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Kenya declares holiday for Obama
Kenya has declared Thursday a public holiday to celebrate the election of Barack Obama to the US presidency.
05/11/2008 17:15:26
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New British High Commissioner for Kenya
Mr Robert Macaire has been appointed British High Commissioner to The Republic of Kenya in succession to Mr Adam Wood who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment.
23/10/2008 08:58:56
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CHEAP HOLIDAYS- record SA Rand rate!!!
Following historic falls in the markets today the Rand has fallen sharply aginst the pound to 17.6 close to its all time low.
The rand to £1 has traded roughly from 11-14 range between 2004 and 2007 and between 14-15.8 to October 2008.
21/10/2008 11:20:21
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Death of Zambian President Mwanawasa
Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa died in a Paris hospital on Tuesday morning.
20/08/2008 11:52:03
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New British High Commissioner for Kenya
Mr Robert Macaire has been appointed British High Commissioner to The Republic of Kenya in succession to Mr Adam Wood. Mr Macaire will take up his appointment during August 2008
23/07/2008 12:49:18
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Race Riots in Johannesburg, South Africa
The BBC have picked up on the race riots in Johannesburg with reports of foreigners being attacked and fleeing the country.
20/05/2008 12:19:16
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Zambian Government Approves Visa Fees
The Zambian government has officially approved the dropping of its visa waiver system. The following visa fees are payable upon entry for all visitors to Zambia:
15/04/2008 10:33:32
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Madagascar / Mozambique Tropical Storm
We have had indication from the Tropical Storm Risk website http://climate.mssl.ucl.ac.uk that the cyclone that passed over Madagascar yesterday, Cyclone Ivan, has dissipated.
21/02/2008 15:31:29
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Abolishment of Zambian visa waivers
The Zambian Authorities have literally made over-night with regards to the waiver of visas.
29/01/2008 13:17:30
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Kenya Secutiry Update, 10th January 2008
Once again in Nairobi and Mombasa all was quiet throughout today and there has been no change to the situation of calm which has prevailed all week.
11/01/2008 21:33:07
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Wilderness Safaris wins National Geographic Awards as second best 'Safari Outfitter' in Africa.
National Geographic Traveller recently voted Wilderness Safaris top Safari Outfitter in Southern Africa, a prestigious award indeed!
06/12/2007 10:40:54
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Tourism in Africa is growing at the fastest rate in the world
- 10%, according to the United Nations
21/11/2007 16:32:00
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Kenya Election
The General election in Kenya will be held on Monday December 27th
29/10/2007 11:05:35
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North Island in UK Readers’ Choice awards
Conde Nast Traveller UK held their glamorous Readers’ Travel Awards at Claridge’s in London in September and North Island came 4th in the category ‘Overseas Leisure Hotels – Middle East, Africa and Indian Ocean Islands’, and 12th overall in ‘Best of the Best’ category. In these Awards, readers vote for the best the travel world has to offer, and from the near limitless number of possibilities, choose what are then considered the best of the best in the world.
19/10/2007 11:42:38
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Mombo & Little Mombo winners of 2007 Conde Nast Traveler Awards
Mombo and Little Mombo were winners, coming second in the annual 2007 Condé Nast Traveler Awards in the category: Top 30 Resorts & Camps in Africa/Middle East which saw Dubai’s Burj Al Arab Resort being declared the winner. With a rating of 96.3, Mombo Camp achieved the highest score for all camps in Africa, making it the top safari lodge in Africa.
19/10/2007 11:36:25
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Airline News from Zambia
Proflight, Zambia will start schedules on the Lusaka/Mfuwe/Livingstone routes from Easter 2008.
18/10/2007 15:37:21
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Zambia Visa Warning
All clients must check the visa stamped into their passport BEFORE moving on from the immigration desk on arrival.
19/09/2007 17:46:44
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Mozambique - Yellow Fever Certificate Warning
Travellers visiting Mozambique from countries that are known to be at risk of yellow fever (including Kenya, Tanzania, Congo and Angola) are now required to present vaccination certificates.
14/09/2007 10:35:29
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Two New World Heritage Sites For Southern Africa
The Richtersveld National Park and the Twyfelfontein rock art site are the newest additions to UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. Twyfelfontein in the north-west of Namibia is the countries first World Heritage site.
05/09/2007 17:49:31
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Governors' Camps - Horse Riding on Loldia
Due to the large numbers of buffalo currently on the Loldia ranch, Governors'
Camps has decided to stop horse riding on Loldia until further notice.
Loldia has always been a migration route for buffalo from the Mau escarpment to Lake Naivasha, and many of these buffalo have now adopted Loldia as their home and are almost permamently on the ranch.
We will keep you informed if there are any changes to the above.
03/09/2007 16:08:12
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Mozambique - compulsory yellow fever inoculation
As of today, 9th August 2007, Mozambique has required all visitors to the country to carry a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate.
Current reports suggest that enforcement is sporadic at this stage, but a more stringent approach is likely to take hold shortly.
All clients due to travel, and any future travellers to the country, shoudl be aware of this new stipulation.
09/08/2007 17:01:50
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Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski wins two prestigious awards
Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski has just been voted Tanzania's Leading Resort by the prestigious World Travel Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the industry. This honour follows the Best Villa Resort Award by the World Luxury Hotel Awards last month
24/07/2007 10:15:05
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Robin Pope Safaris, Zambia, goes Carbon Neutral
Robin Pope Safaris which runs legendary walking and bush camping safaris in Zambia has announced that it has calculated its carbon consumption and intends to offset it.
23/07/2007 12:38:08
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Paradise Island - a new island destination in Southern Mozambique
Rani Resorts, Mozambique’s largest investor in the tourism industry has announced that it will commence building a new island destination on Paradise Island in the Bazaruto Archipelago, southern Mozambique.
20/07/2007 15:11:48
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