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SOUTH AFRICA: NEW EXPLORATIONS
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South Africa has always been a Tailor-made Africa?
favourite with us here at Kumuka thanks
If you’d like more control on your safari itinerary,
to its spectacular scenery, easily
ask us to put together a bespoke tour for you.
accessible wildlife and incredibly friendly
Nick Watson and Mel Burr did when they headed to
people. You’ll love the country too, and in response to
East Africa, and they were thrilled with the results…
demand we’ve introduced four new tours that offer
something a little different and special
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on’t think I can put into words how amazing our East Africa tailor-made tour
was. We’d like to say a huge thank you for organising the trip for us. With the
benefi t of hindsight, I can say that the way the trip was planned and balanced
– camping in Kenya then lodges in Tanzania – was perfect for us.
JANE HARRIS, KUMUKA’S OPERATIONS MANAGER AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
The camping was much better than we had prepared for. Our guide called ahead to
These new tours are in addition to over 30 other Kumuka tours to South Africa. see if there were vacancies in better campsites as we went and in the Mara we stayed
in a tented camp with fl ush toilets and hot showers! Having our own chef was also
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fantastic. It was amazing to see what three-course meal he could come up with over a
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camp stove – it was always better than we could do in a full kitchen! We felt very spoilt
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with Isaac (the chef) and Joseph (the driver guide) looking after us, and it was great to
ADULT: £655, €985, AU$1675,
NZ$1935, US$1380,
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CA$1510, ZAR11,135
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get to know them too.
The lodges were superb. We had no complaints about the Serengeti Sopa – in
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CHILD: £470, €705, AU$1200,
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fact, I was sick there for one day and they looked after us very well. The Ngorongoro
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NZ$1390, US$990,
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Farmhouse was also excellent and probably our favourite lodge in terms of facilities
and service. It worked out well that we got to spend one night there and one night
CA$1085, ZAR7990. at the Ngorongoro Serena. The Farmhouse is a bit of a drive from the crater so it was
CAPE TOWN TO CAPE TOWN good that we stayed there on our way back to Arusha.
A great trip for all the family, As great as the lodges were, they made us appreciate that we had also camped. You
which follows South Africa’s did get the feeling there were a lot of people in the lodges that were a bit isolated from
famous Garden Route. The tour the country they were visiting, but I guess its different strokes for different folks.
includes pristine beaches, the We found it a little harder to get to know our guide (Harlequin) at the lodges but we
possibility of seeing whales from invited him for drinks on a few nights and had dinner with him at the Farmhouse, so
Hermanus, a tree-top canopy that was good.
walk, elephant watching and the The parks themselves were incredible. We were fortunate to have the guides
chance to explore beautiful Cape we did, and maybe we had a bit of luck on our side as well because we saw so many
Town. The trip is suitable for all animals – and fairly close up too. I think we saw pretty much every animal there is to
children from aged fi ve. see (apart from a leopard) within the fi rst three days. Then, on the fourth day, we saw
a leopard!
In all we took around 2000
ZULU DAWN 10 DAYS photos and I’m really glad we
JOHANNESBURG TO DURBAN took a decent camera because
This tour has it all – wildlife, scenery, culture and the we will treasure these for life.
coast. Spend time learning about the Zulus, visit St The people were also
Lucia wetlands, go on a game drive in Kruger and very interesting to talk to
then fi nish your tour in the surf city of Durban. and interact with. I now
£1,200, €1800, AU$3060, NZ$3540, US$2520, understand why you may
CA$2760, ZAR20,400. think some of the Maasai
village stuff is a bit contrived,
but I’m still glad we went.
CANYONS, CHEETAHS You soon learn how to deal
AND KRUGER 8 DAYS with the constant requests
FAMILY TOUR OUT OF JOHANNESBURG to buy something and most
ADULT: £830, €1245, AU$2120, NZ$2450, US$1745, of the time people were friendly
CA$1910, ZAR14,110. CHILD: £640, €960, AU$1635, about it. We did however have
NZ$1890, US$1345, CA$1475, ZAR10,880. a steep learning curve with the
souvenir shops, but by the time
we got to Tanzania we had got
WILDLIFE AND GARDEN ROUTE some good deals.
8 DAYS PORT ELIZABETH TO CAPE TOWN Zanzibar was also really good
£880, €1320, AU$2245, NZ$2600, US$1850, and the one day we spent in
CA$2025, ZAR14,960. Dubai was enough to convince
us that we should go back
CHECK OUT OUR AFRICA BROCHURE AT WWW.KUMUKA.COM
to spend more time looking
around.
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