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On behalf of the staff and management of Africa Panda, we wish you and your beloved family a prosperous 2010 with joy and peace!

The Chinese New Year is coming and we would like to recommend 2 special activities for tourist visiting South Africa during the New Year time. If you would be in Cape Town, visit the Two Oceans Aquarium on the V&A Waterfront. It is situated where it could showcase the incredible diversity of marine life found in the Indian and Atlantic Ocean. It has over 3000 living sea animals including sharks, fishes, turtles and penguins etc. Apart from being one of the few aquariums allowing scheduled public diving session, on the 14 Feburary 2010, they would provide romantic dinner at the aquarium. With your loved one enjoying the first dinner in the Year of the Tiger, backdropped by a spectacular 2 to 3 storeys high aquarium full of marine lives, this would bring you a good start of the year. For more information about the Two Oceans Aquarium, please visit www.aquarium.co.za.

If you are in Sandton Johannesburg, why not make a quick visit to the Head office of African Romance situated next to Sandton City. You could have an informative tour about diamond - the process of a diamond from the mine to your finger. With the support of different government authorities, it is the first wholly black-owned South African diamond manufacturer company. Homegrown talent with competitive state-of-the-art technology, showcasing to the world the new development of South Africa. For more information, please refer to the below article or visit www.africanromance.com.

Diamond Shines with African Pride

You do not need to visit Kimberley for a real diamond tour; you can now experience one in Sandton, Johannesburg. Stepping into the building of African Romance™, located in the middle of the economic centre of Africa, you could witness African pride combined with the latest diamond technologies. Rough diamonds sent from African Romance™’s local mine are cut, polished, and designed in front of you. You are able to witness the operation of the finest technologies available in the diamond industry. The two hi-tech machines, which are rarely seen in any diamond tour, are the Bettonville Combi laser cutting and bruting machine (2 only in South Africa) and the Adri Bruter girdle facetter machine (first in South Africa). This explains why 95% of African Romance™ diamonds are graded as "excellent" cut grade diamonds by the EGL (European Gemological Laboratory) or the GIA (Gemological Institute of America). Each unique diamond has its own barcode with clean tracking record and you may imprint your name on the diamond. Special tailor-made tours can be arranged for groups at any time with advanced appointment. To book a tour, please send an email to diamondtours@africanromance.com or call +27 11 384 5600. Diamonds from African Romance™ are sourced from South African mines, and polished in South Africa by South Africans; the reason why they shine with African pride! Click here for more company information.

3A Chinese New Year Package South Africa & Namibia

AAA Travel is offering you an interesting special for February 2010, a good start to the Chinese New Year. For South Africa - 3 nights at Ezulwini Game Lodge – only ZAR 1570 per person sharing in a Standard Room including Breakfast and Dinner! Plus 2 Game Drives in Hluhluwe National Park during your stay!! For Namibia - Discover Namibia and stay at the properties of the Gondwana Collection, stay for 3 pay for 2! This special is valid till end October 2010 and is applicable at the following lodges: Kalahari, Anib Lodge, Kalahari Farmhouse,Canon Roadhouse,Canon Village, Canon Lodge and Namib Desert Lodge. Please click here for more information. AAA Travel has experience in organizing unique itineraries for individuals and groups. For example, the Adventure Tour includes sandboarding, abseiling from Table Mountain, mountain biking, hot air ballooning and shark cage diving. In addition, AAA Travel specializes in incentive travel. Please visit www.aaatravel.co.za or complete the enquiry form.

Mango - South African Domestic Airline Free Amendment of Ticket

What is flexibility - how about free change of passenger name, flight, date and time? Mango is supported by its mother company - South African Airways SAA. With this background, it builds creditability on products and services. For example, the youngest fleet in the industry using boeing 737-800 which has carried more than 3 millions passengers since the past 2 years. Its excellent on time performance record, comfortable leather seat, caring ground and air service which touches your heart and more ... It has also been awarded 3 prizes such as the Best South African Domestic Low Cost Airline. For a domestic ticket from Johannesburg to Cape Town, it is only about RMB600 including taxes. For more information about membership and its extra bonus, please click here.