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Hotel offers city and safari deal Luxury Cape Town hotel Cape Grace has teamed up with Tswalu Kalahari game reserve to offer a Cape Town/safari adventure package. The seven-night package includes two nights’ bed and breakfast at Cape Grace with a third night free plus four nights’ full board on safari at Tswalu Kalahari, return flights to the game reserve from Cape Town, transfers and a Malori night under-the-stars experience. Prices lead in at £6,160 per room and includes accommodation, transfers and charter flights to and from Tswalu Kalahari. The Cape Grace is also offering guests a Rare and Extraordinary Experience package in partnership with luxury jewellery brand Platandia. Guests who stay in the hotel’s top suites will have the
opportunity to access diamonds, rare tanzanite and other stunning gems from the privacy of their own room alongside a bespoke consultation with the Plantandia’s Master Goldsmith. Platandia is also offering the gift of a ¼ carat diamond valued at 10% of the room rate as a parting gift. Prices lead in at £919 per double room per night and are based on a minimum stay of three consecutive nights, transfers, a bottle of chilled sparkling wine, home-made chocolates in-room on arrival, luxury chauffeur transfer to Platandia for a private viewing of gemstones or choose to have the viewing in Suite.
Sun International adds to portfolio South African luxury hotel chain Sun International has added to its portfolio of properties with the acquisition of the Wild Coast Sun resort in the Eastern Cape and the Grayston Hotel in Johannesburg and Although located in the Eastern Cape, the Wild Coast Sun is just a mile south of KwaZulu-Natal and is set in 640 hectares of tropical gardens that overlook the Indian Ocean. It also has a championship golf course. Since it acquired the property in 2009, Sun International has embarked on a major refurbishment of the property, investing
£33 million in increasing the resort’s accommodation offering by 150 rooms, bringing the room total to 396. The hotel’s casino,restaurants and bars have been revamped and a new water park, Wild Waves has been introduced. All the work is due to be completed early this year. Meanwhile, Sun International has also started work on its new Johannesburg property, the Grayston Hotel, with a major refurbishment of the property’s 346 rooms and public areas already underway. The hotel group hopes to reopen the property as a four-star-plus under the Sun
Jaci’s refurb
It’s a family affair as Drakensburg hotel offers spa treatments for the whole family
Jaci’s Safari Lodge in Madikwe Game Reserve has celebrated its 12th birthday with a refurbishment. Owners Jan and Jaci Van Heteren enlisted the help of Sally Barnard and her colleague Adele from The Beach House interiors in Hermanus to do the interior design. The Beach House introduced textured plain colours, fabrics with prints that picked up the surroundings of both the animals, and the fabric designs used by the locals. The refurb took two months to complete and the final product was unveiled at the end of last year. 14
International brand early next year. A landmark Sandton property in Johannesburg's Square Mile, the Grayston is a popular stopover point for both leisure and business inbound visitors who arrive from abroad en route to other properties around the country, especially Sun City, Cape Town and Livingstone. It is a prime location given its close proximity to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, The Sandton Convention Centre, the commercial and retail district, the Gautrain and significant landscaped gardens that surround the hotel.
A resort in the Drakensburg mountains is offering an eco-friendly spa experience package for the whole family. Located high in the dramatic landscape of the Cathkin Peak region, the Drakensburg Sun Lifestyle Resort has launched the Spoilt Green Eco Spa, which uses chemical-free Esse Organic Skincare products. The family spa experience includes treatments for the whole family, with prices starting at £11 for an express facial, which is suitable for children.
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