Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / April 2004

Cellular Phones can be used all over Africa. Rent at Johannesburg airport or
elsewhere. See links below.
http://www.vodacom.co.za/useful_services/roaming_partners.asp

Thanks everybody for your great advice!
As my departure is closing near (01 June), I have some more questions. Does
anyone have some recomendation for good road maps with petrol stations
included. Iam traveling by motorbike by the following route: Morocco -

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We've recently returned from a trip  through South Africa. It has been a
wonderful experience. We saw lots of wildlife and enjoyed much of what the
South African scenery had to offer. Our trip included Kruger National Park,
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, Drakensberg, the Garden Route and Cape ...

I want to visit some friends currently residing in Maputo,
Mozambique until the end of this year.
I've never travelled to Africa, and would like some
suggestions for strategies on getting the lowest fares

The trip does not sound as if it was 'as advertised' nor  was it value for
money. I was disgusted & dissatisfied with Dragoman's refusal to accept that
the whole trip was a disappointing fiasco due to the incompetence &
unprofessional attitude of Dragoman's reps 'on the ground', ...

Hi,
A friend who will be travelling in Botswana wants to rent a satellite
phone for the trip.  Does anyone know if there is a reputable place to
rent these (for 2 weeks)  in either Johnannesburg or Gaborone?  Any

I'm starting to plan a trip to South Africa and want to visit Kruger
Nat'l Park.  I haven't been able to find weather summaries for it on
the internet.  If anyone knows which months are the coolest, please
share with me.  I don't tolerate heat very well, so am looking to go

Just wondering if anyone here has gone on safaris organised by Serena
hotels and what the quality is like?

The following is a letter I sent to Dragoman HQ regarding a 5-week
over land trip through east and south Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi,
Zambia, Zimbabwe).  Below my letter is their response.
I encourage everyone I know to not travel with Dragoman unless you are

I will be off on a safari/beach holiday in June to Tanzania (14 days).
It will involve a couple of flights on some smallish aircraft (i.e.
flights from Arusha to Zanzibar etc).
We will be camping most nights on safari (although the tents sleeping

Has anyone been to the Saadani Game Reserve on the Indian Ocean north
of Dar es saleem in Tanzania?  Or to Mikumi National Park in southern
Tanzania? If so, what were your impressions?
One or both are included in a number of southern Tanzania safari

Does anyone know of any hotels in Liberia or know where i could search for one
at? thanks.

I have a flight ticket Germany-->London-->Ethiopia, and return ticket
is South Africa-->London-->Germany, after sevral months.
I am worried that in Germany or London the airport staff will require
me to have Return ticket from Ethiopia.

I got changed plans for the Winter trip. I plan a January 2005 trip but
MUST decide before April 30. (Crappy SAS advertise about their BONUS
program - but DO NOT have bonus trips to Asia 1/2 year, Oct-March, so
now I'm in panic to replan.)