TRAVEL NEWS AND EVENTS

David Visagie's new site...	"Ride the Silk Road"
An online daily journal with photos reveals David's latest motorbike journey from Germany to China...

Yue travels to Sudan & Egypt to inspect road conditions for the 2010 trans-Africa expedition	Trans-Africa Overland Expedition: Cape To Cairo
In October 2009, Yue travelled to Sudan and drove overland from Khartoum to Aswan, Egypt. This was the final part of her research on one of AAST’s major overland expeditions “From Cape Town to Cairo”, which will be launched in 2010

Dog-sledding trip in Ontario, Canada!	One week to experience the REAL winter!
Visit Niagara Falls under ice and drive to Simcoe-Haliburton area in Ontario for a dog-sledding experience into the Canadian winter forests...(Jan-Feb, 2010)

Africa is our mother continent - the cradle in which humankind was born and the place from which our earliest ancestors set out to explore and settle the rest of the globe. In a very real way, we all come "out of Africa"!

The continent is a dazzling tapestry of amazing diversity. It is a land of rich cultures and ancient civilizations which remain little known to many in the Western world. It is also home to some of the most spectacular wildlife on earth. Africa encompasses many different nations, countless peoples and tribes, and a stunningly varied landscape.

Our travel programs to Africa unveil some of the most fascinating places and enable our travellers to embrace the warmth and grace of the people and culture.

Here are some of the highlights that one should not miss:

    • The Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater, .......Tanzania
    • The Okavango Delta, Botswana
    • Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
    • Zanzibar, Tanzania
    • Sossusvlei Sand Dunes, Namibia
    • Table Mountain and Cape Town, South Africa
    • Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya
    • The legendary town of Timbuktu, Mali
    • The Maasai Mara and Maasai Tribe, Kenya
    • Sani Pass, Lesotho
    • Ait Benhaddou Kasbahs, Morocco
    • Goree Island, Senegal
    • The River Nile, White Desert and Pyramids, Egypt
    • Mountain gorillas, Rwanda and Uganda
    • The ancient pyramids, Sudan

As seasoned travellers and experienced tour operators, we are
confident that our innovative tours will help you discover this
incredible Africa!