Need A Few Packing Tips? Check Out Our First Friday Wild Post From Married With Luggage...

Our next First Friday Wild Posters are Warren and Betsy Talbot of Married With Luggage fame! They ditched their careers, sold everything they own, and left to live their dream of traveling the world in October 2010. While they haven't made it to Africa just yet, they are looking forward to realising a life-long dream of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on their next round the world jaunt. It's sure to be awesome adventure (and we'll keep you posted=)), but until then feast your eyes on the pair's backpack tips, as this couple have fine tuned the art of travelling light!

Sign Up, Sign Up - Our 2012 brochure Will Be Out Soon!!!

Get ready to scratch those itchy feet as we're about to launch our 2012 brochure!  

From Kenya To The UK - Catch Up With Crazy About Kenya Artist, Shake Makelele...

Determining The Future (c) Shake Maklele

This week we're coming at ya all the way from the wildlife capital! Artist Shake Makelele is one of our Crazy About Kenya partners and he's about to leave his home in Taita Taveta county to exhibit in the UK.  A Royal Overseas League scholarship award winner, Shake has been invited to share his artworks at London's OXO Tower from 06-23 October (details below).  Entry to the exhibition is free, but if you can't wait until then, here's a taster of his talent on the blog!

First Friday Wild Post Round Up!

To date, we’ve featured heaps of awesome First Friday Wild Posts, so we thought it was about time for a round up!  Get ready to feast your eyes on everything from grasshoppers to Africa's game, and watch out for next Friday’s blog post, as we’ll be chatting with Crazy about Kenya artist Shake Makelele, an award winner who is due to exhibit in London this coming October.

A Big Five thanks to all the First Friday Wild Post pundits who’ve come on board, and if you’re up for a shot at commentating and would like to put your travel bug in the spotlight, email us at info@acacia-africa.com. Feeling inspired?  Check out our new look website and get yourself in the mood for Africa!

First Friday Wild Post - Getting Along For the Long Haul by Andrea Spirov of InspiringTravellers.com

Our next First Friday wild Post comes courtesy of Andrea Spirov – one half of the duo behind Inspiringtravellers.com - a blog brought to you by a couple of  thirtysomething wanderers currently travelling the world full-time.  These guys continually take their inner nomad to the max, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and South America featuring on their list of destinations. One day we’re sure we can tempt them to visit Africa (you bet!!!), but in the meantime (and the picture says it all really), we couldn’t think of a better couple to quiz on getting along for the long haul… 

Final Call For “Show Us Your Africa” Photo entries!!!

It’s the last day of our Big Five countdown so if you’ve recently been getting snap happy in Africa now’s your chance to send your ultimate image down the line. Email your entry 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 worldwide! And yes, you can bag an overland tour too =)

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!