The Service of SafariScout.com
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Foto:Hendrik Reich |
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At Llandudno Beach |
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With the launch of this website a new chapter is starting for SafariScout.com owner Beate Gernhuber: After 12 years in Africa her backpack deserves a holiday. Now she wants to send other people on safari. And that well prepared with information and insider-tips that she has collected and put to the test during her own travels. The nearly 100 safaris featured on this website in a way reflect the itinerary on which the globetrotter has lived her personal african adventure over the past decade.
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Foto:Jaco Rautenbach |
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A walk with jumbos |
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She has travelled the continent in trains, planes and automobiles. An old 1978 VW-kombi was the most reliable vehicle she has used. It braved the blistering heat of the Namibian desert as well as the mountain passes around Cape Town and still made it through thick sand onto the palmfringed beaches of Mozambique. During a walking safari in South Africa’s Kruger National Park she came unpleasantly close to a pair of cheetahs, she has met baboons and antilopes while hiking in the Drakensberg mountains on the border to Lesotho and took jumbos for a walk
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Foto:Paula Suckling |
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The bar in Malawi |
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in an elephant sanctuary – trunk in hand. With a traditional style arab dhow she sailed to the magnificient islands of the Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique and scoutet around the islands of Lake Malawi in a kayak. A Cessna plane granted a special view of a huge hole in the ground near the South African capital of Pretoria, the place where the biggest diamond ever was found - today part of the British Crown Jewels.
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Foto:Christel Gernhuber |
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Diving the Red Sea |
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Some places on her journeys became a home away from home. There she worked in different parts of the tourism industry. She guided tourists around the underwater coral gardens of the Red Sea, managed a mountain lodge in South Africa and worked in a travel agency near Johannesburg. Not to forget the beach bar in Malawi, that she built up and still exists.
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Foto:Christel Gernhuber |
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At the Cape with a kombi |
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At these places Beate Gernhuber met the people that are behind the SafariScout.com-tours today. These are the guides, who will take you on Safari, it’s the staff of the tour companies who makes sure that your trip runs smoothly and also the hosts of the hotels and lodges who will make you feel very welcome after a hard days travelling. With all these people Beate Gernhuber has two things in common: The love for Africa and the enthusiasm to make sure you return home with unforgettable impressions of this wonderful continent.
SafariScout.com wishes Hamba Kahle. This is Zulu and means: Go well!
The Service of SafariScout.com
In Kiswahili Safari simply means „the journey“. And a scout will find a way through unknown terrain. Both words together describe what SafariScout.com is all about: To find t h e african Safari that meets your expectations and requirements. Have a look around the website – you will find nearly 100 Safari and car rental offers. Furthermore specialized Safaris for hiking and wildlife enthusiasts, watersport-fans and families with kids. Every tour is featured with an itinerary, dates, prices and additonal information. Should you have questions, then don’t hesitate to mail or phone us.
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Foto:T.Schroeter/Wildshots |
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Zebra skin detail |
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If you cannot find the Safari you imagine on the website, let us know. Describe what kind of safari you have in mind, tell us your preferred travel dates and with how many people you want to go on tour and SafariScout.com will do what it does best: Scouting Africa for Adventure – in this case your personal adventure tour.
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Foto:T.Schroeter/Wildshots |
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Cracked mud |
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And on top of that we offer first hand travel advice to help you prepare for your journey. From infos about vaccinations, visas and recommendable guide books to insider-tips for example on the best locations around Cape Town for a sunset picnic. All that is part of the SafariScout.com service.
And the Zulu word for “Thank you” we can tell you as well. It is “Siyabonga” and will definitely impress and delight the person addressed.
