Desert Dunes and Curious Blooms

12 April 2006
For Immediate Release

Desert Dunes and Curious Blooms

Namibia & South Africa : 23 August - 17 September 2006

Adventure Associates has released details of their Namibia & South Africa tour for August/ September 2006. Travelling at the height of Spring, the tour concentrates on the stark yet stunning desert landscapes of Namibia and the plethora of springtime floral colour in South Africa’s Namaqualand and Cape Province.

The tour is limited to 22 participants and departs Australia on 23rd August for Johannesburg, South Africa and then on to Namibia. Home to the oldest desert in the world - the Namib containing the world’s highest sand dunes - Namibia is a land of contrasts from dunes and desert, coastal plains to the Kalahari Basin, wooded bushveld and mountain uplands. One of the greatest wonders is the spectacular Fish River Canyon which is the second largest canyon in the world.

In Namibia is the strange "Welwitschia" plant, a living fossil which has the characteristics of a flowering plant with only two true leaves, but is actually considered a tree with a vast root system it produces during is up to 2,000-year lifespan.

Travelling onwards to South Africa, the tour will not only include many of the better known highlights but also to rarely visited areas with a special emphasis on the springtime beauty of Namaqualand and the Cape Province. The tour continues to Cape Town and the historic, nearby winelands before taking the scenic garden route to Port Elizabeth and ending in Johannesburg before returning to Australia.

Tour prices are $13,970 per person twin share with a single supplement of $2,880. Extensions to Botswana, Victoria Falls or even exotic Zanzibar can also be arranged.

For further information contact Adventure Associates on 1800 222 141, email on mail@adventureassociates.com or visit www.adventureassociates.com/africa

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Editors' Note:
Adventure Associates, founded by current chairman and managing director, Dennis Collaton, in 1973, is Australia's longest established tour operator throughout Latin America, specialising in group and FIT travel to South America, Mexico and Central America. Tours range from general interest to city stopovers to eco tours such as the Galapagos and Amazon. Adventure Associates also pioneered travel and cruises to Antarctica - with expedition cruises sailing from South America to the Antarctic Peninsula, as well as icebreaker cruises ex Australia to Antarctica's Ross Sea region. Other travel products from Adventure Associates include Arctic expedition cruises, Kimberley cruises, Bhutan and Madagascar.