Dear Jim: If you need a good travel agent in South Africa, I can put you in touch with Ankia who has been very good for me. Tony Schuman driver/guide is also superb, and very accommodating, does not mind doing side trips etc.. Remember if you have more than 6, there are 'Sprinters' Mercedes minibuses that seat 12+ very comfortable, the break point is right around 5-6 i.e. VW mini-bus versus Sprinter. This could take care of any late sign ups. I suppose you will go to HADECO? Do not forget Daan Barnhoorn in Knysna, he runs a great outfit selling foliage and when I was last there he was getting back into bulbs. People seem to be scared of travel at the moment, so many good offers are on the Web. Do consider contacting British Air and South African Airways regarding discounted flights, they might be interested. Cheers, John E. Bryan "J.E. Shields" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm starting rough planning for a tour to South Africa for the Clivia shows > in 2006. Approximate dates would be last week in August and first week or > two in September. I picked 2006 because that is when I assume the next > International Clivia Conference will be held in South Africa. Exact dates > will depend on the most likely dates of the various clivia shows and of the > Conference. > > If you would potentially be interested in joining us, please contact me > privately so I can get your name on our mailing list. I will work with a > South African travel company for everything within South Africa. We will > travel with a driver in a van or a minibus, depending on the number of > people participating. We will stay at good accommodations, no camping > out! Any air travel within South Africa will be handled by the So. African > tour company and will be included in the up front charges to > participants. Participants will be responsible for their own air travel > arrangements to and from South Africa. > > We will also take in Kruger National Park for at least two > overnights. Other nature areas will be included as we can conveniently do > so within the constraints of attending as many of the clivia shows as > possible in addition to the Conference. > > If there should happen to be no Clivia Conference, we will go anyway and do > all the rest. My wife and I will be going even if no one else wants to > join us. Large groups will get better prices and such discounts will be > reflected in discounts to the charges to participants. > > Regards, > Jim Shields > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925 > Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php