4Z321 Departure: 09:25 Windhoek Airport (WDH)Arrival: 11:35 Cape Town Airport (CPT) Airlink is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its main business is to provide services between smaller, under-served towns and larger hub airports. It has since expanded to offer flights on larger, mainline routes. Some of its more interesting destinations include St Helena …
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From the scorched beauty of the skeleton coast to the abundant wildlife of Etosha National Park, in Namibia you’ll find adventure and beauty everywhere you look. If you’re seeking an unforgettable safari adventure, this is the place for you, but Namibia isn’t just about the wildlife. From cruising sand dunes to checking out indigenous villages …
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Highlights of Namibia has got to be the world premier wildlife venue of Etosha National Park, where you can crouch or sit by a waterhole to observe the animals. Covering an area of more than 20,000 sq km, Etosha National Park ranks as one of the world’s greatest wildlife-viewing venues. Its name, which means Great …
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The first time when I had visited Cape Town in 2012, I did not have time to check out the vineyards proper. We only did 1-2 wine tastings at the cellar. This time round, I made it a mission to check out some beautiful vineyards around the area. We also stayed at one of the …
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Sandwiched between Atlantic rollers and the Namib Desert, Swakopmund is one of those great traveller way stations along the African road. At once Namibia’s adventure capital and a surreal colonial remnant, part destination in its own right and part launch pad for an exploration of the Skeleton Coast and Namib Desert, this is a city …
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Sossusvlei, a large ephemeral pan, is set amid red sand dunes that tower up to 325m above the valley floor. It rarely contains any water, but when the Tsauchab River has gathered enough volume and momentum to push beyond the thirsty plains to the sand sea, it’s completely transformed. The normally cracked dry mud gives …
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Traveling within Luanda city Travel cheap with a candongueiro. White and blue vans—mostly Toyota HiAces—zip furiously along every road, avenue and alley, carrying millions of people to and from work and everywhere in between. These collective taxis are how most Luandans get around, at 150 Kwanzas (90 cents) per ride. If you want to catch one, study …
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Angola is situated on the west coast of Southern Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, Zambia to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The official language of Angola is Portuguese, which was inherited from the colonial period when Angola was under Portuguese …
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Windhoek Hosea Kutako International → Luanda 5 Jun · 16:35 – 5 Jun · 19:05Direct · 3h 30m Luanda → Windhoek Hosea Kutako International 8 Jun · 11:05 – 8 Jun · 15:35Direct · 3h 30m It was my first time flying with TAAG Angola Airlines and of course I was feeling excited. They do …
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Flight: ET639 Ethiopian Airlines Origin: Singapore 02:00Destination: Addis Ababa 05:50Plane: Boeing 787-8Duration: 8h 50 min Ethiopian Airlines is a Star Alliance member, having joined in December 2011. The company slogan is ‘The New Spirit of Africa.’ Ethiopian’s hub and headquarters are at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, from where it serves a network of 125 passenger destinations—20 of them domestic—and 44 …
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One of Africa’s most important cities, Addis Ababa is home to nearly 3.5 million people. Sitting atop the highlands next to the Great Rift Valley, the city sprawls over more than 200 square miles, housing a startling variety of historical and cultural attractions. And, if you want to get out, there are the massive Entoto …
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Tana, as the capital is universally known, is all about eating, shopping, history and day trips. The town centre itself, with its pollution and dreadful traffic, puts off many travellers from staying, but bypassing the capital altogether would be a mistake: Tana has been the home of Malagasy power for three centuries and there is …
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Madagascar’s second-largest city, Fianarant- soa (Fi-a-nar-ant-soo, or Fianar for short) is like a mild version of Tana. Surrounded by hills, it is both a regional commercial, administrative and religious center, and a major transit point. Tourists typically come here to spend the night on their way to Ranomafana or Isalo. The Haute-Ville is the most …
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Morondava is a terminally laid-back seaside town with sandy streets and gently decaying clapboard houses. There is not much to do or see in the town itself, and most people come here on their way to/from Parc National des Tsingy de Bemaraha or Réserve Forestière de Kirindy. It’s also the starting point for the gruelling …
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Isalo is about 14 hours non-stop drive from the capital Antananarivo. But on our itinerary, we had spent a few nights along the way in Antsirabe, Ramonafana and Fianarantsoa before arriving at Isalo National Park. Isalo is like a museum dedicated to the art of the desert canyon: canyons full of yellow savannah grass, bone-dry …
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Ranomafana appears after a fantastic entrance through a dry rocky valley spotted with two-storey highlands houses. After a long day’s travel, it feels like you have reached a mysterious island. The air is fresh and cool, and the nearby presence of the forest, with all of its strange sounds, is alluring. ‘Ranomafana’ which translates to …
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Mauritius’ tourism industry started in the north, and today there’s plenty on offer for visitors. Although most of the area’s spectacular beaches have been claimed by hotel construction and became privatised, it is never hard to get away from it all and discover the little nooks that remain largely untouched by development. Grand Baie is …
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Ethiopian Airlines | The new spirit of Africa. We took ET852 TNR – ADD and ET859 ADD – JNB, both in J class as part of a miles redemption. Their business class sector is termed as Cloud Nine. We had some issue with check in at TNR airport as the airline system did not allow …
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Any trip to Africa would be incomplete without a safari tour. The same goes for Eswatini, despite its small size and that we had just come from South Africa Kruger National Park, we decided to visit Mkhaya Game Reserve. This time, I would not be the one driving and we could sit in a jeep …
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In 2018, the country of Swaziland became eSwatini. The new name, eSwatini, means “land of the Swazis”. The change was unexpected, but King Mswati has been referring to Swaziland for years as eSwatini. He explained that the name had caused some confusion, saying: “Whenever we go abroad, people refer to us as Switzerland.” So this …
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After our drive through Kruger National Park, we went to Nelspruit for a night’s stay. Nelspruit is Mpumalanga’s dilapidated but functional provincial capital, where bakkies (pick-up trucks) dodge potholes en route to shiny malls. It’s more a place to get things done than a worthwhile destination for tourists, but it’s not unpleasant and has the …
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Finally fulfilled my dream of visiting Kruger on my third trip to South Africa. Got to see many animals (elephants, buffaloes, zebras, impalas, giraffes, wildebeest, lions, hippos etc) while driving and imagine our delight when some wild animals appeared from the bushes, allowing us to stop by the roadside and happily snap away. This post …
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Mauritius is more than beaches and sunny islands. There is so many things to do here than in Maldives where we are restricted to the islands. In Mauritius, it is a relatively big island in the Indian Ocean so we have a chance to explore the inland attractions. For us, we rented a car for …
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Domaine des Alizées Club & Spa is a 10-minute drive from the centre of Grand Baie village. Pereybere beach is a 5-minute drive away. A scheduled shuttle service runs daily to Grand Baie and to an exclusive beach. From the airport, it is about 45 minutes by car or taxi to the Grand Baie area. …
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