Sharma Travels - South African World Cup 2010

Would not be stretching the purse strings to a breaking point, or to celebrate after they have won, to comfort you after they have lost, either to relax before your team plays, but my suggestion to fans coming from destinations world wide would be that a short diversionary trip to the island paradise of Mauritius, it is an undisputed fact that wallets have shrunk, with the global recession. Football fans all over the world are doubtlessly reaching for their credit cards and trawling the Internet for flights and accommodation offers in the numerous host cities, as 2010 and the World Cup in South Africa draws ever closer.

Getting to Mauritius has never been easier, as Mauritius is approximately three and a half hours flight from Johannesburg and there are a number of different airlines offering flights from many other cities around South Africa. Fans will be traveling all over South Africa to support their teams and enjoy the numerous matches and during this time the Mauritian Tourism Authority are planning to put aside over 3000 rooms to accommodate fans on the island, between the 11th of June and the 11th of July 2010.

Now known as Tshwane, the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the rich and colourful city of Pretoria, finally, games will also be played in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in the heart of the savannah bushveld in Rustenburg which shelters under the beautiful Magaliesburg Mountains and. Boast the Peter Mokaba Stadium, the arid land of the baobab, is home to the Mombela Stadium while Polokwane, which abounds with forests and waterfalls, nelspruit. The Port Elizabeth Stadium in the protected Nelson Mandela Bay which was previously called Port Elizabeth offers 40 kilometres of immaculate beaches bordering the warm Indian ocean as well as a number of World Cup football matches. The friendly and dignified locals will be rubbing shoulders with thousands of football fans in the Free State Stadium, previously known as Bloemfontein, while in Mangaung, ellis Park Stadium has been chosen as the host of the games, the financial centre of South Africa and a city alive with energy and excitement, in Johannesburg. A four kilometre stretch of beaches restaurants and promenades, the Durban Stadium which is not far from the "golden mile", in Cape Town in the controversial Green Point Stadium which nestles under the shadow of Table Mountain, in alphabetical order. The games will be played in nine different cities, within South Africa.

1time and Kulula which offer good deals to the three cities from which it is possible to catch a connecting flight to Mauritius, flights from the other six cities are still easy and relatively cheap as there are a number of cheap domestic airlines such as Mango. Cape Town and Durban, namely from Johannesburg, it is possible to catch direct flights from three of them to Mauritius, out of these nine host cities.