Tuesday, June 8, 2010

TRAVEL TIPS TO SOUTH AFRICA

Everybody loves football, in fact football is one the games that bring people of different background together regardless of their race, colour, ethnic, and ability. football knows no boundary when it comes to it fans. so as this year's FIFA world cup is hosted by S.A. it's my pleasure presents you with today's topic:



Fans & Tourists with disabilities


Does South Africa cater for tourists with disabilities? South Africa is definitely a bit of a curate's egg in this respect – good in parts.
Government has introduced legislation on this, so progress is being made. And many game reserves and places of interest have specially adapted accommodation and wheelchair-friendly facilities and walks. Many short trails also have Braille interpretation plaques.
  • Eco-access has an enormous database of accessible destinations.
  • Flamingo Tours specializes in tours for people with disabilities.
You would be amazed what some wheelchair-dependent people have done in South Africa – abseiled off Table Mountain; dared the highest bungy jump in the world at Bloukrans Bridge; tubed the awesome Storms River Gorge; hiked most of the Outeniqua Trail (this was a hard one); flown a microlight; and learned to scuba dive.
The sky's the limit. Oh yes, and skydived. (This was not all done by the same person!)

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