Life enriching journeys
Travel Africa to enjoy authentic and inspiring journeys while helping sustain rural livelihoods and enhancing conservation along the way.
Open Africa's self-drive travel routes take you off the beaten track to mostly rural areas, allowing you to connect with the real Africa – the birthplace of humankind, unspoiled nature, incredible beauty, rich biodiversity (the richest in the world, in fact) and legendary hospitality.
At the same time you will be contributing to local livelihoods and conservation in the area by supporting local businesses, which increasingly conserve their environment as they understand its value to generate future income. In some cases you could even enable an entrepreneur to feed their family for a month or send a child to school for a year.
Click here to explore our travel routes or here if you are interested in making a contribution towards the livelihoods and conservation so needed by Africa.
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Read more about us »63 travel routes 6 countries 2400 participating businesses 27 000 people employed
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Open Africa News Update 1
Of all the things we can do in Africa the one that will make the biggest difference is to emancipate our women.
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- Open Africa News Update2012 Feb 28
Latest video
Based in Williston, Northern Cape, the Karoo Array Telescope is fascinating to visit. Guided tours are available. For more information see http://www.kat.ac.za/
Video produced by Charl Pauw
Inyathelo philanthropy awardee
Our own Noel de Villiers, CEO and founder of Open Africa, captured imaginations with the story of Open Africa, and his inspiring vision of gearing tourism towards bringing hope, using it to sustain livelihoods and enhance conservation across the mother continent. Read more
Did you know?
Africa’s heaviest flying bird, the Kori bustard, weighs up to 19kg.
– See Land of Legend Route
Verbatim
The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it.
– George Kimble, geographer
– See Land of Legend Route
Featured route
Nama Padloper Route
The route has an abundance of natural attractions with unique landscapes and a diverse range of fauna and flora. Most of the route falls within the Succulent Karoo Biome whilst the area east of the Fish River falls in the Nama Karoo Biome.
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please email me the prizes of all your products from beacon to cheese. also give me the prizes of your products from your branch in johannesburg
in October 2010 I was lucky enough to buy a couple of ''lady'' paintings. Last month, you were away at a show but your husband helped us, we bought a couple of small ladies to give to friends and your one and only landscape with windmill (windpompie) we got of the wall and it now hangs in our lounge in the UK. Next year I will be back for something else from your wonderful hands, thank you for your delightful art.
Hi i need the admission to that college please is it possible to join bachelor degree in wildlife management,because i have complete certificate in wildlife management in mweka Tanzania. is how much did it cost
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