Members' News

	Onguma Plains Etosha – Namibia Onguma Plains Camp welcomed its first guests on 1 August 07. This fort is the only one of its kind in Namibia. Its superb location allows spectacular views of Etosha Pan, wildlife and the Camel Thorn trees which dot the landscape. Guests are accommodated in 12 Bush Suites and 1 Fort Suite. Come and experience the wildness of the bush in all its splendour! Onguma…a place you will not want to leave.
	The Hide Hwange – Zimbabwe The Hide is very excited to be hosting ‘Animal Planets Big 5 Challenge’ in Oct 2007. Contestants are city slickers from all over the world with no bush experience, who are divided into teams. The teams will be accompanied by an armed pro-guide for their safety only and is not allowed to help. Several challenges will be set out for the teams for which they receive points. Preliminary dates for the screening are 1st / 2nd week Apr 2008 on Animal Planet!
	Elsa’s Kopje   Meru National Park – Kenya Elsa’s Kopje has two new rooms. The honeymoon suite has a private sundeck, sitting area, bedroom and en suite bathroom. Wonderful to enjoy a leisurely morning watching the sun rising, or to relax with a bottle of wine in the cool of the evening watching the stars appear. Our cosy family suite has a sitting room, bedroom and en suite bathroom. You can’t beat the spaciousness and views through the trees watching leaping monkeys and hyrax trying to get those final few delectable leaves!
	Benguerra Lodge Ilha de Benguerra - Mozambique Benguerra Lodge re-opens December 2007, following the setback suffered with Cyclone Favio earlier this year. In upgrading the lodge, Benguerra has kept its character small and intimate, with a warm East African / Arabic feel. The lodge opens with 10 new private, luxurious rooms called “Casitas”. Each Casita has beautiful sea views, a comfortable lounge and 100 m² of private deck, complete with plunge pool and outdoor dining gazebo. Benguerra Lodge remains the ultimate in barefoot luxury!
	Loldia House Lake Naivasha – Kenya There is nothing more synonymous with the Great Rift Valley than its flamingos and Lake Nakuru is described as the 'World's most fabulous bird spectacle'. There are up to 4 million lesser flamingos and 50 thousand greater flamingos in East Africa. Each can eat 184 grams of spirulina algae per day, and sometimes there are as many as 1.5 million flamingos in residence at Lake Nakuru, consuming 184 tons a day! Loldia House guests debate whether the highlight of their stay was being looked after by Peter the house manager or a trip to Lake Nakuru!

Classic Recipe Traditional East African Peanut Soup Garonga Safari Camp  Limpopo Province – SA
1.5kg Sweet Potatoes 2 Onions 2 Cloves garlic 500ml Coconut Milk 5ml Curry Powder 200ml Peanut Butter 1L Fresh Cream Salt & pepper Olive oil
Peel and cube the sweet potato. Season and roast in the oven until soft. Chop the onions & garlic and fry in a saucepan until transparent. Add the coconut milk and curry powder to the onion mix and fry for five minutes. Add the sweet potatoes and cream to the onion mix and simmer for ten minutes. Flavour the sweet potato base with peanut butter to taste. Liquidize all the ingredients and season. Enjoy with a good glass of Chardonnay!

  

How's That! Tena Tena  Luangwa Valley – Zambia

The Red Indian curtain saves JO My grandfather’s bathroom was “out of bounds”. Hidden behind a Red Indian curtain we had to run past this forbidden barrier to get to the loo. In my childish mind I imagined all sorts and so have always checked before sitting. A few years ago this saved me. Getting up early in the morning, before dawn, I did my usual check of the loo but thought it looked a little dark! So I nipped behind the grass hut and went off for breakfast. Later, after seeing the guests off, I found a huge spitting cobra curled up in the water. So my childhood fear had saved me!

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Christine Roberts Classics Executive Office P.O. Box 131357 Northmead 1511 Gauteng South Africa	Tel: +27 11 425 64133 Fax: +27 11 425 6799 www.classicsafaricamps.com classics@classicsafaricamps.com
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