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Responsible Travel

January 28th, 2010 by admin

Travel to Africa is the New Trend – Be part of it..

If you like it or not, Africa is about to become the new trendy travel destination. According to the latest rumor from the World Tourism Organization, Africa is receiving a boom of tourists, while the rest of the world is experiencing the opposite. In fact, the actual numbers say that Africa’s tourist arrivals for 2009 was 5% higher than the previous year, while the total amount of travelers in the world was reduced by 4%. Thus, Africa seems to be on a good track. And why exactly is that? Well, the experts have agreed: Obama and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Africa Tips & Trips

January 24th, 2010 by admin

The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town

There are a few items on every tourist’s to-do list in Cape Town. Shopping / dining at the V&A Waterfront is likely to be one of them. This relatively recently developed part of Cape Town has most of what it takes to please your appetite as well as your mind (the part of your mind that loves a new piece of clothing, art, or fancy gadget). The only part of you that may suffer is your financial conscience. For most of us, it can be a tough challenge to spend a day at the Waterfront without severely breaking your planned travel budget.

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Africa Tips & Trips

January 23rd, 2010 by admin

The Blog Awakes, This Time in Cape Town

Regular readers will have noticed that the blog has been quite sleepy over the past 6-8 weeks. The reason behind this drowsiness is that the blog (or the author), has changed it’s base from California to Cape Town (with a four week de-tour in Norway). The good news, though, are that I am now settled in Cape Town, South Africa, and the blog will again be regularly updated with interesting stories, photos, destinations, tips, advice and lots of travel information; This time served to you directly from the southern tip of Africa.

The focus of the stories, will as you might expect, be centered around the city and country of their origin, Cape Town and South Africa. But I will do my best to also include at least one post a week about a destination elsewhere in Africa.

If you have any comments about the blog, now is the time to share them. And until next post is published, here are a few photos from my descent into the Mother City, with the infamous Table Mountain and Table Cloth in the lead role.

Table Mountain, Cape Town

Table Mountain, Capte Town

Africa Tips & Trips

December 20th, 2009 by admin

A Place to Watch Flamingos by the Millions

Flamingos at Lake Nakuru - by donpf1 on Flickr

You may have heard of this place, or at least seen clips from it on TV; where thousands of thousands, sometimes millions, of bright pink flamingos gather in a great spectacle on one single lake. Does it sound familiar? Well, what you have seen on TV is not special effects, it is a real place with real birds and you can go there to see it. The place to go is Lake Nakuru in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.

Flamingos at Lake Nakuru - by donpf1 on Flickr

Lake Nakuru is conveniently located close to the Masai Mara which makes it a popular destination for safari tourists. And watching flamingos is essentially the only thing you do at this destination. It might not sound like the most thrilling activity, but when the number of birds exceeds a million, sometimes two million, it suddenly becomes more exhilarating! The sight can only be described as unbelievable, when the blue lake seems to disappear under a massive layer of hungry, pink flamingos. And soon after you might see the sky turn pink, as the entire flock of birds decides to take off at the same time.

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Africa Tips & Trips

December 14th, 2009 by admin

Moving To South Africa – Blog Information

The Africa Travel Blog has been a little quiet lately, and there is a reason for that. Over the past couple of weeks I have been very busy preparing for a big move. A move all the way from San Diego, California, via Oslo, Norway, to Cape Town in South Africa. And the first step will be taken the day after tomorrow, when the whole transition begins with a flight to Oslo. Two weeks later I will be accompanied with my lovely fiance, Eleyce, and together we will fly to South Africa.

Now, during this transition time of about 4 weeks, the blog may be more or less slow and not very regularly updated. Though, I hope you will forgive me, because after this temporary slump, The Africa Travel Blog will revive and I will bring you first hand travel information from the amazing African continent (at least the southern tip of it!).

Follow My Africa Journal – Experiences, pictures and stories

If you’re a personal friend, family or just curious, you should follow my personal journal where I will share my experiences, pictures and stories. You will find my journal, naturally, in the JOURNALS category. And if you’re really curious about how our life will be like down there, well then I suggest that you sign up to the email alerts for the journal. That means that you will receive an email every day I have posted a little blurb about what I am doing down there! Click here to subscribe!

Follow The Africa Travel Blog – Information, tips, destinations and news

If you’re not very interested in my personal life, but rather want to follow the travel tips, news, and information that usually appear on the blog’s front page; Then you can sign up to the Admin RSS which sends you an email alert every day there is a new post (but it ignores my personal journal blurbs). Click here to subscribe to The Africa Travel Blog email alerts.

Thank you for reading, please return soon!

-Hakon

Responsible Travel

December 7th, 2009 by admin

Green Traveler’s: Look here to find organic food in Cape Town!

Organic Food from www.wildorganicfoods.com

Organic Food from The Wild Trading Store

Traveling to a different continent, different country or just a different city, can usually make it very difficult to sustain your regular food habits. Though, often it is not because the food you want are not available, it’s just that you don’t know where to find it. Personally, I have had a very recent revelation that convinced me to be much better at eating organic food (I never used to care, and I am not a freak about it, I just got shocked and disgusted from watching the documentary Food Inc). And that inspired me to find out; Where can i buy organic food in Cape Town? Are there any organic restaurants, shops or farmer’s markets in the mother city? Let’s find out..

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Luxury Travel

December 2nd, 2009 by admin

Mnemba – The Heart Shaped Paradise Island

Mnemba Island Just east of Zanzibar, you can find a tiny, little, heart shaped paradise island called Mnemba. The island seems to be the perfect extension of Zanzibar, with an even more relaxed and highly luxurious atmosphere, practically no people, and an unbeatable tropical beauty. As you fly over the island, you will instantly see that this place must be one of the most romantic destinations in the world (and from a certain angle the island appears to have the perfect shape of a heart!).

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Africa Tips & Trips

November 30th, 2009 by admin

Amazing Stories of Cape Town’s Table Mountain

The Table Mountain in Cape Town is not only a magnificent sight. It is also the topic of several amazing myths, legends and stories. In this post I will share my favorites with you; two old legends and one true story.

Table Mountain

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Africa Tips & Trips

November 24th, 2009 by admin

African Ocean Safaris – The Big 4 of the Seas

Ocean Safaris Africa I recently read a little article in Time Magazine called Think Big with an Africa Ocean Safari. And it reminded me that with a continent so full of magnificent wildlife on land, most of us don’t think of the fact that it is surrounded by an incredible under water scenery as well. So that left me with just one thing to do: I had to dive into the online ocean of information, to find out more about what sort of sea creatures we can see in Africa’s Under Water World!

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