| African weddings are becoming increasingly | | | | Perhaps the most unique of all these options, the |
| popular the world over. This continent has long | | | | African Safari wedding is something you simply |
| held a sense of mysticism and magic that | | | | cannot experience anywhere else in the world. |
| enchants and delights people the world over. | | | | Drawing on the mystique of African explorations |
| | | | of a bygone era, an African safari affords the |
| The Peculiarities of an African Wedding | | | | opportunity for visitors to experience the |
| With its rich and diverse cultural heritage, Africa | | | | splendours of the African bush and get a feel for |
| is a land where marriage traditions may seem | | | | the warm hospitality of the people who live on |
| bizarre, romantic, lavish or peculiar. Perhaps even | | | | and love the African continent. |
| all of these things simultaneously. | | | | |
| In some African traditions, a young girl's family | | | | A wedding in one of Southern Africa's fantastic |
| may arrange her marriage many years before | | | | private game lodges provides a combination of |
| she is old enough to wed, in others, prospective | | | | awe-inspiring natural beauty with an authentic |
| grooms must pay his for his future wife with | | | | African adventure feel. That it does this while |
| sheep or cattle. | | | | maintaining the standards of lavish extravagance |
| Wedding ceremonies in Africa are grand affairs, | | | | for which such private game lodges are renowned |
| often lasting many days. They are festivals | | | | makes the entire experience that much more |
| celebrating not only the union of man and wife | | | | phenomenal. In South Africa, private game lodges |
| but also that of their respective families. Entire | | | | like Sabi Sabi, Ulusaba, Londolozi and Shamwari are |
| villages might celebrate together and in certain | | | | extremely popular wedding and honeymoon |
| instances, weddings may involve many couples | | | | venues. |
| who tie the knot simultaneously in a sort of mass | | | | |
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| Marriage is a sacred institution the world over, | | | | Besides their world-class cuisine and fantastic |
| and especially so in Africa. | | | | luxury accommodation, the private African lodge's |
| Romantic Southern African Wedding Venues | | | | offer game viewing possibilities unlike anything in |
| Besides the rich tradition of African weddings, the | | | | any other part of the world. |
| continent also offers a wide range of very unique | | | | |
| wedding locations. Choose from sandy beaches, | | | | How many people get to boast at their 10th |
| mountain-tops, the unspoilt bushveld or the historic | | | | anniversary that among the guests at their |
| winelands - wherever your dream wedding | | | | wedding was the king of the African bushveld? |
| location, Africa has an option for you. | | | | Perhaps his roar might be the distant |
| | | | accompaniment to the string quartet as the deep |
| More specifically, Southern Africa as a region | | | | red African sun sinks beyond the horizon. |
| holds within it a superbly varied range of | | | | |
| experiences. With the warm Indian Ocean along its | | | | A South African Honeymoon |
| east coast and the cool Atlantic along the west, | | | | Another of benefit of tying the knot at an |
| with sandy deserts and snow ski resorts, with | | | | African Game lodge is that you will already be at |
| lush forests and expansive grasslands, this | | | | one of the world's premium honeymoon locations. |
| particular corner of the globe must certainly be | | | | No worrying about rushing off to that airport for |
| one of the most diverse on the planet. | | | | a flight or any of the other travel trials that many |
| | | | honeymooners face. |
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