Safari Camp in Cape Town for the 2010 World Cup

Cape Town will be one of the more popular destinations during the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The mother city with its vibrant lifestyle and, Table Mountain and many attractions in the region is the perfect place to visit during this great sporting event. Currently there are indications that the city of Cape Town have a shortage in accommodating all the 2010 supporters. Lathita have come up with a solution to create another one of their funky and exciting Safari and Adventure Camps. The Cape Town Safari Camp will be located a short drive from the Cape Town 2010 Stadium and will boast all the ameneties offered by all the other Lathita Safari and Adventure Camps. The camp will only be availible for the duration of the World Cup, starting from o1 June 2010 up to 30 July 2010. Accommodation facilities will include camp sites, Safari Tents and Bungalows. The Cape Town Safari Camp will naturally have a soccer tent with food and drinks where supporters can view the populare games for the day. Extra activities will be on offer on a daily basis and these will include;

- Wineland Tours
- Cape Town City Tours & Table Mountain
- Cape Peninsula Tours
- Whale Watching Tours

This is just a short list and you will be able to book tours at the Cape Town Safari Camp. Shttles and car rental will also be on offer.

To find out more about the Cape Town Safari Camp you can contact Phindiwe at admin@lathita.co.za or Johan at johan@lathita.co.za

The 2010 World Cup is all the rage...

Lathita Tailor Made Travel brings you the "Adventure Camp" experience for the world cup in South Africa. One of the owners of Lathita is based in Rustenburg, which is a Host City during the Soccer World Cup. This being a relatively small city with not many hotels and accommodation, Lathita decided to set up a temparary Safari Camp for the duration of the World Cup. The Rustenburg Safari Camp will be based inside a game reservem which will give visitors to the City of Rustenburg a very unique experience.

The accommodation will be in the form of Bungalows, Safari Tents and Camp Sites. This will also be one of the basis for Wicked Campers in Africa. Together with the accommodation a full service will be offered, inckluding cleaning services, meals on request, activities, a football tent and daily shuttles to the Royal Bafokeng Stadium. Activities that can be booked will include nature hikes, big 5 game drives to Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Lion Park tours, Tours to Sun City, amongst others.

All safari camp clients will also get the option for discounted accommodation should they book at more than one safari camp. This applies to ad on safari packages and holiday packages.

For further information please contact Stephny at stephny@lathita.co.za.

Another exciting product from Lathita Tailor Made Travel

SOUTH AFRICA SAFARI CAMPS

"Garden Route Safari Camp"

"Mandela Bay Safari Club"

"Rustenburg Safari Camp"

BOTSWANA SAFARI CAMPS

"Martins Drift Safari Camp"

"Makgadikgadi Safari Camp"

"Chobe Safari Camp"

Mandela Bay Safari Club - Port Elizabeth

Port Elizabeth is one of those cities that are always run down by travel writers and forum members. This is in fact a mith and something that should change. This city with its long history, beautifull beaches and great location should become part of any summer holiday in South Africa. The city boasts some of the best watersport beaches and weather in South Africa and with long sunny summer season this is a place to be. The location leads to many other great destinations including Addo Elephant park, the Karoo, the Baviaans Wilderness Reserve, the Surfing Waves of the South Coast, Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve, amongst other things. Many visitors to this great city of Port Elizabeth also do not know that you can do most of the boat based activities offered in other destinations, and this at a much more affordable rate. This include Dolphin Cruises, Whale Watching and be sure that you can also spot a Great White Shark. With the Addo Elephant park just a short drive away you can have a real combination holiday of wildlife and beaches while staying in the friendly city, Port Elizabeth.

Lathita Tailor Made Travel are offering travelers the oppertunity to visit this region and have many offers and options availible. Lathita also started the Mandela Bay Safari Club to offer the more budget conscious traveler and the intrepid traveler a home to experience this region from. This lodge offers basic safari tent accommodation and a dorm facility. With a travel desk in the Mandela Bay Safari Club travelers will also be able to book discounted safaris, car rental and other services on the spot.

For further information and reservations at the Mandela Bay Safari Club please contact Phindiwe at admin@lathita.co.za

Chobe Safari Camp

The First pictures of Chobe Safari Camp...




