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Posted on November 12, 2010 by ecoadmin 

New brochure highlights expedition

Acacia Africa’s latest brochure will stir any travellers passion for the continent. The new edition features several twists on the traditional overland expedition, a mammoth 61-day jaunt from South Africa to Uganda, and a selection of tailor-made voluntours. There are also 87 clearly tagged solo-friendly trips, and a fresh look five point scale appears on every itinerary, allowing individuals to determine their own, personal level of adventure.

Heath Ashcroft, marketing director at Acacia Africa, says: “There’s a nomad in everyone, but we’re all at different stages when it comes to our “globetrotting-psyche,” and our latest brochure begs the question, “where will your wanderlust take you?”

Ethical explorers might fall into one and the same category when it comes to their principles, but every traveller has a different skill set and personality. This is the main reason behind Acacia Africa’s decision to showcase a range of pick and mix options in Cape Town – many of the new itineraries featuring a choice of one-to-one teaching, childcare, and for the more athletic – sports volunteering.

Additional game viewing and adrenaline antics provide a direct contrast to the more typical ethically engineered tour, the list of destinations covering, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Namibia. Often a price prohibitive endeavour, the tour operator has also broken the mould when it comes to value for money, the 2-day African Lion Rehabilitation Project starting from just £398pp (including local payment).

It isn’t usual to find a Mount Kilimanjaro climb on an overland itinerary, but now more adventurous souls can take on the challenge. The “must do” mountain trek features on the new 17-day Zanzibar to Mount Kilimanjaro expedition, and while the route follows the more popular and direct Marangu trail, it is no mean feat, the tour topping Acacia Africa’s new five point rating scale! £995pp + local payment from £440pp.

Zimbabwe is another new addition to the Africa specialist’s overland portfolio, the destination’s popularity reaching record highs after FIFA 2010. Despite the growing level of interest, the country is still tipped as one for the trailblazing explorer, which means crowd free game viewing in the Hwange National Park, and more exotic walking safaris in the rhino filled Matabo Hills throughout 2011.

Birds, the Big Five or “Beringei Beringei”? Animal enthusiasts are always going to face agonising decisions when it comes pinning down game viewing hot spots, but on the mammoth 61-day Cape Town To Kampala, Acacia Africa’s longest overland tour, they won’t have to. Perfect for career gappers, the itinerary includes, Big Five game viewing in the Ngrorongoro Crater, gorilla viewing in Bunyonyi and bird viewing at Lakes Baringo and Bogoria – two lesser-known African haunts that are world-renowned when it comes to offline twittering! £2,625pp + local payment from £1,185pp + gorilla permit from £350pp.

Further details of the all trips appear in the brochure.

More information: www.acacia-africa.com

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One Response to “Eco friendly holidays in Africa”

  1. ecoadmin says:

    November 12th, 2010 at 8:42 am
     

    It’s true, there’s a nomad in everyone, but we’re all at different stages when it comes to our “globetrotting-psyche”. Acasia latest brochure begs the question, “where will your wanderlust take you”?

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