PRE & POST TOURS – WORLD CUP 2010
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From the prices I have received, thank goodness I was sitting down when I read those e-mails, things are rather pricey for the Soccer 2010. So with a lot of thought and ideas rushing through my head, I have decided that I am NOT going to rip-off any potential guests and offer PRE & POST [...]
Tags: Big 5, black rhino, buffalo, Cape Town, cheetah, e-mails, elephant, Garden Route, hermanus, leopard, Lion, malaria free, personalised itineraries, private tours, Shamwari game reserve, soccer world cup, South Africa, whale watching, white rhino, your ability, your interests
Cape Town in list of top 10 of world’s best party cities
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The Lonely Planet lists the world’s top 10 party cities in its new guide, the “1000 Ultimate Experiences” and Cape Town appears 7th on the list. 7. Cape Town, South Africa With the 2010 World Cup bringing a global audience to South Africa, the partying will only get harder as travelers converge on a city [...]
Tags: 2010, Africa, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, soccer world cup, South Africa, wine tasting
Cape Town voted 2nd favourite overseas city
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Airlines, tour operators and hoteliers faced huge challenges this year with a “perfect storm” of recession and a slump in sterling making holidays more expensive at a time when people could least afford them. Despite this, however, many companies not only survived but thrived. Holidays are still regarded as top priorities for many, surveys show. [...]
Tags: Cape Town, soccer world cup, South Africa, Travel Awards
Best “Safari” in 28 years of visiting Africa
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I have just returned from a tour of 13 days, of which 7 days was a game viewing “safari” in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, at Addo National Elephant Park and Shamwari private game reserve, with 4 people, of whom one young man of 22 was a wheelchair user. We set off from Cape Town through to the [...]
Tags: Addo Elephant Park, Africa, black rhino, Cape Town, cape vulture, cheetah, cubs, endangered, Flamingo Tours, game drive, game viewing, Garden Route, Knysna, lioness, Lions, malaria free, ostrich, Oudtshoorn, Outeniqua, Pam Taylor, safari, Shamwari Private game reserve, South Africa, Spekboom, Sub-Saharan Africa, wheelchair, white lions, white rhino, white tigers
Winter in Cape Town – A Mix of All Seasons
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Winter in Cape Town is a real mix of all seasons. Over the past few weeks we have had the old – Cape of Storms – the Mother City showing her ferocity, this week, now that the British & Irish Lions Rugby fans are leaving, she is all sugar and sweetness with beautiful 22°c bathing [...]
Tags: boulders beach penguins, British, cable car, canada, cape of good hope reserve, cape of storms, Cape peninsula, cape point, Cape Town, chacma babboons, Flamingo Tours, Irish, kirstenbosch botanical gardens, mother city, Pam Taylor, proteas, seasons, table mountain, two oceans restaurant, weather
Cape of Storms – Rugby in the Rain
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The recent spate of storms that hit Cape Town and the Western Cape have reaked havoc here, but in spite of all that, we still went on tour with guests in wheelchairs in rain, sun and to the rugby! At the rugby match – Emerging Springboks versus the British & Irish Lions, it rained it was [...]
Tags: accessible tours, British, Cape Town, day tours, disability, Flamingo Tours, Irish, Lions, Newlands rugby Museum, Newlands stadium, Pam Taylor, rugby, rugby museum, South Africa, Springboks, storms, weather, wheelchair, wheelchair rugby, wheelchairs
Summer newsletter – February 2009
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SUMMER NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2009 How time flies, I can hardly believe the end of February is upon us – so soon. I have hardly got over the Festive Season. The weather here is hot,33°C yesterday, but the downside is that the Western Cape, being a winter rainfall area is experiencing bush fires everywhere and [...]
Tags: Cape Town, custom tours, Flamingo Tours, newsletter, Pam Taylor, private tours, soccer world cup, South Africa
Economic Downturn
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During this world recession, how can we think out of the box? As everyone is in the same box, we need to be ahead of the pack and therefore, being pioneers in our field in South Africa, just gone 14 years in business, we have always strived to do things differently and have our customer [...]
Tags: Cape Town, custom tours, Pam Taylor, private tours, South Africa
2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa 11 June – 11 July 2010
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I would please like some feedback from anyone who receives this newsletter on your feelings regarding this “show” next year and if you have any interest in watching any games, being part of a tour just being here during this “excitement” or are you wanting to keep well away from the madding crowd and travel [...]
Tags: 2010, Cape Town, Pam Taylor, soccer world cup, South Africa, tour guide
Seasonal Flowers
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Tags: adapted vehicles, Cape peninsula, cape point, Cape Town, custom tours, day tours, disability, flowers, Pam Taylor, private tours, SANParks, sign language, tour guide, tourism
