African Vacation offers tailor-made safari accommodation for the British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour to South Africa 2009. Every 12 years the legendary British and Irish Lions tour South Africa, providing their supporters with not only the chance to watch great rugby but also to visit some of South Africa’s wonderful safari lodges and beach holidays. A Kruger National Park safari is one such way to spend time between matches during the British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour to South Africa.
As a wildlife destination South Africa is one of the few countries left in Africa still able to offer the famous Big 5 (Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and Leopard) that have become synonymous with African safaris. For those seeking the thrill of seeing the Big 5, African Vacation offers this experience from tented safari camps to the ultimate luxury Out Of Africa safari lodges, either on foot or in a 4x4 safari vehicle. African Vacation can offer British and Irish Lions rugby supporters safari accommodation during their stay in South Africa.
Our safari lodges are located in South Africa’s world-renowned private game reserves including Sabi-Sand, Timbavati, and Thornybush as well as private concessions in the Kruger National Park. We can also offer safari accommodation in other less well known but equally spectacular wildlife reserves such as Kapama, Klaserie and Manyeleti. If you are looking for malaria free safari accommodation we would like to recommend the following game reserves Madikwe, Phinda and Shamwari.
African Vacation has a selection of safari venues and nature based activities to meet any budget and interest including bush and beach safaris where you can get the best of both worlds, an African wildlife safari and the warm blue waters of the Indian Ocean. African Vacation also caters for the keen adventurer with an array of activities including fly fishing, deep sea fishing, horse riding safaris, wildlife walking safaris , elephant back safaris, hiking, canoeing, boating and hot air ballooning. South Africa is about the outdoors and we can get you out there. Whether you are on safari in an open 4x4 vehicle looking at Africa’s wildlife, tracking the Big 5 on foot, riding horseback down a long deserted beach or simply relaxing beside a sparkling swimming pool at a luxury African safari lodge, we will tailor-make the African safari to your choice.
African Vacation also has a number of hotels and self-catering accommodation facilities ideally suited for your holiday in South Africa during the British Lions rugby tour.
South Africa is blessed with natural beauty and diversity from the wildlife rich Lowveld to the magnificent Drakensberg Mountains, from the beauty of the Garden Route, to Cape Town and the famous Table Mountain there is something for everybody. Varying greatly from the desert of the West Coast to the lush tropics of northern Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa’s coastline stretches 3000 km’s and encompasses the union of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at Cape Point.
With eleven national languages, South Africa is a melting pot of cultures where interaction has influenced our customs and traditions making South Africa a vibrant and ever changing community. From the regal Kingdom of Zululand and near-by battlefields that bare witness to South Africa’s past to the more recent historical events, evident in a visit to the offshore prison of Robben Island or the newly constructed Apartheid Museum. Happily the recent transition of a nation is easily palpable in the multi cultural magic musical developments taking place in down town Jozi. (Johannesburg).
With years of experience in travel, African Vacation can offer a holiday in South Africa that will compliment the British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour and will be a journey of good sporting competition coupled with a tailor-made African safari that will evoke many happy memories long after you have returned home.
