JUST FOR - YOU - HOW WE RUN OUR TOURS

JUST FOR - YOU - HOW WE RUN OUR TOURS

All our tours and private and personalised to suit YOUR interests, ability and special needs.


That is why no prices are found on our website - YOU help design your own holiday!!


Have you ever read through a brochure and wanted to do or see something that is not on the list of attractions, but you took the tour and were not 110% happy, because that special "must do" thing on your list was not on their list?? We hate to disappoint, that is why we make you the designer of your own tour with help from your friends at Flamingo tours. I am sure you are thinking that must be very expensive, NO it is not when you consider all the extra features you get when travelling with Flamingo Tours & Disabled Ventures or more readily known as Flamingo Tours.



We include every possible thing, so that you do not have to put your hand in your pocket each time for tips at attractions, porterage at hotels, gratuities to rangers and staff at Private Game Reserve, this we take care of, so that all you have to pay for is some meals.



As all breakfasts are included, some lunches and dinners at certain places, other meals it your choice of restaurant and how much you want to pay, so that you do not feel, you have to eat this because I have paid for it, even if I do not really want to eat it!!



Your trip is also PRIVATE, so that you can travel at YOUR pace and go back to the hotel when you are tired, without upsetting other guests.



WE are at least 40% cheaper than other private tours and that is not my calculation, but that of a recent guest. He gave me that figure - he must have done his homework before deciding to travel with us.


So with YOU in mind we arrange our itineraries to suit YOU- so come travel with the most experienced company in the business - since 1995 - have fun, leave South Africa with your heart filled with memories of a life time! COME join us in 2010 for that special tour with YOUR choice of what you want to do and days you want to travel.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS -

Make South Africa your destination of choice - before the world cup soccer, so that you can tell your friends all about us and this fascinating country!

WE ALSO DO TOURS FOR THE DISCERNING ABLE BODIED

WHO WANT JUST THAT - A TOUR OF THEIR OWN DESIGN!

A FURTHER 2 SAFARIS - FABULOUS!

Now for some very serious business - we need to promote our differently abled athletes to get to the OLYMPICS in 2012 in London. I met, this past Sunday and man with a mission. He wants to get to London in 3 years time. He participates in about 3 different sports, road racing with the long 3 wheeler chair, shotput and discuss among others. So he needs different chairs for these sports. His are old and handicaps him - excuse the pun - Patrick is in a wheelchair, as he has a spinal injury. Can anyone with contacts and sponsorhsip please contact me, so that we can get our PARALYMPIANS, who make this country so proud, get the best help they can.

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A further 2 "Safari's" done, both were really great with animal sightings becoming more fantastic and the herds grow. On the last tour, while driving the 350km from Knysna to SHAMWARI, we played with collective nouns for animals. Some you might not have heard of at all, so here are some fun one's to remeber and show your prowess at the English language!! I have to of course, start off with the collective for FLAMINGOES - a PAT, then ZEBRA - DAZZLE, there are 2 for GIRAFFE, depending on what they are doing! Standing still is a TOWER moving a JOURNEY. We all know from school about a Price of Lions and a Herd of Elephant, antelope etc;, For interesting ones - a CLASH of BUFFALO or RHINO and last but by no means least - an EXAULTATION of LARKS. Nice!!! Now to more serious business. We really saw so much animal activity on these last 3, back to back tours, as I said below even the rangers were amazed. One guests who has been coming to Africa for 28 years, said "It was the best animal safari ever in 28 years of visiting Africa" - thank you SHAMWARI and the rangers we had - Simon & Cleo. The whole team there are now working to make it better for those with different needs to have a "Best Ever" experience. Thanks to all from me. I am going to load some photos and video. The video is of the rarest animal to find - the LEOPARD! We were blessed with this encounter! Enjoy! Any comments can be sent directly to my e-mail address - info@flamingotours.co.za
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THINK INCLUSIVE - THINK OUT OF THE BOX - THINK OF OTHERS ALL THE TIME IN EVERYTHING YOU DO!

LOVE AND HUGS

PAM

FLAMINGO TOURS & DISABLED VENTURES

CAPE TOWN - SOUTH AFRICA

EXCITING SAFARI IN MALARIA-FREE AREA

The Rangers said that was a "first" sighting of this kind ever, about three times on this particular game "safari" I just returned from last week. Even they had their cameras out taking photos of these very special events. We were obviously at the right place at the right time in this 5 star Private Game Reserve - in the Malaria-Free Eastern Cape of South Africa. We spent 4 days there with 4 guests, of whom 1 was a wheelchair user. We saw the BIG 5 over 8 game drives in open Landcruisers.

One day the Lioness sent off the arduous male, with roars and grunts and chasing him away, while the cubs looked on and the other female went for a short walk while this "domestic" quarrel went on.

Elephants in a large herd had young bulls play fighting, with trunks and tusks crashing against each other and trumpeting, all in the mix with a White rhino and calf looking on and also doing a charge, as the young playing bulls got too close to her and her calf.

Another pair of Lions chasing a male Cheetah, who had wondered into "their" killing fields and wanted to show was the boss around there - King of the Jungle!

And so it went on, with sightings of White And Black Rhino all in one photo opportunity, a once in a lifetime shot of the camera. I hope to do it all again next week with new guests, who I hope will also say it was the best ever !

Keep reading this blogspot for more of these animal encoutners, come visit and you too can experience this scene. Enjoy. Pam - Flamingo Tours - Cape Town - South Africa.

Recently I had the pleasure of taking some guests who are rugby fans around Cape Town for the Emerging Springboks against the British & Irish Lions tour. Besides freezing our buts at the evening game, we also visited the winelands and the Cape of Good Hope Reserve. At this point - the most South Western point of the African continent it gives the latitude and longitude, it is also surrounded by rock and the path is narrow. My guests - on their honeymoon - Tim & Hannah, decided they had to be the first to be behind the sign in a wheelchair. So Tim "flew" over the rocks with Hannah haning on for dear life in order to achieve this FIRST EVER photo. Well done TIM!

INCLUSIVE TOURISM FOR ALL

Inclusive Tourism for ALL guests, not only those who have a disability has been my idea of how I would like to work for some years now, but did not quite have the words - Inclusive - which is now the new watch word. I just had - tourism for all guests - which did not have the same impact. About 6 years ago I went and did a sign language course and then a few months later followed that with an advanced course, but my signing still stinks. I think I can manage a meager conversation. My problem is that I know what I want to say more or less, but cannot follow others conversation easily - practice , practice & more practice is required on my part. I tried to sell this concept of tours for guests with hearing impairments about 6 years ago at our largest Trade show in Africa, but no one was interested at all. A friend who is deaf - Pierre - even went to study to become a tour guide so that we could work together and poor guy waited for tours, from other sources as well as myself - nothing - zilch - neto - so what did he do - start a small company for himself- good for him - but sad loss to the guiding fraternity!! PLEASE anyone reading this - if you have friends, clients, guests who want a wonderful tour of this dynamic land of South Africa - contact me - info@flamingotours.co.za and let us put a wonderful tour together for you. Last year I did a tour for guests that were blind and we had a really fantastic time so much so that one of those guests e-mails me daily to just to say Hi and thanks. What a rewarding job I do, I want to show off my country - so come and let me achieve my goal.
Pam Stephens Taylor. Cape Town South Africa. To see more about what I do, go to www.flamingotours.co.za