Plan ahead and enjoy travel through Africa

Travelling through Africa by road can be a wonderful experience with fantastic destinations. Certain countries, however, have specific regulations when it comes to taking your vehicle across borders, often involving paperwork that should be planned well in advance.

A carnet de passage is an essential item for motoring tourists as it covers temporary admission of a motor vehicle into neighbouring countries. It's essentially an international customs document that obviates cash deposits to relevant authorities.

South Africa to see leaner-looking Lions

"The numbers will definitely be reduced for 2009, and for rugby reasons," said Feehan, who brokered the headline £3.5?million sponsorship deal with HSBC. "Commercially we have no problems but it's felt that we should return to more traditional values. It's easy to say we took too many last time but there was a logic there. As for the coach, we wouldn't want to paint ourselves into boxes but home-grown would be a definite plus. The incoming coach will have his own views so we wouldn't want to set a precise ceiling on numbers at the moment."

North African tipped to experience tourism boom

The 2007 World Travel Market Global Trend Report has slated North Africa as the latest tourism hot spot. It has been predicted that Libya and Algeria will share in the tourism boom that neighbouring countries such as Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia are experiencing.

“There is an optimism that both Algeria and Libya can learn and benefit from the successes of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt,” said Clement Wong, Euromonitor International’s Global Travel and Tourism Research Manager.