Discount Available on African Highlights Tour by Thomas Cook Tours

Online, October 9, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Thomas Cook Tours is making the prospect of an African adventure especially tempting by offering discounts of up to 8% on its 13-day African Highlights Tour, departing London, Heathrow on 18 February 2013.

The African Highlights Tour includes visits to some of the most sought-after destinations in southern Africa, introducing travellers to some of the most significant cultural, scenic and historic locations in South Africa, Botswana and Zambia.

What the tour includes

Thomas Cook Tours offers tour members a complimentary shuttle service from their doorsteps to Heathrow Airport. The tour then departs Heathrow Airport, bound for Cape Town, South Africa.
From the city of Cape Town, members will head north across South Africa en route to Botswana and Zambia.

Highlights of this African odyssey include

• three nights in Cape Town, with ample time to explore the highlights of South Africa's most beautiful city; optional excursions include a cable car ride up Table Mountain, a road tour of the peninsula and an opportunity to browse the city's markets and museums

• two nights in the Battlefields area of Kwa-Zulu Natal, where tour members can explore two of the most important battlefields of the colonial era - Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift

• two nights at the sumptuous Chobe Safari Lodge in Botswana, with game drives and a unique boat safari

• two nights at the Zambezi sun in Livingstone, Zambia, with an opportunity to visit the spectacular Victoria Falls and to participate in optional tours and activities in and around the Zambezi River

Places still available

It's advisable to act fast to secure a place on the significantly discounted African Highlights Tour, which is scheduled to depart at the height of the African tourist season. More information on the tour, including a full tour itinerary, pricing and all contact details, is available on the Thomas Cook Tours web site.