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Acacia Accommodated Overlanding Overland Short Breaks Small Group Safaris South Africa

6th July 2018

Top 10 Places To Feel The Madiba Buzz

Many of our camping and accommodated overland tours and small group safaris start or end in the cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town, both metropolises home to notable Mandela landmarks. All the…

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Short Breaks South Africa

6th July 2018

CELEBRATE MADIBA AT CAPE TOWN’S SECRET SUNRISE EVENT: DANCE FOR MADIBA

Cape Town puts on some pretty spectacular sunrises, but imagine beginning your day with a set of uplifting music (played through headphones) and a crowd of people who want to…

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Accommodated Overlanding Overland South Africa

27th June 2018

World’s First Water-Offset Tool Launches

It’s time to get Cape Town and the surrounding province back on your bucket list, as earlier this month, Western Cape officials launched the world’s first water-offset tool, My Water…

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Accommodated Overlanding Overland Swaziland

15th June 2018

A New African Country To Tick Off The Bucket list…

eSwatini might be a new country to most people, but it’s already doing the rounds on Instagram with a record 609 posts and counting. Still not ringing any bells? If…

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Acacia Overland Tour South Africa Voluntours

4th June 2018

Help #RegreenTheGardenRoute with Greenpop

We’re supporting Greenpop’s* annual Festival of Action, which for the first time in six years, will move from Livingstone, Zambia to the Eden District of South Africa near Knynsa -…

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Acacia Accommodated Overlanding Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Overland

3rd April 2018

Is It Time To Scrap The Bucket List?

Over-tourism caught the attention of the world last summer - one response to waging war on over-crowded tourist zones is to visit places and countries which are off the beaten…

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Acacia Accommodated Overlanding Botswana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia Overland Tour Overlanding Short Safaris and Treks Small Group Safaris South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Youth Travel Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe

23rd March 2018

Gap Goals

The snap gap is back, breaking from our studies and even careers to travel for anything from a few weeks to a few months now the norm. With more of…

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Acacia England Malawi

27th February 2018

Party Like You’re In Malawi At Lake Of Stars, London

Part of the 15th-anniversary celebrations of Malawi’s Lake of Stars festival, Lake Of Stars, London will take place on Saturday 10 March, the one-day multi-venue arts festival set in Waltham Forest,…

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Acacia Overland Tour Overlanding South Africa

26th February 2018

Cape Town Is All Go For Marine Adventurers!

Cape Town might be experiencing a water shortage, but South Africa’s Mother City is all go for visitors, and with average highs of between 23 and 25 degrees Celsius in…

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Acacia Accommodated Overlanding Malawi Mozambique Namibia Overland Zimbabwe

15th February 2018

Where to Start Your Solo Travel Journey?

It seems like everyone is talking about “solo travel,” but taking that first step into singledom on the open road can often seem daunting. Group overland tours are a great…

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