Bench offers new product in Africa
African safari operator Bench International has added new product to its programmess in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania in its 2011 brochure.
Product director Fiona Orton said that the new product followed an exceptional 2010 year for Bench International with revenue hitting a new record high and volume being higher than for many years.


She said that consumer demand had prompted the addition of new products in Botswana – mid-range private tented camps as well as an canoeing adventure in the Selinda reserve.
The three-day stay at Xakanaxa Camp in the heart of the Moremi Game Reserve is one of few properties which can offer a year round Okavango Delta land and water safari experience.
The canoe adventure is a five-day package paddling through 45 kilometres of the Selinda Spillway for a close-up wildlife experience.
Several private game reserves have been added to the South African programme, there are wider choices available in Zimbabwe following a return of visitors to that country and there’s a new scheduled tented safari in northern Tanzania for two or more people.
Ian Jarrett
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