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Global Rescue – better than travel insurance

  • Animal tails,  Bush Camping,  Uncategorized,  Wild Animal Encounters

    How dangerous is the wildlife on a self-drive safari?

    September 21, 2024 /

    Given that many camping areas are completely unfenced and inside National Parks what are the real dangers for a self-drive family in Botswana or Namibia? The answer may surprise you…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Camping in Comfort

    December 31, 2019

    Catering & Shopping

    January 7, 2020

    Free Spirit article in Travel Africa 92

    May 14, 2021
  • Uncategorized

    When to Go?

    February 21, 2024 /

    Northbound my choice would be to leave Cape Town in early April. The reasoning is that it’s a great time to travel in Southern Africa, after the rains the grass…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    How to Spend your safari budget wisely

    August 2, 2017

    Free Spirit article in Travel Africa 92

    May 14, 2021

    Why self drive?

    October 1, 2019
  • Pre-Departure,  Travel,  Uncategorized

    Getting around Namibia article in Travel Africa 96

    May 23, 2022 /

    Great edition of Travel Africa magazine focusing on the practical aspects of self-drive journeys in Namibia. To coincide with this we are launching our own back to Africa project that…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Why self drive?

    October 1, 2019

    8 Pre-Departure Checks

    November 23, 2019

    Essentials to Pack

    January 2, 2020
  • Travel Insurance & Rescue

    Travel Rescue is a better bet, article in Travel Africa 93

    August 8, 2021 /

    Don’t you just hate paying for travel insurance? I would rather spend the money on a flight over the Okavango Delta or splashing out on the honeymoon suite at Cottars…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Why travel rescue is better than travel insurance!

    July 6, 2020

    10 Ways to Stay Safer

    July 25, 2017

    Why you need to be thinking about Safari Drive for your next safari

    August 10, 2020
  • Travel,  Trip Safety

    Free Spirit article in Travel Africa 92

    May 14, 2021 /

    When you have to explain to someone who has never been to Africa what you do and why driving your own vehicle on safari is the best experience and it’s…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Why you need to be thinking about Safari Drive for your next safari

    August 10, 2020

    How to Spend your safari budget wisely

    August 2, 2017

    Camping in Comfort

    December 31, 2019
  • Covid 19 Africa travel updates

    Whats has been happening in the Serengeti these past few months?

    August 25, 2020 /

    Its easy to forget that the world has not stopped turning, the sun still rises over the Serengeti Plains, the Zambezi is still pounding through its gorges creating wild spray…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Is Botswana a viable self drive destination?

    April 23, 2017

    Animal Tails, the tuskless elephants of Ruaha

    September 4, 2020

    Why self drive?

    October 1, 2019
  • Trip Planning

    Why you need to be thinking about Safari Drive for your next safari

    August 10, 2020 /

    The travel industry is currently going through meltdown and coming through this is going to take time and patience. We will all be rethinking about how we travel and the…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Why travel rescue is better than travel insurance!

    July 6, 2020

    How dangerous is the wildlife on a self-drive safari?

    September 21, 2024

    8 Pre-Departure Checks

    November 23, 2019
  • Covid 19 Africa travel updates

    Zambia update C19

    August 4, 2020 /

    Paul Barnes reports from Zambia   Tourists are now entering Zambia again. It is a requirement that they have a COVID negative test certificate no older than four days prior…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Animal Tails, the tuskless elephants of Ruaha

    September 4, 2020

    Is Botswana a viable self drive destination?

    April 23, 2017

    Whats has been happening in the Serengeti these past few months?

    August 25, 2020
  • Trip Safety

    Article in Land Rover Owner

    July 15, 2020 /

    Baring the soul in a high profile magazine was a little daunting. This is tough reading for anyone that loves Land Rovers and at the time accounted for many years…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    Low Season is best

    December 29, 2019

    Why travel rescue is better than travel insurance!

    July 6, 2020

    Animal Tails, the tuskless elephants of Ruaha

    September 4, 2020
  • Trip Safety

    Why travel rescue is better than travel insurance!

    July 6, 2020 /

    When you have a serious problem overseas; the medical emergency, the car accident, the crashing fall off a mountain bike, the mistimed landing on your paraglider, the rockfall, or the…

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    Charles Norwood

    Articles from the press

    How dangerous is the wildlife on a self-drive safari?

    September 21, 2024

    Travel Rescue is a better bet, article in Travel Africa 93

    August 8, 2021

    10 Ways to Stay Safer

    July 25, 2017
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Recent Posts

  • How dangerous is the wildlife on a self-drive safari?
  • When to Go?
  • Getting around Namibia article in Travel Africa 96
  • Travel Rescue is a better bet, article in Travel Africa 93
  • Free Spirit article in Travel Africa 92

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