Perhaps the best first
question is to establish
exactly where the region
is, or what constitutes
the description –
Southern Africa?
The term Southern Africa can cause confusion as
it is sometimes used in macro terms to refer to
those countries which lie south of the equator, or
alternatively those countries, the UN viewpoint on
this, which lie south of the Zambesi River. The latter
moniker means that the region includes Botswana,
Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.
An alternative viewpoint is one that includes those
countries linked through SADC (the Southern Africa
Development Community) which expands the
region, based on mutual interests in culture, security,
business, sport, etc. to include; Angola, Botswana,
Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
We have taken the various mixes and our region
is based on where the game of golf has a ‘serious’
presence i.e. Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia,
Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Having dealt with the geography the next question
that needs to be asked will be; ‘What does this
regional bloc, which is comprised of 8 countries, have
to offer the traveller?’
Family vacations at Fancourt
Certainly sunshine and seemingly endless blue skies
combined with some of the World’s best beaches
and mountains and vast plains are de rigeur.
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