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 Shamwari Game Reserve is a 20 000 hectare private reserve boasts Africa’s five eco-systems – elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard. It is able to support a wide variety of plant, animal and bird life. The reserve is situated along the Bushmans River, 45 minutes drive from Cape Town, South Africa.
 
 
You are will offered of 7 different lodges on this private game reserve. Choose a lodge for your ideal African experience. The features are spacious verandas overlooking the Bushman’s River, mini bars, air-conditioning, hair dryers, electronic safes, coffee making facilities.
You can fill your time with relaxing, reading, spa treatments, swimming, enjoying delicious cuisine. The wellness centre ensures that your stay here leaves you feeling relaxed and refreshed. 
   The park offers its guests a host of activities to make your African safari experience even more memorable. Guests can to see lion, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, springbok, bushbuck and etc. All game activities are accompanied by experienced and knowledgeable guides.
For more information visit – http://www.shamwari.com

It is a beautiful area south west of South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. Singita Boulders is the part of the Singita Group of Lodges. It’s comprised of a number of smaller reserves that have set the bar for all of Africa, with their luxurious, intimate and classy lodges. A stay at Singita is about many things: remarkable design, innovative food and wine combined with exceptional hospitality.

Interiors are lavish in their simplicity and celebrate earthy colors in sandy browns, soft beige and caramel hues. Wood and stone are effectively used to create an effortless space that marries the modern world to the ancient one inspired by nature. Rough-hewn timber, leather and stone meet thatch and wild views. The decor is juxtaposed between the textures of Africa and carefree lines of an occasional retro classic. Quiet, simple and luxurious, guests love nothing better than to relax in the open-air lounge.

The Lodge has nine double suites each with en-suite bathroom, outside shower, fireplace, air-conditioning and game-viewing deck with private plunge pool. Boulders Lodge offers a relaxed opulence and one of the most beautiful locations in the Sabi Sand Reserve… it is pure African Zen. Guests at Singita will encounter something truly original: a cuisine inspired by African flavors yet guided by the Western culinary tradition. Complementing the menu is Singita’s hidden treasure: the best bush cellar in Africa. Buried deep in the cool rock below Boulders, the cellar boasts a truly unique and comprehensive cross section of over 12,000 bottles of South African and International wines.

A very elegant safari destination, Singita Game Reserves in South Africa is about wildlife, community and conservation and every ounce of luxury you could want. You can drive between leopards and antelope, as well as lions and buffalo, and a multitude of other animals, including giraffe, baboons, elephants, owls, hippos, rhinos and eagles. In addition, its lodges have notched up a number of awards – including being named second on the Travel and Leisure Magazine’s Top 100 Hotels Overall list of 2007.

In the south-western corner of Kenya, close to the Tanzanian border, is the Masai Mara area. It is dominated by the Masai Mara National Reserve, the most popular game park in Kenyahe Mara. Comprises 200 sq miles of open plains, woodlands and revering forest. Contiguous with the plains of the Serengeti, the Mara is home to a breathtaking array of life.The Masai Mara is perhaps most famous for its lions. All other members of the “Big Five” are to be found in the Masai Mara, although the population of black rhinoceros is severely threatened, with a population of only 37 recorded in 2000. Hippopotamus are found in large groups in the Masai Mara. These numerous migrants are followed along their annual, circular route by a block of hungry predators, most notably lions and hyena.

Each year the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle- impressive feature is the annual migration of 1,300,000 wildebeest, 191,000 zebra and 360,000 gazelle from the plains of the Serengeti that cross the Tanzanian border and rivers to reach the Mara’s lush grassland from late June, hunted by the predators: lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena and circled by vultures as the journey unfolds. Their dramatic river crossings are a reality for tourists visiting in July – August.

Wildlife moves freely in and out of the reserve, and through neighbouring Masai lands. Outside the boundaries of the reserve there are many other small camps and lodges, some of which offer walking, horse riding and other safari options.
The Masai Mara National Reserve is administered by the local county council. It is probably the most famous and most visited reserve in Kenya.
An African Safari is an amazing travel experience. The diverse wildlife and stunning landscapes make Kenya and East Africa the perfect locations for an African Safari. Discover Kenya ’s stunning game parks, lakes and mountains. Complemented by romantic, colonial-inspired safari camps. This safari features the open plains of the Masai Mara, famous for its annual migration of wildebeest and zebra.

The village has 330 houses and 550 inhabitant. The average temperature of a year is 11 C. Zheravna is an architectural and ethnographic reserve of over 150 houses, a workshop for church candles, a small school, a convent, a church, 8 drinking-fountains, inns and shops, preserved from the time of the National Revival period. Some of them are over 300 years. Every of them is unique monument to the culture,created from unknown master. The village originated between the 12th-14th century. In the 17th-18th century it gained in wealth mostly due to the development of handcrafts, stock-breeding and trade. At that time the typical Zheravna wooden house took shape.Houses, churches, schools and other buildings have been preserved and turned into museums. Zheravna is the birthplace of Yordan Yovkov, an outstanding Bulgarian writer, whose house is now a museum.
Zheravna is situated in the eastern part of the country, in the middle of the Bulgarian Balkan mountains. It is located 55km from Sliven, near to town Kotel. The distance between Zheravna and the Black sea is only 110 km. Zheravna is the best place to spend your vacation. Opyimum geographic position and mountainous relief to Zheravna give an opportunity to relaxation and tourism. Excursions, picnics, fishing, photo-tourism and ecological walks. That is only part of attractions to Zheravna.
Into the bosom of Zheravna-between the cobblestone alleys, behind the tall fence walls, to uncover the flowered gardens, the intricate woodcarvings and traditional furnishing of the Bulgarian Renaissance home.