Contact Johan at Lathita for further information: johan@lathita.co.za

Mandela Bay Safari Club & Backpackers

After much thought it was decided that we turn our property in Port Elizabeth into a hub for the intrepid traveler. This will be an information centre, backpackers and general meeting place for independend travelers. We decided to name the new backpackers after the new city of Port Elizabeth's name, Nelson Mandela Bay, hence Mandela Bay Safari Club & Backpackers.

Mandela Bay Safari Club & Backpackers will be a small and intimate backpackers lodge and will cater for the more adventurous traveler. Together with the lodge we are offering info and advice on traveling through Southern Africa. We will also offer trips to wilderness regions departing from the lodge and for now these regions will include the Karoo, Baviaans Wilderness and Addo Elephant Park. Numerous other adventures can also be booked at our travel desk. For all our clients there are special discounted rates at any of the South African and Namibian National Parks.

Mandela Bay Safari Club & backpackers are centraly located in Port Elizabeth and close to the 2010 World Cub Soccer stadium and the St George's cricket grounds. Also close by are the airport, easy distance to Addo Elephant Park, beaches, pubs, bus routes...

Together with the Backpackers we are opening a depot for Wicked Camper Van Rentals in Africa. These funky vans makes the perfect vehicle to explore Africa and comes fully kitted with a bed and cooking equipment. We have also negotiated special rates for first time Wicked Clients at selected stop overs on the Garden Route, Botswana, and all the National Parks of South Africa and Namibia.

For further info you can log onto our website, www.mandelabaybackpackers.co.za, or send us an e-mail to info@mandelabaybackpackers.co.za.

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Mandela Bay Backpackers

Lathita is launching its latest product, Mandela Bay Safari Club & Backpackers. The Mandela Bay Backpackers and Safari Club is situated in the histtorical subberb of Mount Croix, Port Elizabeth, on the Garden Route of South Africa.

The backpackers currently have one double room, one triple room and one large comfortable dorm room. Facilities include outside bbq, fitted kitchen, travel centre, television/lounge room and a dining room.

Our main future is that we have the Wicked Campers booking office and you can book and rent your camper van from the travel office. Our Travel office will also assist with discounted reservations and travel advice to South Africa and other Africa destinations.

Mandela Bay Safari Club & Backpackers

47 Eastbourne Rd
Mount Croix
Port Elizabeth
Eastern Cape
South Africa

Tel: +27 (0)72 221 4106
E-Mail: info@lathita.co.za

Room Types
1 x double room (2)
1 x triple room (3)
1 x dorm room (6)

Facilities
- Travel Desk
- Wicked Caper Van Rentals
- Lounge
- Dinning Room
- Kitchen
- BBQ
- Internet

Day Tours
- Township Tour
- City Tour
- Addo Elephant Park tour
- Big 5 Safari tour
- Whale & Dolphin cruise
- Elephant Back Safaris
- Discounted National Park Reservations

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Chobe Safari Camp

Chobe National Park

The Chobe National Park, which is the second largest national park in Botswana and covers 10,566 square kilometres, has one of the greatest concentrations of game found on the African continent. Its uniqueness in the abundance of wildlife and the true African nature of the region, offers a safari experience of a lifetime.

The park is divided into four distinctly different eco systems: Serondela with its lush plains and dense forests in the Chobe River area in the extreme north-east; the Savuti Marsh in the west about fifty kilometres north of Mababe gate; the Linyanti Swamps in the north-west and the hot dry hinterland in between.
Four-wheel drive vehicles are essential, especially if the intention is to travel extensively into the park - deep sand in some areas tests the skill of the driver and the capabilities of the vehicle. However, most rewarding game viewing awaits.
The original inhabitants of what is now the park were the San people, otherwise known in Botswana as the Basarwa. They were hunter-gatherers who lived by moving from one area to another in search of water, wild fruits and wild animals. The San were later joined by groups of the Basubiya people and later still, around 1911, by a group of Batawana led by Sekgoma. When the country was divided into various land tenure systems, late last century and early this century, the larger part of the area that is now the national park was classified as crown land. In 1931 the idea of creating a national park in the area was first mooted, in order to protect the wildlife from extinction and to attract visitors.
In 1932, an area of some 24,000 square kilometres in the Chobe district was declared a non-hunting area and the following year, the protected area was increased to 31,600 square kilometres. However, heavy tsetse fly infestations resulted in the whole idea lapsing in 1943. In 1957, the idea of a national park was raised again when an area of about 21,000 square kilometres was proposed as a game reserve and eventually a reduced area was gazetted in 1960 as Chobe Game Reserve. Later, in 1967, the reserve was declared a national park - the first national park in Botswana.

