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ULTIMATE AFRICA - THE LUXURY TRAVEL GUIDE<br />
SAVING OUR SEAS<br />
Shoreline Café at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town has become<br />
the first restaurant in <strong>Africa</strong> to gain Chain-of-Custody certification from<br />
the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The MSC is an international<br />
organisation that promotes sustainability in wild-capture fisheries by means<br />
of a certification programme. Certification against the MSC’s environmental<br />
standard for wild-capture fisheries is widely considered to be the most<br />
rigorous demonstration of seafood sustainability in the world. The restaurant<br />
joined the WWF SASSI (Southern <strong>Africa</strong>n Sustainable Seafood Initiative)<br />
restaurant programme in 2008, and established itself early on as a Champion<br />
Restaurant through serving only green-listed seafood species. Visit www.<br />
aquarium.co.za for more information.<br />
Northern Exposure<br />
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CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY<br />
The Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town is set to open<br />
its doors on 1st November, just in time for summer.<br />
Set in Cape Town’s Foreshore district, the hotel is<br />
destined to bring a new energy to the area. It is<br />
only the second Park Inn by Radisson to open in<br />
South <strong>Africa</strong>, and the hotel provides the Mother<br />
City with a contemporary urban destination. This<br />
Park Inn promises to be the perfect base for both<br />
business and leisure travellers, thanks to easy access<br />
to corporate headquarters and the Cape Town<br />
International Convention Centre, while the V&A<br />
Waterfront is an easy ten minute stroll away. For<br />
more information, visit www.parkinn.com.<br />
Thompsons <strong>Africa</strong> is now offering a number of new and fascinating guided tours<br />
and self-drive options in the land of big skies and wild flowers, the Northern<br />
Cape. Thompsons <strong>Africa</strong>’s new four-day Kgalalagadi Transfrontier Park package<br />
offers a remote, unique and tranquil wilderness experience, which includes a<br />
sunset pan drive and dune walk to watch the sun set over the Kalahari, as well as<br />
a guided walk with Bushmen. A number of other tours, ranging from one to four<br />
days, explore the Richtersveld National Park and its surrounds. Starting at Port<br />
Nolloth, highlights include interacting with local herders and visiting the largest<br />
colony of Cape fur seals in the Southern Hemisphere. Self-drive packages are<br />
also available, with the flexibility to explore the towns of this fascinating part of<br />
the country at leisure. For more information, contact +27 31 275 3510 or email<br />
sally.gray@thompsons.co.za.
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