Top Gear Festival Comes to Durban

The thrilling and jaw-dropping Top Gear Festival 2012 is all set to make its debut in Durban. The mind-blowing event will take place at the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on June 16 and 17.

Partnered with the Province of KwaZulu-Natal and the City of Durban, the remarkable event is coming up with the first-ever stadium show. The festival will be hosted by the complete Top Gear team-Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig.

The 2012 event seems to touch new heights as claimed in the event’s website which reveals that the event will thrill the audience with “ FMX bikes, donutting & flaming rally cars, exhilarating, hair-raising stunt manoeuvres by the Top Gear Live Stunt Driving Team and nonsensical challenges synonymous with Top Gear.”

The festival is seen to boost business at its venues, especially tour and travel sector including domestic and international air travel; even the hotels do brisk business around this time of the year. Having entertained over 1 million people worldwide, it will be no wonder if tickets on cheap flights to South Africa – particularly international flights connecting Durban airport - will be difficult to come by as the event draws closer.

And those who booked their June holidays in the rainbow nation just few days before the announcement of the event’s venue came in (a week back) shouldn’t regret. Go for a modification in the holiday; a little amendment fee would only make your cheap flights to South Africa little less cheap! Not many Top Gear fans would disagree that the event would realise more than the worth of your additional cost.

Tickets' for the event cost between R250 to R995 for a Platinum Package and are on sale now.

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