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Why we give way to elephants...

How's this for road rage - Africa style!? 

We received a sequence of shots taken in Pilanesberg in South Africa during February this year.  

A large elephant bull has a string of vehicles behind him as he ambles down the road. 

Some fool in an approaching VW gets impatient and decides to pass and learns a big lesson!!

The occupants survived - this full display sequence of African road rage has to be seen! 

Off the track and very nearly off the map!
 

Conservation and responsible tourism is at the heart of everything we do but you won't find pages boasting about these issues on our websites. Supporting vital conservation projects and partnering with people and organisations who follow an ethical path has underpinned our business long before these became the buzzwords of the tourism community.

Following Trish's recent safari to Mozambique we'd like to share two shining examples of genuine eco safaris run by our partners there. On these safaris you'll be way off the traditional safari grid. You'll find camps which leave little or no impact on the surrounding environment. You'll meet hardworking professional Africans modestly providing skills training and jobs for the local communities around them.

Most of all you'll have fun on a wonderful old-fashioned safari - walking, driving, swimming, diving, eating too much, a fair bit of snoring and swapping of long stories around the fire!

8 Day 1sland Hopping Dhow Safari
Take a voyage in a traditional Arab dhow, exploring one tropical 1sland to the next in the awesome Quirimbas Archipelago in northern Mozambique. Dive, fish, paddle, star gaze and sleep out in mobile camps before reaching Ibo 1sland to enjoy its unique culture.
Enquire now about this 1sland-hopping dhow safari 

Quirimbas Archipelago is a pristine marine environment with Ibo and its historical forts and buildings at its tiny commercial centre.

Gorongosa - Mozambique

Gorongosa National Park, situated at the southern end of the Great East African Rift Valley has a wide diversity of species and ecological features found nowhere else in Africa.

Largely decimated during Mozambique's CivilWar, WWF cleared the park of landmines in the 90's and set up successful anti-poaching units.

With aid from the Carr Foundation and the Mozambique government the park enjoys the protection and funding of the Gorongosa National Park Trust.

Gorongosa is well on the way to recovery - now's a good time to visit the area before regular tour1sts do!

[National Geographic have already covered, Getaway magazine are doing an expose' in November 2011, Food and Tr@vel (UK) will be publishing an article shortly, see Alison Westwood's Getaway-FB photos]

Take 5 nights in an intimate bushcamp in Gorongosa, followed by 4 nights at Nuarro.  This is a truly authentic eco lodge situated in a secluded bay adjacent to the beautiful Baixo do Pinda with unbelievable diving and wild, white beaches.
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