If you are into adventure, you are already into open water swimming. If you are REALLY into adventure, there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in South Africa – the African Swimming Safari. This tour not only highlights the best of the South African wildness, but it also sandwiches the 16-day tour between the world’s largest open water swimming event – the aQuellé Midmar Mile – and the African continent’s oldest open water swimming event – the SPAR Redhouse River Mile.

The itinerary for the February 2012 tour includes comprehensive travel through South Africa’s greatest locations and swims. Swimmers can view the Big 7 (elephant, rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, leopard, whale and great white shark) in their natural habitat at the Addo Elephant National Park and see the famed Robben Island as well as royalty, the