Travelling in groups can be fun yet exhausting. You have to take care of accommodation, activities to indulge in, transportation and all the other maddening little details that make group vacations fun. Of course, you could enlist the help of a travel concierge company, or you could just consider…
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Go Into the Wild with David Whyte For a New Kind of Safari Experience
There are few things more exciting than a 2-in-1 offer, and when it sounds as good as Into the Wild with David Whyte courtesy of ROAR Africa, then you truly have more than one reason to be excited. ROAR Africa is famous for its unique luxury safaris. In 2020, it launched the Emirates Executive Pr…
The Early Adopters of Electric Vehicles in Africa are… Luxury Safari Resorts?
“I could hear this buffalo panting heavily deep in the bushes,” recalls Sipps Maswanganyi, head guide at Cheetah Plains, a luxury outfit in South Africa’s Sabi Sands Game Reserve. Following those faint sounds, he found a 1,500-pound bovine on its last breaths, being taken down by seven stealthy l…
The Art of Resilience by Lewa Next Gen is an Exhibition with a Purpose
When countries all over the world shut their borders due to the Coronavirus, quite a number of industries suffered immensely as a result. But maybe none was as badly affected as the tourism sector, including wildlife conservancies like Lewa. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a private, not-for-pro…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Top 5 Luxury African Safari Lodges
Are you planning a safari trip anytime soon? Find out countries on the African continent you can visit to make this a reality, and the most luxurious lodges to make your trip even more memorable! Where to go for an African safari experience? There are over 50 national parks in Africa for you to g…
UK’s First Ever Safari Lodge is Now Officially Open
West Midlands Safari Park has finally opened the doors of its long-awaited safari lodges to the public – the first of its kind in the UK- and it features direct views of the animals as they roam alongside the rooms. Announcing the grand opening, West Midlands Safari Park – located in …
Thinking of an Epic Luxury Escape? Try This 7-Country Safari
If you are feeling uber-adventurous and are thinking of the perfect fun holiday to indulge in, then this $60,000 safari from Africa Adventure Consultants spanning several African countries might just be the perfect luxury escape for you. The activity-filled journey combines several popular destin…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Xigera Combines Art and Luxury for an Elevated Safari Experience
Sitting majestically on the western side of the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Xigera – pronounced ‘kee-jera’ – named for the Pied Kingfisher that makes its home amid the watery channels of the reserve, is set to open in January 2021. It is part of t…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: African Travel Inc Announces 2021 Safari Packages
In response to increasing demand for safaris in Africa, African Travel, Inc has announced new packages for 2021 that deliver unique experiences to guests in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They are Platinum Botswana This 10-day package will see visitors exploring the Selinda Reserve, one of B…
5 Things the African Luxury Travel Industry Can Learn from the Pandemic
Like most countries all over the world, South Africa imposed a compulsory lockdown in March to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus and hopefully eradicate it from the country. By August, stories of how luxury safari reserves and resorts had to shut down or quickly evolve to some other line of bu…