Classic Homestay program

One among many homes available for this program

DESCRIPTION OF THE HOMESTAY: Live with a host family in Africa! The Homestay program provides an opportunity to become a member of a host family living during your trip in Africa. During this immersion program, the individual or team will share the day-to-day life and special activities of a host family according to the country. 

Individual/ teams should be prepared to participate in, and to adapt to the family life and to help with various tasks around the house. So the more the person will try to learn about their customs, diet and habits, the more rewarding the experience. The individual/team participating in a Homestay program should be open-minded, mature and curious. Individual/team will make new friends, become acquainted with a foreign culture from the inside and make significant progress in learning a foreign language due to the constant immersion in the language studied. 

Most Homestays are living in small town or in the countryside. Very few families living in city centers.  This exciting immersion program promotes international understanding. It is an excellent opportunity to learn another language and discover another culture. This language improvement comes from constant immersion within a family as well as their friends and relatives. The length of the program depends on your itinerary, however some prolonged or shortened programs can be offered. 

ELIGIBILITY: Any age is open to this program as long as children under 13 yrs have a guardian. This Homestay program is suitable to mission travelers, volunteers, students and any other traveler who would be interested.
DESTINATION: Our Africa Homestays are normally based in East Africa countries
LENGTH OF THE HOMESTAY: Usually 4 weeks. 

ACCOMMODATION: Host family. People are hosted in Homestays who will provide full board accommodation. 

SPECIFICATION: Please note that participants can choose a specific area in a country for the Homestay. Individuals/teams may choose dates all year round. 

Accommodation In Africa

A Lodge in the wild

We pride ourselves on selecting the finest hotels, safari lodges and tented camps in Africa, and are really picky about the accommodation we recommend.

Booking your hotel, guesthouse, B&B and self catering hotels in South Africa has never been easier.
Classic World Ventures provides you with a large and comprehensive portfolio of accommodation, as well as travel information advising what to see and do and how to get around.
Your stay is sure to be one of the highlights of your visit to Africa.

Kenya Accommodation

From the country where the word 'safari' originated, one can discover a beautiful diversity of landscapes, a myriad of animal, bird and plant life and fascinating traditional culture and warrior tribes.

Safari Lodges in Kenya, well known for its scenic beauty and varied wildlife. Experience game and marine parks, archaeological sites, scenic beauty, sandy beaches, coral reefs, green palms swaying with the breeze, world class hotels, sparkling cocktails and sumptuous international cuisine. This is indeed, the ultimate dream safari destination.

Tanzania accommodation

Tanzania is one of the most unique destinations on the African continent that has yet to be discovered by many. It is a land of many wonders offering an un-paralleled diversity of fauna and flora.

Safari lodges in Tanzania: Destinations that one could expect to see when on safari in Tanzania:
- Kilimanjaro: the highest permanently snow-capped free standing mountain in Africa
- The exotic Islands of Zanzibar
- The finest game sanctuaries of Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Ruaha, Selous and the Marine Park of Mafia Island.
Tanzania lies between the area of the great lakes, Victoria, Tanganyika and Malawi - with the Indian Ocean on its' coastline to the east.

 Malawi Accommodation

Malawi accommodation & safari lodges. Malawi, known as 'the warm heart of Africa' & 'The Land of the Lake'. Malawi is dominated by the most beautiful of Africa's great lakes with its tropical white beaches and crystal clear water.

Lodges and camps are predominately small and intimate, situated close to or in remote wilderness areas.

Zimbabwe accommodation

The country's main attractions are in the varied combination of wildlife sanctuaries, the greatest waterfall in the world, a country steeped in African history and culture, and an agreeable climate.

When it come to wildlife viewing, Zimbabwe has one of the greatest variety of methods in Africa! Game drives in open vehicles, sunset game cruises, canoeing safaris, game walks, horseback safaris, elephant back safaris, houseboats and overland safaris are all available.

Botswana accommodation

Botswana - known as the jewel of Africa, a country that remains for the most part just as the first explorers found it - untouched and unspoilt, home to Africa's most diverse wildlife and stunning scenery.

