South African Airways
Explore with South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA) is the leading carrier in Africa for 15 consecutive years and boasts a 4 star Skytrax rating.
Africa’s most awarded airline, South African Airways ( SAA) operates to 40 destinations worldwide. From Australia, SAA has daily direct flights from Perth to Johannesburg with connections from all major Australian and New Zealand cities through its codeshare partner network.
In its DOMESTIC market SAA has an extensive schedule operating 554 flights in total per week between Johannesburg – Cape Town, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth, from its Johannesburg hub. SAA offers more frequencies than any other airline in South Africa.
REGIONALLY, SAA offers 24 destinations across the African continent including Abidjan, Accra, Abuja, Blantyre, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Entebbe, Harare, Kinshasa, Libreville, Lilongwe, Livingstone, Luanda, Lusaka, Maputo, Mauritius, Nairobi, Ndola, Pointe Noire, Victoria Falls and Windhoek.
SAA’s INTERNATIONAL network creates links to all major continents from South Africa through 8 direct routes, with daily flights from Johannesburg to London (Heathrow), Frankfurt, Munich, Perth, Hong Kong, New York, Washington, and Sao Paulo.
South African Airways and Airlink
AIRLINK INCREASES FLIGHTS TO NOSY BE – MADAGASCAR
Airlink commenced flight services to Nosy Be – Madagascar on 20 March 2016 with a weekly flight on Sundays. The route has proved extremely popular and in response to the overwhelming demand for flights during the Festive Season, Airlink will add a second weekly service on Wednesdays from 14 December 2016 to 4 January 2017.
Nosy Be (Big Island in Malagasy) is a tropical island located off the North Western tip of Madagascar, covering an area of 320 square kilometres. The island boasts some of the most beautiful beaches in the Indian Ocean, lined with coconut palms and caressed by turquoise waters, offering that remote idyllic tropical island experience that we all dream about. There are numerous quality hospitality properties located on Nosy Be, and accommodation options include many smaller islands located nearby, including Nosy Komba, Nosy Saba, Nosy Mitsio, Nosy Sakatia, and Nosy Tanikely.
Sea lovers will be able to indulge in their passions of world-class scuba diving and snorkelling, sport fishing, cruising on fully crewed catamarans and sea kayaking or simply laze on the beach. As the climate is mild, winds are moderate and the ocean is normally calm. Hoteliers and leisure activity service providers are proud, passionate and professional.
Nosy Be offers travellers a taste of everything Malagasy, the endangered and unique lemurs, chameleons, pristine national parks and marine reserves, local rum and delicious seafood, beaches and activities. A visit to Nosy Be does not restrict you to one destination, being part of an Archipelago one is able to take day-trips or longer charters to be able to enjoy the multiple smaller islands and bays in the area.
With more than 5,000 quality hotel and lodge beds, Nosy Be caters for all tastes and budgets.
Watch this amazing video (Source: Moving Sushi) to learn all about what Madagascar has to offer….
Did You Know?
IMMIGRATION RULES TRAVELLING WITH KIDS TO SOUTH AFRICA
Requirements, introduced by the South African Department of Home Affairs from 1 June 2015, specify that all minors (children under 18 years) are required to produce , in addition to their passport, an Unabridged Birth Certificate which shows the details of both parents for all international travel to and from South Africa.
South African Airways Destination of the Month: Botswana
Botswana is a favourite safari destination because it is committed to wildlife conservation and is rich in unique landscapes teeming with some of the best wildlife Africa has to offer. You’ll find a pristine landscape of incredible diversity, kind and humble people and some of the finest safari camps and lodges in Africa. Botswana manages this valuable natural resource very carefully, with demand outstripping capacity, which is very limited to avoid overcrowding.
With this in mind, we recommend booking your Botswana itinerary well in advance for best availability.
The evergreen jewel of the Okavango Delta is at the heart of Botswana’s safari attractions, flanked in the east by the rolling savannah of the Savuti and the teeming elephant paradise of the Chobe. South of the delta lie the far-flung stretches of the Makgadikgadi saltpans and the semi-desert grasslands of the Kalahari. Go on guided game drives, nature walks, river cruises, canoe trips or explore on the backs of elephants and horses to make the most of Botswana’s legendary wildlife.
The Chobe is home to Africa’s largest elephant population as well as huge herds of buffalo, zebra and many antelope species, and with such abundant plains game, Botswana has plenty of Africa’s top predators – lion, leopard, hyenas and rare wild dogs. Even the bird watching is exceptional. The saltpans and Kalahari scrubland south of the delta are home to unique experiences like quad biking safaris and authentic cultural encounters with Africa’s first people, the San. This is also the setting for Botswana’s green season migration, which happens between January and March (depending on seasonal rainfall). After the summer rains fill the desert waterholes, thousands of zebra and antelope migrate into the area to feast on the sweet, new grasses. This in turn leads to dramatic predator-prey interactions as the resident lion prides make the most of the visiting herds.
A bucket list destination for sure!
Source: South African Airways, 19Sep16
