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AFRICA DISCOVERY
Hot News & Specials March 2010

Passionate about Africa!

Africa is within your reach. The World Cup will be taking place in South Africa in several venues the month of June. We suggest if you are not interested in the Soccer games a good time to go would be end of July through the end of the year. For East Africa the migration begins June in the Serengeti continues up to Masai Mara in Kenya through September and back to northern Serengeti in October, great months to visit East Africa!

Scuba Diving

South Africa, Mozambique & East Africa provide some of the most exhilarating diving on the planet! If you LOVE sharks and all varieties and a lot of them including snorkeling with WhaleSharks, read about all the places that will get your adrenaline going with a visit to Africa. For those who want a more relaxing, luxury beach holiday with easy gorgeous diving on lush reefs with colorful fish, you must head to northern Mozambique. more ...

Africa Discovery group trips

Botswana & South Africa May 2010: more ...

Coming soon: Tanzania- Northern Serengeti migration, Chimpanzees and wild Selous with a side trip to remote Mafia Island to swim with whalesharks- October 2011

Travel Incentives ~ Great Values

Southern Africa including; South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe as well as East Africa; Kenya and Tanzania are offering throughout 2010 many travel incentives which include a variety of stay so many nights and get 1 or 2 free! They end different times throughout the year. We will show the ones that will work through most of 2010. more ...

Families on Safari

It is amazing to me how Africa travel has grown and now couples who have traveled here want to bring their kids to experience the joy & amazement they feel for the animals from being on safari. Nothing can compare to seeing your child in wild amazement at the first Giraffe in the wild, or walking with the ranger in the bush and showing the different species of dung and teaching them ‘spoor’ animal tracking. Camps all over Africa have now created special family camps that will ensure parents and children of safety and yet the aura of sleeping in the bush in a luxury tent or chalet very close together. more ...

Conservation

Is the single most important role of operators in Africa. Here is the mission statement from our partner in Southern Africa, Wilderness Safaris, it pretty much sums it up.

We are a responsible ecotourism and conservation company.

The reason we exist is to protect pristine wilderness areas and the flora and fauna - or biodiversity - that they support. We believe that in protecting these areas, and including the local communities in this process, we will make a difference to Africa and ultimately the world. In short, we believe that the world's wilderness areas will save humankind. more ...

News & Accolades

Unusual sightings; Camp updates; Botswana Government increases VAT; Accolades & magazine awards to Camps/Hotels/Lodges; more ...

Suggested Africa Magazines

Africa Geographic: www.africageographic.com
Africa Geographic Birds & Birding: http://www.africageographic.com/magazines/birds-and-birding/
National Geographic Traveler: http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/

Digital Photography Websites

Our partner in Africa highly recommends this site for good information about digital photography:
Luminous Landscape: www.luminous-landscape.com

It is run by Michael Reichman, his camera reviews; video tutorials and general info on Digital Photography are all excellent. There is also a database of past articles that are really valuable.

For detailed reviews of equipment try
www.dpreview.com and
www.imaging-resource.com

which are both outstanding. Happy Shooting!

http://www.wildernesstrust.com/trust/links.jsp
B&H Photo Video has created a wonderful initiative which helps fund the Wilderness Trust. Any orders that Wilderness Safaris guests place with B&H via the link on the Wilderness Safaris website (above) will be recorded and B&H will donate an amount on their behalf to the Wilderness Trust. In return, these guests will receive free shipping to anywhere in the continental US.

I hope you enjoy this newsletter! Do let us know if you have questions or suggestions!

Many thanks see you in Africa!!

Cindi LaRaia and the Africa Discovery Team

CindiLaRaia@divediscovery.com