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For Incentive travel, South Africa offers spectacular settimgs. Your South Africa Incentive Travel experience can include mountains ie the world famous World heritage site of the Drakensburg mountains to the majestic Table Mountain in Cape Town. Imagine your Incentive travel group to south Africa experiencing the crystal blue atlantic oceans, Cage Diving with white sharks, or swimming with wild dolphins in the warm oceans of the indian oean. South Africa is a top international group incentive travel destination. At Go2SouthAfrica we offer a wide variety of tailor made, custom design Travel Incentive packages to South Africa. Why South Africa for your South Africa Incentive or Conference Travel 1) South Africa boasts world-class convention facilities: Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg are the country’s major convention cities and boast internationally acclaimed facilities. Since 2001, the World Travel Awards have named one of these three centres as the best conferencing venue in Africa. In addition, new international convention centres are planned for Pretoria (Tshwane) in Gauteng, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape and Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, while there are more than 1 700 smaller conferencing venues across the country. 2) South Africa is an attractive country to do business: South Africa is currently ranked 28th by the Union of International Associations (UIA) as a top meetings destination; and is ranked 18th on the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Index as an attractive foreign investment destination. South Africa hosts 23% of all meetings in Africa and, for a second year in a row, Cape Town is recognised as Africa’s most popular meeting destination. 3)South Africa has an enviable track record: South Africa hosts approximately 860 international conference events annually. In 2006 there were 25,917 exhibitors with a total of 3,7 million visitors attending. The range of South Africa’s hosting track record includes the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002), the International Aids Conference (2007), and the World Economic Forum (2007). South Africa enjoys continued hosting success: The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) has chosen South Africa as the venue for the 2009 International Destination Expo. The country will also host, amongst others, the World Social Security Forum in 2010, the World Critical Health Care Conference in 2013, and World Pharma in 2014. 4) South African airports get a face lift: with an eye toward the 2010 World Cup, the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has injected R5,2 billion into extensions and refurbishments at the country’s three main airports – OR Tambo International, Cape Town International and Durban International. Construction has begun on a new international airport north of Durban and the Polokwane International has just received a new terminal worth R45 million. 5) More flights added all the time: Getting to South Africa has never been easier. With additional flights from Air France recently introduced, there are now 28 flights weekly between Johannesburg and Amsterdam and Paris. South African Airways also recently added a service between Johannesburg and Munich, while they also operate daily services between Johannesburg and both New York and Washington DC. Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has added 4 new flights to bring their tally to 18 flights a week to Johannesburg. 6)Transport infrastructure improved: While improvements to major highways are currently underway, construction on the Gautrain rapid rail commuter link has also started. Scheduled for completion in 2010, the Gautrain will link Johannesburg and Pretoria to OR Tambo International. A new R18 million luxury bus terminus at the Pretoria Station is also under construction. 7) South Africa continues to win awards: For eg in 2007, aside from triumphing in numerous Best In Africa categories, South African service providers also scored big in the Overall World Wide categories at the 2007 World Travel Awards. Johannesburg’s Saxon was named the World’s Leading Boutique Hotel, Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape was voted as both the World’s Leading Conservation Company and Safari/Game Reserve, and Rovos Rail won the World’s Leading Luxury Train.
We’re popular with visitors too: The Condé Nast Traveller Reader’s Choice Awards for 2007 voted the Table Hotel in Cape Town as 8th best in the world, Cape Town as the top city in Africa and the city as the 5th most popular in the world. Meanwhile, the 2007 Travel and Leisure Magazine World’s Best Awards announced that 9 local hotels and resorts were in the Top 100 Hotels in the World.
