subject: Your South Africa Holidays Start With Saa Flights. [print this page] If you are going anywhere in Southern Africa South Africa is where you will probably start. South Africa is a spectacular destination. SAA flights will bring you to South Africa and take you to all major destinations in southern Africa as well.
People from the rest of the world are fascinated by Africa's wild life. Many tours and safaris are available to take you to where the elephants, gorillas and lions can be admired up close. Most people who contemplate wild animals in Africa don't realize they can also see penguins.
The image most people have if penguins is that they live at the frozen antarctic. They do but one type of penguin has evolved to be comfortable in the warmer temperatures of South Africa. There are a number of off shore penguin colonies including one on St. Croix Island near Port Elizabeth. Penguin fans can fly SAA to Port Elizabeth.
Possibly the only place in the world where penguins and humans swim together is at Simons Town, near Cape Town. This is a large penguin colony that originated in the mid 1980s. It is remarkable that penguins chose to make their habitat in a place already occupied by humans. Penguin lovers will find that SAA offers frequent flights to Cape Town.
Dinosaur enthusiasts will love South Africa. Fossil discoveries are always being made here. In 2009 a new species was discovered near Bethlehem in the Free State province. It's much older than the huge dinosaurs that walk on four legs but possibly an ancestor of theirs.
Guided fossil hunting expeditions are offered in the beautiful Golden Gate Highlands National Park. It's near Clarens in the eastern Free State. SAA has flights to the Bloemfontein airport in Free State.
You can count on SAA if you want to visit other countries in southern Africa. For example, if you want to go to Botswana SAA has flights to Gaborne. This is a city many people from other parts of the world were unaware of until they read the books about The Number One Ladies Detective Agency.
Precious Ramotswe the traditionally built lady detective is not real but many of the places in the books are. The first major movie ever filmed in Botswana is the film version of these stories. Fans can now take a ten-day tour of the locations seen in the movie.
Fans on a tighter schedule will enjoy spending one day seeing Mma Ramotswe's house on Zebra drive, the President Hotel, Mr. JLB Matekoni's house and the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. This tour also includes a visit to Mochudi to see Mma Ramotswe's ancestral home and the old school that is now a museum.
