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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Asia Pacific World SAfrica: Soccer, safari, surgery, sharks and more AFP - Saturday, February 27 Send IM Story Print A group of elephants is pictured in Kruger Park. South Africa's most famous safari destination, Kruger National Park, gives visitors a chance to come face-to-face with Africa's big five game: lion, elephant, rhinoceros, leopard and Cape buffalo. NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AFP) - – From wildlife to wine, breaching sharks to breast implants, one of the main attractions of South Africa's first World Cup will be the country itself and the travel possibilities it offers. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to converge on South Africa in June and July, a projection that has spurred government officials, tour operators and service providers to a frenzy of activity. "It's all systems go and we are ready for the world," sports minister Makhenkesi Stofile told reporters in February. The welcome will include a slate of extra-curricular activities that goes far beyond the football pitch, starting with the country's world-famous wildlife. South Africa's most famous safari destination, Kruger National Park, gives visitors a chance to come face-to-face with Africa's big five game: lion, elephant, rhinoceros, leopard and Cape buffalo. Rooms at Kruger often sell out a year in advance, but FIFA has reserved space at one of the park's 22 camps for June and July. The rooms are available through FIFA's web site, though would-be game watchers should book fast. "That is our high season," Kruger spokesman William Mabasa told AFP. "When we opened for bookings in July last year, within two hours the park was fully booked." Those who don't score a room at Kruger can still enter the park on a day pass. Mabasa said each of Kruger's 10 gates allows between 300 and 750 visitors per day. The private game reserves adjoining Kruger can also put visitors in close contact with the animals. Unlike at national parks, game rangers at private reserves can lead safaris in open-air vehicles and drive off-road to follow the wildlife. Some private reserves also have high-end package deals that include match tickets and luxury accommodation. For example, one tour operator, Rhino Africa Safaris, offers a nine-day package that includes tickets to the World Cup finals and four days at Londolozi Private Game Reserve for 17,000 dollars (12,600 euros). Underwater wildlife is also one of the region's major draws. South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique are both home to several scuba-diving destinations that are consistently ranked among the best dive sites in the world. Travellers who don't have scuba certification but do have a healthy appetite for adventure can try shark cage diving, which involves sitting in a submerged metal cage as crew members lure great white sharks to approach. Those who prefer to keep a little distance can try a shark breaching tour. These excursions seek out great whites as they breach the surface of the water while hunting seals, leaping up to seven metres (25 feet) in the air. More interested in people than animals? Visitors can also get a glimpse of daily life in a South African family by booking a homestay instead of a hotel. Mbombela municipality, whose Nelspruit Stadium will host four first-round matches, has compiled a database of hosts who want to open their houses to guests. "We are of the opinion that people would want to experience Africa," said Joseph Ngala, spokesman for the municipality. "They've been to the best hotels all over the world and what they don't have is an experience in an African hut," he told AFP. At the other end of the spectrum, some South African surgeons are using the World Cup to help boost the country's reputation as a cost-effective place to have plastic surgery. Medical tourism site Placid Way is offering a "Breast Augmentation Package" for June and July that includes surgery, implants and four-star accommodation in Cape Town. The package costs 6,000 dollars (4,400 euros), game tickets not included. 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