{"id":3098,"date":"2008-08-21T04:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2008-08-21T04:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T04:11:00","slug":"indian-oceans-colonial-past-meets-todays-indulgences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/08\/indian-oceans-colonial-past-meets-todays-indulgences\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIAN OCEAN\u2019S COLONIAL PAST MEETS TODAY\u2019S INDULGENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SKzq6jpVhrI\/AAAAAAAAD7k\/uiC1aG391Yk\/s1600-h\/Mozambique+Dinner+at+abandoned+Ilha+do+Ibo+Fort-782321.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SKzq6jpVhrI\/AAAAAAAAD7k\/uiC1aG391Yk\/s320\/Mozambique+Dinner+at+abandoned+Ilha+do+Ibo+Fort-782321.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236818758446974642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Off-the-beaten-track tour specialists Far Horizons have a 28-day escorted tour to the far western islands of the Indian Ocean and to East Africa next July, that will transport guests from a one-time world of grand colonial extravagances into one of modern-day holidaying indulgences.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, animal-lovers will have a rare opportunity to see unique species found nowhere else in the world but here\u2026 while for those with a passion for food there will be an opportunity to taste an eclectic mix of dishes from Creole to those influenced by exploring Portuguese, French and Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>This unusual tour that takes-in Mauritius for 2-nights, the Seychelles 3-nights, Zanzibar 2-nights, Mozambique six, Madagascar twelve and Reunion 2-nights, will depart Australia on July 14 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights will range from modern-day tourist hot-spots to crumbling one-time colonial trading centres of forts, clubs and palaces, ghost towns, rum distilleries, old sugar mills, the so-called one-time &#8220;Paris of Africa,&#8221; colourful markets and artisan centres, and gardens of tropical plants, spices and grape vines rising from balmy coastal beaches to cool mountain hill-stations.<\/p>\n<p>The unique lemur, rare black parrots and giant tortoises will be amongst wildlife found along the way, with local transport ranging from air to ox-cart.<\/p>\n<p>Prices start from $29,850pp twin-share including Business Class air (where available or Economy Class,) all land transport, all meals, guided excursions, transfers, gratuities and services of a Far Horizons escort; single supplement $2950. For full details phone 1800 083 141 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farhorizons.com.au\">www.farhorizons.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off-the-beaten-track tour specialists Far Horizons have a 28-day escorted tour to the far western islands of the Indian Ocean and to East Africa next July, that will transport guests from a one-time world of grand colonial extravagances into one of modern-day holidaying indulgences. At the same time, animal-lovers will have a rare opportunity to see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}