Travel to South Africa

Tourism: The Big Five

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:48:49 +0000

Experience the sensation of walking through the thick shrubbery all in search of the Big Five is an experience unlike any other. By the way, what is The Big Five? This term was originally used exclusively by hunters, to refer to the five of Africa’s greatest wild animals namely lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. This was during the olden hunting epoch but the term “Big Five” still invokes the wonderful romance and excitement of the striking destinations and out-of-ordinary experiences in Africa.
Many game reserves in South Africa present thrilling walking safaris or simply termed as bush walking, where you will bump into all sorts of animals in their natural territory. Taking a walk through the green bushes, you will spot animal trails and rare insects, lots of bird species and you will learn about ecology.
Dream watching the sun set over the blue skies at the same time as you capture the moment of a pleasure of lions enjoying their catch!
Buffalos strolling down to a water pond with all the strength and size that makes it more likely to kill someone than any other animal!
The wonderful rhino, which is almost extinct by the way, with its astonishing horns and bad that very bad temper!
The mighty leopard with its beauty and remarkable swiftness and a wonderful skill of hunting as if it was trained!
These Big Five – legends of the wilderness have surely become synonymous with African jungles.
This is a country everyone should visit in a lifetime! The walking safari lodging offers an emotion of being at ease with nature in very luxurious tents that are very comfortable and environmentally pleasant.

The African economic powerhouse

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:07:01 +0000

South Africa has over the times proved to be the powerhouse of Africa’s economy, to the extent that people outside Africa regard it as the capital of the entire continent. South Africa boasts of a number of multinational and powerful companies and enterprises that have even conquered the European and Asian markets. Notabe of these is Standard Bank, now threatening to become the world largest bank.

The Standard Bank, with its roots in South Africa has fully covered the entire African continent and also has got established roots in China, Europe and South America. It is steadily taking over the entire globe as a solid financial institution and is really proving its worth by the nature of the funding schemes it offers to huge projects.

South Africa in unmistakenly a world class nation and proved the critics wrong when it hosted 2010 world cup; the first ever major sporting event on the African soil. It was regarded a great success and it manifested the great might of the nation. However, what is interesting to note is the fact that a large percentage of the economy lies in the hands of the whites who are the minority populace of the country. Nonetheless, South Africa continues to thrive and enjoy a relatively peaceful and stable political evironment compared to the rest of the Afrian nations.

The Mandela factor in South Africa

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:45:13 +0000

Nelson Mandela is a great world statesman who is regarded and actually is the father of the South African nation. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that he fought for the freedom of blacks from the oppression of the white rule, even when it meant giving up his life for that cause. Neslon Mandela spent 27 years serving a prison sentence whaich atually was meant to be life imprisonment. His jailors new he had been finished and little did they ever imagine that he would emmerge with strength to lead the nation to independence from the whites in 1994.

When in South Africa, you certainly cannot fail to think of Mandela because he is a world figure and so far the only living human who sacrificed his own life for the redemption of his own people. The Mandela factor in South Africa is therefore very certain to the extent that one is justified to assert that South Africa is because Mandela was and because he was, so the nation of South Africa is.

Since the Independence time, the country has continuosly enjoyed the thrive in all sectors; economy, sports, tourism, security and stability and the general wellbeing of the citizens.