Unique way to explore the Plett Winelands
HOGS Hollow Horse Trails
gives guests a unique
way to experience the
Plett Winelands.
Based at Redford Wine
Estate in Plettenberg Bay,
the company takes guests
on tours of the winelands by
horse-drawn carriage.
Guests can sit back and
enjoy local wines, while
taking in the winelands
scenery, mountains, fynbos,
forests and vineyards.
The carriage is a vintage
10-seater drawn by two
Percherons and guides
relate interesting facts and
information about the history
of the area, its people and
the local wine industry.
The departure times are
09h00 and 12h00, from
Tuesday through to Sunday.
Other activities in Plett
include cycling tours or
taking a wine tour bus.
New conference hub opens in KZN
BRAHMAN Hills in the
Blue Crane Reserve in the
KwaZulu Natal Midlands,
has recently completed a
refurbishment of the hotel
and now offers The Agility
Hub conference venue.
The building was once
used to house cattle and
has been adapted into a
multipurpose events venue.
Groups as small as 20
can be catered for but it can
comfortably accommodate
as many as 100 people, and
has access to The Stables
restaurant. The Agility Hub
is a multifunctional venue
with access to a central
courtyard; a white room
featuring white boards; a
private garden for silent
breakaways; The Stables
boardroom, which seats
up to 18 people; and the
Stables dining room, which
seats up to 100 people.
Brahman Hills offers
a number of additional
conference centres catering
for 20 to 400
delegates. The Nguni
Room in the Barn
seats up to 20 delegates,
the Lake House seats up
to 150 delegates and the
Glass House can seat up
to 400.
Conference delegates can
enjoy the hotel facilities,
which include Copper
and 89 on Copper – an
underground bar and wine
cellar, as well as the
Brahman Café and The
Stable Restaurant. There is
an onsite spa and activities
include quad biking, hiking,
horse-riding, game viewing,
fishing, hot-air ballooning
and sightseeing on the
Midlands Meander.
Self-catering option in Mossel Bay
PROTEA Hotel by Marriott
Mossel Bay on the Garden
Route has launched a selfcatering
apartment. The
two-bedroom apartment
has a kitchen and living
area, a private entrance
and an exclusive parking
bay. Guests have access to
hotel facilities such as the
swimming pool, Blue Oyster
cocktail bar and Café
Gannet seafood restaurant.
The hotel is a 20-minute
drive from George Airport
and close to the Dias
Museum Complex and the
harbour at Santos Beach.
Ronel Theron, the hotel’s
gm said: “This area is
increasingly popular among
both the international
and the domestic tourist
market, and the need for
quality accommodation is
growing.”
Tshwane and Sandton set to welcome Capital hotels
Tshwane and Sandton set
to welcome Capital hotelsTHE Capital Hotel Group
will launch two hotels this
year – The Capital Menlyn
Maine in Tshwane and the
Capital on Park in Sandton,
Johannesburg.
The Capital Menlyn Maine
opened partially on March 15,
with a launch event planned
for May 15 when the
penthouse suites and two top
floors will be available.
It will feature 200 one-,
two- and three-bedroom hotel
apartments, a 240-seat
conference centre that can
be split into three and can
accommodate up to 80 people
in banquet or classroom style.
A 50-seat breakaway room,
two meeting rooms and an
events deck with a purposedesigned
marquee that can
accommodate up to 450
delegates will also be available
in the hotel.
The 280-seat Koi Restaurant
will cater for the public and
also provide room service and
daily breakfast.
Capital on Park on Katherine
Street in Sandton will
launch late this year. Marc
Wachsberger, Capital Hotel
Group md, said: “The hotel
will be one of the largest
conferencing hotels, with over
500 seats for conferencing
and meetings. It will offer
240 one- and two-bedroom
apartments as well as
penthouse suites.
“We also plan to launch a
hotel in Umhlanga and we are
working on buying some land.
We will have the hotel up and
running in the next two years,”
says Marc.
