Southern Africa boasts a myriad of accommodation – so whether you are a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveller to our shores, into five-star luxury, hidden gems, historic hotels or off-the-beaten track retreats, we aim to surprise you with our personal recommendations of tested and tried special places.
We think its worth sharing where service excellence, great cuisine, amazing views or the best bed linen can be found and where one will go the extra mile for guests.
Mandi Johnson-Aliverti ventured to more than 1 spot on her recent trip up the Garden Route. Views Hotel & Spa played host to her family whilst visiting the scenic and beautiful sleepy hollow that is The Wilderness. She had the following to say,
“Views is a small new hotel located right on the beautiful long [...]
Always abreast of the latest travel trends, we have just booked our first “houseboat safari” aboard the brand new Zambezi Queen which gracefully charters Botswana and Namibia’s great Chobe River. This magnificent vessel offers the thrill of a water-based African expedition from the comfort of your own private suite and game [...]
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mandi Johnson-Aliverti, Travel Concepts’ Head of Travel, decided to whisk her family away for a relaxing weekend so that they could all reconnect and temporarily escape the contagious “World Cup gees” that had descended on Cape Town. This is what she had to tell us about her experience,
“Located 2 [...]
To celebrate our end of season and a busy FIFA World Cup month, the Wedding Concepts and Travel Concepts teams spent last weekend at The Robertson Small Hotel in the beautiful Robertson Valley, just two hours drive up the N1 from Cape Town.
We personally love the Robertson [...]
On their excursion to Durban for the annual Indaba, Mandi and Chantal also managed to squeeze in a trip to Thonga Beach Lodge. Mandi had the following to say about their visit,
“A perfect combination of bush and beach is to combine Phinda or another game lodge, with Thonga. Situated on the unspoilt Maputuland coast of Kwazulu-Natal, [...]
One of South Africa’s oldest hotels, The Oyster Box located in Umhlanga, 20 minutes north of Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, is an institution. Being spoken about as ‘the rebirth of a legend’, this Grande Dame of 1947 has recently re-opened after a two year extensive upgrade. Our travel team where in the area after the Indaba and made [...]
We recently visited Phinda in Northern Kwazulu-Natal, home to the Big Five and endandered black rhino, in a 23 000 hectare wilderness. Phinda, described as “Seven Worlds of Wonder” with seven distinct habitats of woodlands, grasslands, wetlands and forests, really offers a diverse game viewing experience for first timers or more experienced safari-goers.
Having visited Phinda a [...]
Our owner Christina had a friend over from Germany this month & they decided to have 2 nights being pampered.
“A Heavenly Wilderness reserve” is how Bushman’s Kloof is described. Stretching out on the massage table of the outdoor Spa Gazebo overlooking the red Cederberg Mountains – I can understand why and totally agree. Coming here [...]
For their wedding anniversary Travel Concepts owners Richard & Christina recently went on a five night safari trip to Madikwe Game Reserve – a 76,000 hectare, Malaria free reserve right on the Botswana border, some 3 hours drive north-west of Jo’burg.
Says Richard “We had heard glowing comments about the reserve, the beauty and the [...]
Romance was definitely in the air recently when Kim (our senior event coordinator) and her boyfriend Damien spent the night at one of our favourite wine lands retreats, Hawksmoor House just outside Stellenbosch.
A Cape Dutch Manor house on 220 hectares of working farm, Hawksmoor House has been meticulously restored and beautifully decorated with [...]
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