For a once in a lifetime holiday gift idea, African Travel has put together a special winter holiday special package to South Africa and Victoria Falls

The trip is coming up soon, so be sure to jump on it if you’re interested. It goes from December 13-28 and is your perfect opportunity to experience the beauty that Africa has to offer.

African Safari Highlights

- Two nights in Johannesburg at the Airport InterContinental Hotel, conveniently accessible for the two short overnight stays

- Four nights in the Sabi Sands Reserve at Lion Sands River Camp where you will relish the excitement of your first big game sightings on morning and afternoon wildlife excursions

- Three nights in Victoria Falls at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge allows for ample time to explore the area, in addition to a sundowner river cruise on the Zambezi River, an elephant back excursion, a tour of the mighty Falls, and more

- Four nights in Cape Town at the Table Bay Hotel includes a full schedule of private sightseeing excursions including Table Mountain, city highlights, Cape Winelands and Cape Peninsula

The Fine Accomodations

- Airport Intercontinental Hotel in Johannesburg

- Lion Sands River Lodge in Sabi Sands Reserve

- Victoria Falls Safari Lodge in Victoria Falls

- Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town

Meals Included

Breakfasts 13, Lunches 4, & Dinners 5

You can visit the African Travel site for the complete African Travel Itinerary and Westside International Travel has African Safari specialized travel agents to help book your next vacation.

elephant herd during an African Safari

Enjoy!

The safari provided countless hours of cinema entertainment in sound films from Trader Horn (1931) onwards. The safari was used in many adventure films such as the Tarzan, Jungle Jim, and Bomba the Jungle Boy film series up to The Naked Prey (1966) where Cornel Wilde, a white hunter, becomes game himself. Also, safaris and the safari genre films were parodied in the Bob Hope comedies Road to Zanzibar and Call Me Bwana. An instant 15-minute helicopter safari was shown in Africa Addio where clients are armed, flown from their hotel and landed in front of an unlucky and baffled elephant. There are many Tour and Travel companies which can take you on a safari. It is fun going on Safari and seeing thousands of wildlife in their natural habitation.

Safari Fashion & Architecture

Many items worn on safari became fashion statements such as bush hats, pith helmets, bush jackets, with the costume eventually becoming a safari outfit.

The 1998 book Safari Style by Natasha Burns with photographs by Tim Beddow features interior and exterior design inspired by African safari lodges.

Safari Jackets

A safari jacket or bush jacket is a garment originally designed for the purpose of going on safari in the African bush.

Popularized by turn-of-the-20th-century Anglo-African adventurers, safari-style jackets were engineered for comfort and function.

A safari jacket is commonly a lightweight cotton drill or poplin jacket, traditionally khaki in color, with a self-belt and often with epaulettes, with four or more expandable bellows pockets. Safari jackets have been worn as mainstream casual clothing since the 1950s. They are particularly popular with photographers, as their many pockets allow a convenient way to carry film, lenses, flashes, and other small photographic equipment.

The Marvel Comics superhero Wonder Man wore a red safari jacket with black pants as his costume for a period of time.

Roger Moore’s James Bond wore beige safari jackets with matching pants in The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, and Octopussy. Also, the safari jacket was a favorite of J. R. Ewing in the 1980s evening soap-opera series Dallas, where he usually paired it with a kerchief.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org