrain of those days in these seemingly fragile structures?
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African Stay designs, books and brings about a fully tailor-made, unique holiday throughout Southern Africa as well as West and East Africa. We create our tours to suit your particular interests and what we always want to achieve is an itinerary that will thrill you from the moment you land. Our aim is to get you out and exploring and experiencing everything from local tastes to adventure activities.
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Whether it’s a 5 star cave or a private luxury thatched bungalow on the knife- edge of a rising gorge, a stone hotel set in the wind-sculpted singing dunes or a fiery sunset seen from the private deck of a tree house, it’s my pleasure to suggest hotels and lodges, guest houses and quirky B&B’s, that are as much as an experience as the surround.
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African Stay has gained wide recognition for offering unique special interest tours and adventures. Whether it’s an astral safari you’re after or travel beneath the sea or simply to be introduced to fascinating cultures and customs, we can plan a perfect itinerary for you. If you’ll permit me, I will customise your tour so your experience is unique and filled with new delights and pleasures.
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African Stay designs, books and brings about a fully tailor-made, unique holiday throughout Southern Africa as well as West and East Africa. We create our tours to suit your particular interests and what we always want to achieve is an itinerary that will thrill you from the moment you land. Our aim is to get you out and exploring and experiencing everything from local tastes to adventure activities.
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Whether it’s a 5 star cave or a private luxury thatched bungalow on the knife- edge of a rising gorge, a stone hotel set in the wind-sculpted singing dunes or a fiery sunset seen from the private deck of a tree house, it’s my pleasure to suggest hotels and lodges, guest houses and quirky B&B’s, that are as much as an experience as the surround.
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African Stay has gained wide recognition for offering unique special interest tours and adventures. Whether it’s an astral safari you’re after or travel beneath the sea or simply to be introduced to fascinating cultures and customs, we can plan a perfect itinerary for you. If you’ll permit me, I will customise your tour so your experience is unique and filled with new delights and pleasures.
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- Mandela Tours
Come and experience the wonders of Southern Africa in luxury and thrill. Let African Stay arrange your trip to this “rainbow nation”. Whether you’re a keen golfer or simply an adrenaline junkie who wants to bungee jump from the highest gorge in the country or ride an ostrich we will help you plan your journey with complete professionalism.
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Experience the ancient cultures that define this continent of colour and magnificent wildlife. It is in Africa that you will find the world’s richest wilderness areas and the rarest creatures. Here too, you can experience beach, snow-capped mountains, pristine grasslands, floodplains, rain forests and waterfalls and always, wherever you travel, historic treasures.
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Nature has written the most perfect script imaginable and there’s nothing quite like it anywhere in the world! Come on a safari with African Stay and see everything from high drama, raw tragedy, exquisite costumes and breath-taking choreography. Africa is more than just The Big Five and African Stay will help you discover The Small Five or The Secret Seven or The Big Five of the Birding World.
Read More
Experience South Africa’s history and heritage. Travel across the country and follow in the footsteps of iconic political figures and freedom fighters. Visit the heritage sites, homes and places of incarceration wherein the moments that changed a nation’s destiny occurred, all the while witnessing the exquisite beauty and multicultural hotspot that is South Africa.
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South Africa is Different
There is nothing ordinary about South Africa - The you who leaves South Africa won’t be the same as the you who arrived. You will find that there is nothing ordinary about this place, because you don’t just visit South Africa … you will meet South Africa.
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Get pampered and spoilt in the heart of paradise. South Africa has a wide variety of luxurious experiences on offer - whether it's world-class cuisine, spa treatments in the bush or staying over in a 5-star boutique hotel - there's something for every luxurious taste.
Safari in South Africa
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"I Am an African"
"I Am an African" is the title of a speech made by Thabo Mbeki on behalf of the African National Congress in Cape Town on 8 May 1996, on the occasion of the passing of the new Constitution of South Africa.
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