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Practical
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A thorough preparation departure for your travel requires a collection of a number of information.
To know the sanitary situation, politics and security of the destination envisaged, these are potential elements which can help you very much to reach your destination and all serenity.
General information concerning the journey we would recommend that you consult the council of travel from Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For a
travel in Namibia, you can equally consult the
council of travel in Namibia from Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Namibian Tourism Board is an ovarall organisation that regulates
and controls the activities of tourism in Namibia, it is a branch or parastatal
of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Namibia. www.namibiatourism.com.na
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Practical
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Practical Info
In this kind of journey, every element must be carefully planned in detail.
Essential factors such as bookings, distance, water supply will receive particular attention.
The
guides: Our guided tours are accompagnied by an educated and experienced
tour guide.
The
info-pack: A file given to every person registered for one of
our trips.
Contains:
- a bibliography
- a reminder of the itinerary
- a map
- a technical sheet with a list of equipment we suggest you bring.
Air
travel: Click here for our page: flight
connections
The international air fare are not included in our quotations. However
on request we can propose you an air fare.
We do organise all local flights such as Victoria Falls, Cape town...
Vehicles:
For the 4x4 guided camping tours, we use 4x4 " Toyota Land Cruiser
" specially equiped for camping or 4X4 double cabine according to
the number of people.
Tours which do not necessitate a 4X4 are conducted either in a Land Cruiser
or a VW microbus.
Concerning rental of vehicles for self drives, see our page: car rentals
Accomodations:
The proposed accomodation of Lodges, Pensions and Guest Farms have all
been selected for the quality of their provisions and their welcoming
environment.
See our page:
accomodations
Food: Every day you will eat fresh fruit and vegetables. Throughout most of the region the water is drinkable and of good quality. On camping tour, your driver and guide will prepare food as splendid as the sights of the region itself. (Healthy breakfast, salad for lunch, hot meal with braai in the evening)
Insurance:
An insurance plan to cover medical care and assistance, hospital fees
and international care, which are not included in our tours, is essential
for all tours with Tourmaline Safaris and the responsability of the traveller.
- If you plan to carry out regulations with the blue map, browse the conditions
of insurance for assistance as planned with your map www.blue-map.com
- If you plan to carry out regulations first with a visa card, browse
the conditions insurance for assistance as planned with your card www.visafirst.fr
- If
you envisage to carry out regulations with bank transfers, you will enjoy
a benefit discount of 3%, and/or if you wish to subscribe for complementary
insurance browse at out page: www.ava.fr
Price:
We do our best to offer you the most possible attractive rate. Our
prices correspond to the quality provisions and services we have selected
in order to ensure your tour a success, see our page: prices
Travelling with Tourmaline Safari isn't more expensive than to organise
your whole trip by yourself.
Climate:
Namibia: Hot and dry, cool on the coast. There are two main seasons:
The dry season is from may to september, with temperatures between 20
and 25°C during the day and cool or even cold nights. The humid season
is from october to april with temperatures ranging from 30 to 40°C,
and rainfall from December to March.
Botswana : Dry season starts from May to September; humid season
starts from October to April with most needed rainfall from January to
April.
South Africa: Same season as Namibia and Botswana except for the
Cape Peninsula which is an inverted season.
In Southern Africa rainfall always arrive from the East Coast at that
time the eastern region is more humid.
Prophylaxie:
Namibia, South Africa : Besides an anti-tetanus vaccination which
is recommended if not obligatory everywhere there is no specific vaccination
needed for those regions.
Botswana, Northen Namibia and Victoria Falls: Anti malaria prophylaxie
is recommended.
For your information to be precise on this question, we invite you
to consult the site council
of travel with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
