African Eye News Service articles from July 2003

African Eye News Service archives from July 2003

SOUTH AFRICA: STEAM TRAIN TO TRAVEL THROUGH ALAN PATON COUNTRY.
July 1, 2003... PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, Jul 1 (AENS) - Plans are full-steam ahead to establish railway tourism in Alan Paton country. Paton, author of "Cry the Beloved Country" set the story in the beautiful hills and valleys of Ixopo in northern...

SOUTH AFRICA: BUS TOUR THROUGH TOWNSHIP EYES.
July 1, 2003... GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa, Jul 1 (AENS) - Artists and craftspeople living in the impoverished Makana township outside Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape are now getting busloads of tourists on their doorstep. The "Through Makana's Eyes" bus...

SOUTH AFRICA: TWITCHERS TO LAUNCH SPECIALIST AVI-TOURISM ADVISORY SERVICE.
July 14, 2003... South Africa, Jul 14 (AENS) - Birdlife South Africa is to begin endorsing and marketing niche tourism establishments that cater specifically for bird-watchers. Birdlife SA said the initiative, which will include a travel advisory service,...

SOUTH AFRICA: ALAN PATON'S TRAIN RESTORED FOR TOURISTS.
July 14, 2003... South Africa, Jul 14 (AENS) - Fans of author Alan Paton's internationally acclaimed 'Cry the Beloved Country' can now tour the Ixopo and Unzimkulu countryside in a refurbished version of the 'small toy train' described in book. The vintage...

SOUTH AFRICA: Raptor reserve planned to protect birds of prey.
July 14, 2003... South Africa, Jul 14 (AENS) - The dense indigenous forest and sweeping bushveld between Mpumalanga's Blyde River Canyon and neighbouring Limpopo province's Olifants River has been earmarked for a unique raptor reserve. The region, which...