Only 48-Hours To Go!!!

image (c) Cathy May

We're not quite sure what you've been up to this weekend - but these overlanders have certainly been having fun!!!=) Anyhow, now it’s Sunday - time to take it easy and tune into our penultimate Big Five “Show Us Your Africa” competition countdown!  Yep adventurers, that’s just 48-hours to go until the deadline.  If you’d like to enter, email your photo to competition@acacia-africa.com (see the full list of Terms & Conditions) and you could see your photo on 100,000 copies of our next brochure in 20 countries across the globe!

Feast your eyes on 2011's best wildlife, budget and up and coming Africa!

Want to get a better deal on Africa?  You can still take advantage of our November special and save 30% on your next overland jaunt, but as we’re nearing the end of the year we thought you might like a little insider info on the best wildlife, budget and up and coming destinations in Africa for 2011. 

"Real Wanderers On The Continent”: Every Friday…real tours and real people who are really addicted to Africa!

Name	Alice Allen
From	UK
What tour are you on? Truck/tour leader?	South West Safari (Livingstone to Cape Town) Pangani truck, road crew Sammy & Julius
Travelling with…?	Each other Kim Allen
Travel Motto	The more you put into a trip the more rewarding the trip becomes!
Or done any other travelling?	All over the world – but never Antarctica!
Favourite place on the tour?	Etosha national park at the flood lit waterhole beside our camp – watching all the animals at night The Okavango Delta – poling through the wilderness in traditional mokoros
Most memorable moment on tour?	Sleeping out under the stars in Spitzkoppe - a beautiful remote area of Namibia
What would you say to someone thinking of coming on tour?	Pack a sense of humour and a sense of adventure and you will have ball!
Where’s the next adventure?...	Somewhere cold…..Antarctica??

According to Andy "the great outdoorsman from the Veldt," Spitzkoppe rocks

Beam me up Scottie, (he chortles into the iPod) OK, I’m not a major "trekkie" fan and I don’t dress up as “Spock” at the weekends, but the red rock landscape at Spitzkoppe looks like it came straight out of the hit science fiction series.   It’s pretty out there – in fact, it’s kind of like landing on Mars.  The Matterhorn of Africa, which strangely enough – resembles a horn – is around 1595m, and rises up out of nowhere above the desert floor – impressive or what! I’ve just had a quick run around the rocks thrown in a bit of impromtu bouldering and checked out some San Bushman paintings…

Camera at the ready now to catch the glorious sunset…I’m currently cranking out some tunes from the iPod and I’m waiting for Psychodelia to touch down in Namibia – as all colours of the kaleidoscope are due to start bouncing of the rocks.

My top tip – Head overland on the 19-day Desert Tracker, grab yourself a beer at the “Rock On Rock” concert – OK there might be a few short-lived power cuts, but remember guys you’re in the middle of the desert!  After which you should go totally wild – grab your sleeping bag and camp out under the stars…