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We are sharing with you some surprising and unknown things about South Africa. Did you know about them:

New born life is wonder of miracle. If you can sight thousands of new borned babies and witness their courage of taking challenge in life, it is definitely awe-inspiring and unforgettable.

The location where you could experience this miraculous new born process is in South Africa. The magnificent Elephant Coast in South Africa stretching from St. Lucia to Kosi Bay is known as 'turtle country'. During November to March, the Leatherback turtles and Loggerhead turtle will be on land nesting. They are generally secretive animals and ashore only when nesting. At high tide on moonless nights, they dig holes in sand, where they lay 100-120 eggs every time. Every few days they repeat this until reaching about 10 clutches of eggs. Around 70 days later, the baby turtles break out of their eggs, followed the footstep of mother, heading back to the sea and taking the coming challenges of life. Only one in every thousand of them will survive till sexual maturity. Mature female turtles will return to where they are borned every 3 to 5 years to repeat this mission of reproduction.

There are 5 different turtles in South Africa and only the above-mentioned two types come ashore to nest. Between them, Leatherback turtle is the largest living marine reptiles. Jellyfish is its major diet. They are listed as critically endangered because apart from being caught by human, they often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and are killed. They are fully protected under the Act in South Africa in 1997. Hence the number of leatherbacks nested on the coast rised from 5 in 1966 to more than 90 presently. That is the reason why the Elephant coast become a hatching scene for tourists during January to March.

Africa Panda recommends an ecological tour which visits this site - Kosi Bay Nature Reserve in iSimangaliso Wetland Park. The last Cathay Pacific International Wilderness Experience was held here.

Mango - South African Domestic Airline

For a domestic ticket from Johannesburg to Cape Town, it is only about RMB500 to 600. Africa Panda recommends you a very flexible and favourable shortcut to book and issue your South African domestic ticket. There are a variety of bonuses, firstly Mango is supported by its mother company - South African Airways SAA. With this background and support, it builds creditability on products and services. For example, the fleet is one of the youngest using boeing 737-800, it has carried more than 3 millions passengers since the past 2 years, it has excellent on time performance record, comfortable leather seat, caring ground and air service which touches your heart... It has also been awarded 3 prizes such as the Best South African Domestic Low Cost Airline etc. In light of the above, this is what we mean by service guarantee with creditability. For more information about membership and its extra bonus, please click here.

Sama Tours 2009 World Superbike Tour

Sama Tours has launched its new scheduled tour - the World Superbike Tour to combine touring South Africa and viewing the World Superbike Championship. This chapter of the World Superbike Championship will be held at Kyalami Race Track in Johannesberg, South Africa from the 15 - 17 May 2009. The sightseeing itinerary includes South Africa and Swaziland. It includes Hazyview to the beginning of the spectacular Blyde River Canyon - Bourke’s Luck Potholes. With miles of lush forests and superb hiking trails, it reaches the most famous viewpoint – God’s Window. Followed by entering the Africa’s flagship game reserve, best known for its Big Five - the Kruger National Park. The tour then passes Swaziland to visit its glass and candle making factories. The last 3 days will be based in Johannesberg, enjoying the opporunity to view the superbikes live in Africa. The pass for all three days of the Championship and all transfers to and from the racetrack is included in tour package. Minimum 1 person and guaranteed departure. Sama Tours also have tailored made group itinerary. For itinerary information, please click here. Need more information, please click here，complete and send back the form.