UK-based Tour Operator Diverse Travel has announced the opening of a brand new South Africa Representative Office in Johannesburg. Managed by highly experienced and respected South African tour and dive operator, Stuart Mather-Pike, it will provide clients with the following services:

• Expert advice on the destinations, various regions and numerous choice of accommodation, diving and excursion options from a highly knowledgeable ‘local’.
• Exclusive deals from local suppliers.
• Holiday Representation Services: full, immediate support to Diverse Travel clients throughout their holidays (in South Africa and Mozambique only).

Stuart Mather-Pike

Clients will receive the best quality and seamless tailor-made itineraries including a mix of destinations: Aliwal Shoal, Sardine Run, Mozambique, Cape Town and Winelands, Kruger National Park and Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve with the chance to see Big Five animals whilst staying in luxurious lodges.

Jim Yanny of Diverse Travel explains, “This is an exciting development for us as we’re now the only dive tour operator in the UK to have its own offices in South Africa. We’ve been visiting here since 1994, it’s a part of the world we love due to the friendly people, exciting diving, incredible wildlife and warm year-round climate. The opening of the office takes our customer service to a whole new level as clients can take advantage of our contacts and in-depth knowledge.” You can discover Diverse Travel’s South Africa here: www.diversetravel.co.uk/south-africa

To celebrate, Diverse Travel has some special introductory offers for a number of dive/explore itineraries available to book until 30 September 2017. For instance:

• Nine Nights: Aliwal Shoal Diving + Cape Town Explorer at just £1,720 per person on a twin share. Includes return Emirate flights to Durban return Cape Town, 6 nights’ Full Board, Blue Ocean Resort, Umkomaas, 8 dives: 6 Aliwal Shoal reef dives + 2 Baited Shark Dives, round trip airport transfers, domestic flight Durban to Cape Town, 3 days’ Cape Town car hire, 3 nights’ B&B, Suite, Rouge on Rose Boutique Hotel, Government Taxes, Full ATOL Protection.

Further offers include:

• Nine nights: Aliwal Shoal Diving + Big Five Game Viewing, Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve
• Nine nights: Aliwal Shoal Diving + Great White Cage Diving, Cape Town
• Nine nights: Aliwal Shoal Diving + Big Five Luxury Game Viewing, Kruger National Park
• Eleven nights: Aliwal Shoal + Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique) Shark and Big Fish Dive Combo + Big Five Game Viewing, Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve

Diverse Travel also offers bespoke holidays to several other African counties; Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Zambia (for Victoria Falls), Zanzibar/Tanzania and Zimbabwe. All itineraries are tailor-made. With over twenty years of dive centre and resort management, the team has the experience to deliver memorable diving holidays that benefit from full financial ATOL protection under the TTA.

For more information visit www.diversetravel.co.uk, or call on 01473 852002 or email info@diversetravel.co.uk.