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All year round Southern Africa’s climate is amazing. Summer or winter, Southern Africa is a perfect outdoors destination.
All year round Southern Africa’s climate is amazing. Summer or winter, Southern Africa is a perfect outdoors destination.
There can be few regions in the world that can offer such a diverse range of landscapes, climates and vegetation – every thing from sub tropical beach destinations to desert adventures.
There is large selection of inspirational locations that are unique to Southern Africa. These include Table Mountain, Victoria Falls, Okavango Delta, Sossusvlei, Kruger National Park, St Lucia Wetlands, and Mozambique Islands just to mention a few.
South Africa has been awarded numerous international tourism awards recently, one of which is being the ‘best value-for-money destination’. Despite fluctuations in the rand’s value, South Africa is still seen as one of the best destinations in terms of value for money. The strength of the rand against other major currencies sees hard currencies going a long way when it comes to purchasing power.
Despite being a developing region, Southern Africa offers world–class accommodation and has welldeveloped road, air and telecommunications infrastructure. Guests to the region are offered first world amenities even in some of the remotest of locations.
Diverse climates and landscapes have resulted in an incredible range of flora and fauna unique to the various regions. Southern Africa offers arguably the best viewing of Africa’s wildlife with a wide range of facilities to cater for all levels of tourists.
With the diversity in climates, landscapes and vegetation the region offers an unprecedented range of activities, catering for all ages and all levels of adventure.
People in Southern Africa are extremely welcoming making your experience as a visitor, personal and warm.
During the last 300 years of history in Southern Africa the region has had a variety of different nationalities such as Dutch, French, English, Indian, Malaysian settle in the region. This diverse cultural group has brought with them their own varied cuisine. As a result local cuisine is a melting pot of these influences, using the best of available local ingredients.
There are direct flights to various Southern African international airports from various parts of the world, especially Europe making it extremely accessible. An added bonus is that Southern Africa and Europe are almost in the same time zones.
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