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
DISABILITY IS NOT INABILITY!
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Who says having a disability makes you unable to do things!! They are totally wrong!! Recently I had a GENTLEMAN on tour, who had the largest and heaviest wheelchair I have ever had to deal with – 300kg = 66Olbs but we did a whole tour – safari and all! Many hours of negotiations went [...]
Tags: accommodation, Adventure, African, attractions, carer, disability, partner, penguin colony, safari, South Africa, tour, wheelchair
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
Equinox Newsletter Combining Winter & Spring – September 2009
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Hello all my friends, colleagues, guests and family I have combined this newsletter, as time has run away with me, as thankfully I have been busy with tours for the last couple of months. I am truly grateful to those of you who have sent me business in this climate of fiscal fallout. I love [...]
Tags: Barruch, blue crane, cheetah, coffee roastary, disability, face crème, Flamingo Tours, foot balm, Garden Route, Grootbrak, Jackie Viljoen, Janneman, leather handbags, malibu storks, Meet the People, Meet the People tour, Mossel Bay, newsletter, ostrich, Pam Taylor, South Africa, tenikwa, tour guide, tourism, township, township tour, Voorbaai, wheelchair, wheelchairs
More Wonderful Safari’s Done!
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I am back from a further two “safari’s” at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Malaria-Free Eastern Cape. Again the BIG 5 and more were seen. With all the wonderful food, I think I am also heavier! Even though I watched what I ate the food is excellent! They even made me special wheat =free [...]
Tags: Big 5, buffalo, Cango Wildlife Ranch, cheetah, Eastern Cape, elephant, Flamingo Tours, Game, leopard, Lion, malaria free, malaria free game viewing, Meet the People, Meet the People tour, Mossel Bay, newsletter, Pam Taylor, personal service, rhino, safari, Shamwari, Shamwari Private game reserve, South Africa, special service, spring flowers, tenikwa, West Coast
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
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
Flamingo Cares
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From the Indaba News of May 2009 – Flamingo Tours is proud of its commitment to accommodate disabled travelers who have the fullest right to enjoy traveling. Owner Pam Taylor personalised their services around clients; specific needs, offering adapted vehicles to take wheelchairs with equipment approved by British Transport Board. Vehicles include midi coaches for [...]
Tags: accessible accommodation, adapted vehicles, custom tours, deaf, disability, Flamingo Tours, hearing impairments, Pam Taylor, private tours, sign language, signing, South Africa
Inclusive Tourism for All
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Inclusive Tourism for ALL guests, not only those who have a disability, has been my idea of how I would like to work for some years now, but did not quite have the words – Inclusive – which is now the new watch word. I just had – tourism for all guests – which did [...]
Tags: custom tours, deaf, disability, hearing impairments, Pam Taylor, sign language, signing, South Africa, tour guide, tourism, trade show