8) South Africa Business Travel and South Africa Tours combined: Nowhere else in the world can you combine business with pleasure as you can in South Africa. A magnificent climate, a passion for nature and the great outdoors, a menagerie of wildlife, world-class sporting facilities – including superb golf courses – and a rich social, cultural and political history combine to create a unique experience for the world traveller. A South Africa Incentive Travel package may be to 1) Reward and recognise your companies top achievers. 2) To create a special relationship with your top VIP clients of your company. 3) For your own company it can help with uplifting your employees morale by showing them that you appreciate their efforts.This can be a reward for top achievers, or creating a new direction for the company . So what can go2southafrica do for your South Africa Incentive travel package ....to create a memorable lifetime experience. Combine these actvities below with lodgng from Luxury to Boutique, to urban and rural cultural and adventure experiences. Your possibilites are endless for your South Africa Incentive travel package
Swinging along a Zip Line through the forest canopy
Riding elephants in the wilderness, by Victoria Falls or elsewhere.
Horse and canoe safaris through indigenous forests
Trout fishing
Helicopter flying over the Victoira Falls, or tracking the whale migration (seasonal)
Animal Tracking in the wild
Cage Diving with white sharks
Viewing whales and dolphins
Swim with wild dolphins
Camping in the desert
Hot air Balloon safari over the kruger National Park and other areas
Chauffeur-driven Harley-Davidson tours
Wilderness camping or bush camping
Hiking
Bungee-jumping
Golf
Orienteering
White Water Rafting
Paint Ball
Treasure Hunts
Trekking
Bush Survival
Shark encounters
South Africa's hot spring resorts - How about a Green hunting expereince where you join a group of ecologists and Vetenarians on a Ecologial wild game experience. Dance lessons like Salsa, African dances, etc...
Cultural experiences like African dancers and or learn to African dance.
Stay in Cultural villages, or in the kings place.
Drum circles where you are taught to play in a group setting, by South African drummers. A memorable expereince to be part of a large drumming group.
Local Cultural Theatre presentations and packages to be part of them.
View Soccer games, soccer charitable donations, and we can orginize local soccer games as part of a South Africa Incentive travel package.
Ocean actvities like:
Sea Kayaking
Surfing and Body Boarding lessons In Jeffries Bay, Durban and Cape Town
Beach Volleyball
Rubberducks (inflatable boats)
Jet Ski Racing.
Yoga on the beach
Sunset meals on the beach What would a South Africa Incentive Travel package be with out experiencing the multi-cultural diversity food of South Africa. Take your group on a private pilot Safari camping in the remote wilderness. Urban theme restaurants like Seafood, Indian etc.
Township restaurants offering traditional local food.
Cape Town winelands tours and restaurants.
Sunset meals on the beach Transfer your group in a chauffeaur driven vintage car, luxury car or even a safari land rover. Volunteer charitable service in the rural areas working in rural avillages helping those who are less fortunate with painting, building, computer work, education, bicycle projects, garden work, work with school and younger kids, etc, etc. A South Africa Travel Incentive package offers you so many choices...thats where I stephen comes in. Contact stephen at go2southafrica, and together we will co create the Incentive Travel package that works for your company.
A unique South africa Travel Incentive idea is a South Africa Charity Challenge - a inspirational fundraising expeditions.
We take care of the South Africa charity challenge administration so even small charities can benefit. We incorporate responsible tourism, so that local communities will benefit. This concept can be used for a : Individual charity that you or your company want to support or you can partcipate in a community challenge programme whereby we work on a local project in South Africa so that the local community benefits.You fundraise for a charity, and a local charity benefits. No previous building experience, or volunteer expereince is needed. With an emphasis on health and safety, volunteers work under the guidance of professionals, allowing you to focus on making a real difference. All that is needed is the energy, enthusiasm and desire to help. The community challenges challenges solve real life problems whilst making a tangible difference in peoples lifes. As well it provide a unique opportunity to work alongside people from other countries, to developing strong relationships between people and understanding between culture. This concept provide an exciting and inspirational personal development and networking opportunity, whilst helping others in need.
How both concepts work:
You choose a charity, and establish a fundraising level.Once that level is obtained, the charity contacts us and we place your name on the appropriate list. This unusual concept is a creative way to fundraise for a specific charity while still haveing to partcipate in a physical challenge .. Contact me for further information. |
