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Mack Air to launch "The Hwange Circuit" air service in Zimbabwe in April 2022
Mack Air, the first private commercial operator in Botswana to be granted an International Scheduled Service License, and Zimba… read more
Foreign airlines have over $177 Million trapped in Zimbabwe
International airlines flying into Harare’s Mugabe International Airport are out of pocket, with millions of dollars unable to be repatriated from the country. International airlines are among the many foreign companies waiting to repatriate around US$2.5 billion reportedly stuck in Zimbabwe.
Shortage of hard currency in Zimbabwe sp… read more
Travel Update: Seychelles removes Southern African countries from restricted travel list
Visitors from South Africa and other Southern African countries will once again be able to travel to the paradise islands of the Seychelles as of Thursday, 6 January 2022, the country’s Ministry of Health has announced, also advising the introduction of additional considerations for incoming travellers with proof of past recent inf… read more
Travel ban lifted at Mauritius
Since Friday 7 January 2022, the Covid-19 travel ban imposed by the Republic of Mauritius on the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia has been lifted and commercial passenger flights from these countries to Mauritius already resumed.
Travellers are reques… read more
Air Seychelles to resume operations between Seychelles South Africa
The Government of the Republic of Seychelles has revised its advisory that restricted travel from … read more
Namibia hails Germany's travel risk status decision
As of 4 January, all countries which appeared on Germany's "virus variant areas list" were moved to its high-risk list, that country's Robert Koch Institute announced. Namibia is included among the lists of countries regarded as high-risk areas. Others are Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe a… read more
Awesome travel ideas you need to try
Whether you are that adventurous traveler who has sold your properties to travel the world or you just want to explore new regions for a short or long period, it is important to put the best ideas together. You won’t want your supposed adventure travel to be faced with numerous hitches that may end up defeating your aim of traveling in the first… read more
EK stops accepting travelers from 8 more African Nations
Emirates has added eight more African countries to its travel ban list. The UAE-based carrier will no longer accept travelers originating from Angola, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia. Outbound passenger flights to the aforementioned destinations will not be affected.
The flight ban will come… read more
Kenya is world's leading Safari destination in 2021
Kenya has continued to cement herself as a global champion in wildlife tourism after being named World’s Leading Safari Destination 2021 by World Travel Awards (WTA).
This announcement was made on 16 th December during the WTA grand final winners’ day 2021 to celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and to… read more
U.S. lifted travel ban on eight Southern African countries
The U.S. had lifted travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve. The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.
The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozam… read more
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