There was a large settlement, based on the timber industry, at Serondela, some remains of which can still be seen today. This settlement was gradually moved out and the Chobe National Park was finally empty of human occupation in 1975. In 1980 and again in 1987, the boundaries were altered, increasing the park to its present size.
A major feature of Chobe National Park is its elephant population. First of all, the Chobe elephant comprise part of what is probably the largest surviving continuous elephant population. This population covers most of northern Botswana plus northwestern Zimbabwe. The Botswana's elephant population is currently estimated at around 120,000. This elephant population has built up steadily from a few thousand since the early 1900s and has escaped the massive illegal offtake that has decimated other populations in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Chobe elephant are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200 kilometres from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate in the dry season, to the pans in the southeast of the park, to which they disperse in the rains. The elephants, in this area have the distinction of being the largest in body size of all living elephants though the ivory is brittle and you will not see many huge tuskers among these rangy monsters.

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The Mighty Chobe River

The Chobe River runs along the northern border of Chobe National Park. It rises in the northern Angolan highlands, where it is called the Kwando (a Hambukushu name), and travels enormous distances through Kalahari sands before reaching Botswana; here it becomes the Linyanti (a Subiya name) until it reaches Ngoma where it becomes the Chobe.

Like the Okavango and Zambezi, the Chobe's course is affected by fault lines, which are extensions of East Africa's Great Rift Valley. These three mighty rivers carry more water than all other rivers in Southern Africa.
There is a close association between the Okavango, the Chobe and the Zambezi. The Okavango River is connected to the Chobe and Zambezi via the Selinda Spillway where high floods from the Okavango escape from the southern end of the Panhandle and flow into the Chobe. A current theory holds that millions of years ago the Okavango, Chobe and Upper Zambezi flowed as one huge river across the middle Kalahari, joined the Limpopo River and emptied into the Indian Ocean. Earth movements stopped this flow and caused a damming back of the river and the formation of the Linyanti Swamps.
The Chobe River first flows directly south, but at Diyei, the former capital of the Bayei people, it is caught by a rift, drops out onto a swamp and then turns north through Lake Liambezi, finally turning east and passing Kasane before joining the Zambezi at Kazungula. They flow briefly together before spilling over the deep cataract at Victoria Falls.

The Chobe twists and turns through swamps of wide reed and papyrus beds, forming hidden lagoons, which sometimes fill with water lilies. Its south bank alternates from open flood plains dotted with pans to thick woodlands. Across the river from Botswana lies the Caprivi Strip - and there the scene of grazing cattle contrasts sharply with the scenes of wild animals in the Chobe National Park.

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Chobe Safari Camp

Chobe River Safari Camp is situated adjacent the Chobe Forest Reserve, close to Kasane and comprises a main lodge with lounge area, conference facility and bar. You have the option to stay in one of the 12 Luxury Meru Tents with en-suite bathroom and private BBQ facilities. Some units are fitted with self catering facilities. The lodge offers meals on request.
The Camp Site comprises 15 Private Campsites, all with BBQ Facilities. The communal ablution offers hot Showers. A Self Catering facilitis are available.

Standard Meru Tents - 12 Luxury Units
- Rate per Person R 550 (Bed & Breakfast)

- Single Supplement R 275

Private Camp Site - 15 Units
- Rate per person R 70

Activities in the region: (4 pax min)

- Chobe Game Drive R 350 pp
- Chobe River Cruise R 350 pp
- Vic Falls Transfer R 500 pp

Safari Camp Notes:

- All facilities at the Safari Camp are open for use by any of the residents.

- Activities can be booked on arrival, but this should preferably be booked in advance.

- All activities are not available on a daily basis and guest’s needs to enquire in advance what will be on offer during their stay.

- Above prices are launch specials and valid only up to 30 March 2009

- Detailed Pricing with Photos and complete Description will be distributed as soon as possible

- Tour Operators and Travel Agents are Welcome to contact us for rates

Experience Botswana and the Chobe Game Reserve with Chobe Safari Camp...

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