Botswana is home to the Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta and the shimmering salt pans of Makgadikgadi. The variety of habitats is matched by its diverse wildlife - a true haven for explorers.

The summer season begins in November and ends in March. It usually brings very high temperatures. However, summer is also the rainy season, and cloud coverage and rain can cool things down considerably, although only usually for a short period of time. The winter season begins in May and ends in August. This is also the dry season when virtually no rainfall occurs. Winter days are invariably sunny and cool to warm; however, evening and night temperatures can drop below freezing point in some areas, especially in the southwest.

South Africa Hotels

It really is our delight to offer you a collection of fine Hotels and lodges throughout South Africa. We been delivering South Africa vacation solutions to our customers and therefore are focused upon organizing and making certain that your vacation fulfills and exceeds all of your expectations.

You can expect a broad and comprehensive portfolio of accommodation in and around South Africa including hotels, B&B's, guesthouses, game and safari lodges. Our portfolio extends from Cape Town in the South to The World Renowned Kruger National Park in the North as well as just about everywhere in between.

Sports Travel

Good Locations for sports travel

Central and Southern Africa - one of the most beautiful, exotic and diverse destinations in the world, where falling asleep in the bush with the sounds of lion roaring and hyena's giggling is not just a sound effect. Where lazing by blue waters in a tropical island paradise is real. 

Where exploring traditional markets and visiting the ruins of lost cultures, seeing how some of them still live their lives today, is not a program on cable.

Classic World Ventures can make this possible - we have access to a database of Southern Africa's best destinations - from 5 star exclusive Safari Lodges to the best routes through Botswana in self drive 4x4 holidays.
We have put together a few "package holidays" to give you an idea of what others have booked with us in the past but we customize trips according to our clients needs and budgets.

We have a team that has done everything from scuba diving in Mozambique and pony trekking in Lesotho to climbing Kilimanjaro and gorilla treks in Rwanda, from dune surfing in Namibia to white water rafting down the mighty Zambezi river, from being pampered at the worlds most exclusive lodges in the Sabi Sands game reserve, to camping under the stars in the remote beauty that is the Kalahari desert.
We offer a five star travel service no matter what your budget. Please feel free to contact us to discuss anything from a business stop over in Cape Town to a two week country wide excursion for a school rugby team.

The Great Rift Valley

Kenya Section of the Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley is a large breach of the crust of the earth where the African continent showly splits into two parts. Many lakes can be seen along the rift one of them being Lake Victoria, the largest Lake in Africa. Volcanic valley formed 10–20 million years ago owing to rifting (major subsidence through faulting) of part of the Earth's crust, it a geological fault system of SW Asia and E Africa. It extends c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) from N Syria to central Mozambique. The northernmost extension runs S through Syria and Lebanon, the Jordan valley, the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba. It continues into the trough of the Red Sea and at the southern end branches into the Gulf of Aden, where it continues as part of the Mid-Oceanic Ridge of the Indian Ocean. The main section of the valley in Africa continues from the Red Sea SW across Ethiopia and S across Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi to the lower Zambezi River valley in Mozambique. Many small lakes in Ethiopia and several long narrow lakes, notably lakes Turkana and Nyasa, lie on its course. Just N of Lake Nyasa there is a western branch, which runs north, chiefly along the eastern border of Congo (Kinshasa); this branch is marked by a chain of lakes, including lakes Tanganyika, Kivu, Edward, and Albert (Mobutu). Lake Victoria does not lie in the Great Rift Valley but between its main and western branches. The Great Rift Valley ranges in elevation from c.1,300 ft (395 m) below sea level (the Dead Sea) to c.6,000 ft (1,830 m) above sea level in S Kenya. Erosion has concealed some sections, but in places, notably in Kenya, there are sheer cliffs several thousand feet high. The present configuration of the rift, which dates from the mid-Pleistocene epoch, is probably a result of a rifting process associated with thermal currents in the earth's mantle there is evidence of earlier rift structures.

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