As an Advantage Travel Agent,
personalised by owner managed office with
all qualified and experienced staff.
We operate the latest computerised
reservations and have keen airfares,
holidays, hotels, self-drive cars and cruises.
We offer prompt confirmations and tickets.
Our services include groups and incentive
travel.
South Africa
South Africa is an exhilarating, spectacular
and complex country. With its post-apartheid identity still
in the process of definition, there is undoubtedly an abundance
of energy and sense of progress about the place. Travellers
too are returning to a remarkable land that has been off the
trail for way too long.
The infrastructure is constantly improving, the climate is
kind and there are few better places to see Africa's wildlife.
But if you want to understand the country, you'll have to
deal with the full spectrum. Poverty, the AIDS pandemic and
violence remain a problem.
The influx of foreign visitors in recent years has brought
about an explosion of tours and activities: everything from
abseiling off Table Mountain to sipping cocktails while watching
lions. As a backdrop to all this, South Africa continues to
go through huge upheavals as it comes to terms with democracy,
and in these terms it is a young country. Democracy has precipitated
change both good and bad - the dissolution of physical and
psychological barriers around skin colour at one end of the
scale, the well-publicised crime problem at the other. It
is both an invigorating and challenging time for South Africa,
and a great time to visit and observe this metamorphosis first
hand.
Full country name: The Republic of South Africa
Area: 1.23 million sq km
Population: 43.8 million
Capital City: Pretoria (official); Bloemfontein (judicial)
and Cape Town (legislative).
People: 77% black, 10% white (60% of whites are of Afrikaaner
descent, most of the rest are of British descent), 8% mixed
race, 2.5% of Indian or Asian descent.
Languge: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana
Religion: Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and traditional
religions.
Government: Republic and independent member of the British
Commonwealth
Head of State: Thabo Mbeki President
GDP: US$146 billion
GDP per capita: US$2,133
Annual Growth: 0.9%
Inflation: 7.8%
Major Industries: Mining, finance, insurance, food processing
Major Trading Partners: USA, UK, Germany, Japan, Italy
Windsor & Neate Travel, ABTA/IATA
We act as agents for scheduled airlines and ATOL holders. When we receive your payment we will immediately issue to you your
airline tickets or an ATOL receipt confirming which ATOL travel firm you are booked with. ATOL is a Travel Protection scheme operated
by the Civil Aviation Authority that extends primarily to customers who book and pay in the UK.
For more information on ATOL Travel Protection please click here.
For information regarding the benefits of booking with an ABTA member, please click here.
For information and advice on travelling abroad, please click here.
