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A South Africa Discovery Tour
The 2011 South African tour will be similar to the highly appreciated 2008 and 2009 tours with a blend of cities, countryside, and varied wilderness eco-systems showcasing a land of many splendors. This, too, is going to be a great trip ! For the last two years, small groups of our friends from around the world have joyfully shared experiences, old and new, creating friendships and bonds that last much longer than the 16 days of travel. Again, we want to share our experience of this land we love in a spirit of camaraderie with friends from many countries who have so much, themselves, to offer . We would be delighted if you would take part this year. We guarantee that you will enjoy the travels, learn a great deal, and meet plenty of interesting people, local and otherwise.
South Africa has seldom been out of the headlines in our lifetime. This complex country has 11 official languages and is a first, second and third-world country rolled into one. It has a mix of races, tribes, religions and cultures matched by few other countries. The arrival of the dominating European culture with The Dutch East India Company in 1652, followed by the English and the French Huguenots set the stage for cultural conflict for the following 350 years......not all of it based on colour, however. The Boer/Brit struggles were as significant to the history as was the Zulu domination of large numbers of black tribes. The White/Black cultural clash was more notable primarily because the numbers involved were greater, and the cultural gap was wider.
The absurdity of the apartheid policy was a desperate reflection of the agony felt by the dominant white culture in attempting to find a solution that did not involve their domination by the culture of the majority black population. Extraordinarily, cometh the hour, cometh the men. The change in political control required not only a generosity of spirit, exemplified by Nelson Mandela, but a courageous repudiation of pseudo-religious dogma among the Afrikaner people by Frederick de Klerk. South Africa today faces enormous problems, but there is a spirit in the land that reflects that the people have been to the precipice, and have turned back from it to the broad uplands of hope. We want you to experience this ambiance, but above all we want you to understand this land better, so that your brief sojourn in it will in turn make the country better understood in the world.
