Dolphin’s Playground offers you luxury beachfront B&B accommodation, situated just a 50m stroll to the magnificent Robberg Beach in Plettenberg Bay. It is an ideal setting from which to explore the beauty of the Garden Route.

All the rooms are spacious and en-suite, and each one opens onto a magnificent sun deck, which looks down onto the beach.

Enjoy delicious home-cooked breakfasts while dolphins play in the waves below you, or even look out for whales during the whale watching season.

Cape Royale Luxury Hotel and Residence provides an enclave of luxury and refinement. Situated along a tree-lined boulevard in Green Point, the artistic quarter of Cape Town, it is a mere 30-minute drive from the airport, and within 5 minutes of the beaches of Clifton and the palm-fringed white sands of Camps Bay, not to mention a stone’s throw away from the famous shoppers paradise, the V&A Waterfront.

From the grand and elegant façade and entrance to the intimate and relaxed atmosphere of the designer furnished suites, the Cape Royale is the first choice for discerning travellers seeking the very best in comfort and convenience.

For guests wanting to stay in this stunning hotel between now and the 15th December, they can enjoy a stay of 7 nights and only pay for 5 nights. Click here to ask us to check availability for you and to make a booking.

Visit Cape Town between now and the 15th December and stay for 4 nights and only pay for 3 night at the Cape Royale Hotel, in Green Point.

Each of the 95 suites, including the new 2 bedroom Family Suites (which have their own lounge and dining area), features contemporary décor, luxurious fabrics and fine textures and the carefully selected artwork has been chosen to create an ambiance of understated luxury.

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Aquavit is a charming guest house situated in Plettenberg Bay, offering stunning panoramic views of the Tsitsikamma and Outeniqua Mountains and the coastal beaches lapped by the Indian Ocean.

For the real romantics, Aquavit are offering a 3 night special package, including a private helicopter trip to a deserted beach, and overflowing picnic basket.

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The funky Protea Hotel Fire & Ice, in the heart of Cape Town, has recently been extended. The hotel now boasts an additional 59 superior rooms, a techno-gym, a pool deck, a champagne deck with views of the city and Table Mountain and a fashionable ‘chill’ lounge. The interior is dominated by black, red and chrome, emphasising the ‘fire’ theme, and this dominant colour combination adds a real feeling of ‘chic’ to the main guest areas, which is additionally enhanced by a new fibre-optic curtain which adorns a main stairway. The guest-only lounge is, by contrast, fully embraces the ‘ice’ theme, with its white tiles and white furniture.

The new rooms have a modern feel to them, and boast a unique ‘in-room’ frameless shower and flat-screen wall-mounted TVs.

Hidden in lush riverside forest, offering spectacular views of the Marico River and the surrounding bush and its wildlife, Makanyane Safari Lodge offers you the ultimate luxury safari experience within the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve, which boasts 76,000 hectares of Big 5 game viewing territory. As well as elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo, the Reserve is also home to wild dog, cheetah, plains game including gemsbok, springbok, zebra and giraffe, and over 340 species of birds.

If you book to stay here before the 31st December 2009 for travel between 1st May 2010 and 30th September 2010 (excluding the period between 1st June 2010 and 31st July 2010), you can enjoy 3 nights for the price of 2.

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Stay for 4 nights for the price of 3 at Makanyane Safari Lodge in the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve.

Hidden in lush riverside forest, offering spectacular views of the Marico River and the surrounding bush and its wildlife, Makanyane Safari Lodge offers you the ultimate luxury safari experience. As well as elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo, the Reserve is also home to wild dog, cheetah, plains game including gemsbok, springbok, zebra and giraffe, and over 340 species of birds.

House wines, local beers and spirits, soft drinks and mineral waters, breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, teas, coffee and cakes, lunch (on day of arrival and departure if required), 2 game drives each day in open 4-wheel drive vehicles, spotlight game drives at night, game walks accompanied by an experienced ranger, transfers from the air strip in Madikwe Game Reserve, visits to hides, emergency medical evacuation insurance and use of gym are included.

This offer is only valid for bookings made before 31st December 2009 for travel between 1 January 2010 and 10 December 2010, but is NOT available for travel between the 1st June 2010 and the 31st July 2010.

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Ellerman House is a spectacular landmark in the premier Cape Town suburb of Bantry Bay, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, and even more so now that it has just undergone an extensive refurbishment.

The bathrooms of the 11 elegant rooms, including the fabulous Ellerman Suite and East Wing Suite, have all been fitted with chrome fittings, and all the individually designed and luxurious bedrooms have new colours and soft furnishings, plus plasma TVs.

The entire house has also been repainted, and the staff are all eagerly looking forward to welcoming guests over the forthcoming season.

Cape Town are cracking on with their preparations for the World Cup, due to be held in South Africa next June and July.

The new stadium in Green Point is already 80% complete, and it is hoped that it will be finished by December 14th – so 6 months well in advance of the tournament.

South Africa are anticipating that nearly half a million visitors will be travelling across the globe to attend the World Cup and follow their teams – and at least 80% of these will be visiting Cape Town either before, during or after the tournament.

As not everyone will have tickets to the games, there will be a fan park at the Grand Parade, which will be open from 10 am until midnight. Access will be free, and there will be entertainment and music as well as coverage of all the games. There will also be 3 smaller public viewing areas at Vygieskraal in Athlone, the Bellville Velodrome and at OR Tambo Swartklip on the Cape Flats. All of these will again have free access and free entertainment, but only Cape Town-based matches will be screened at these venues, plus the semi-finals and the final.

Cape Town are also upgrading their airport, the rail network, the station, the Grand Parade, the Athlone and Philippi statia and the Green Point Common in preparation for the onslaught of visitors, and at least 8 new hotels have either already been built or are in the process of being constructed. Additional security will also be in place to ensure the safety of all visitors.

Throughout the tournament, there will also be a regular shuttle bus service operating between the Cape Town International Airport and the city centre, and from the centre out to the stadium.

Cape Town will also be in the news in December, when they host the final draw on December 4th which will determine the groups and where the individual teams will be based. The live draw will take place at the Cape Town Internatinal Convention Centre, and will be televised to 130 million viewers worldwide. There will also be a big screen put up in Long Street, just in case people cannot get to a TV !

Stay 3 nights at the 5* Madikwe Hills in the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve, and receive 2 complimentary nights at the luxurious Twelve Apostles and Spa in Cape Town. This offer is valid for travel between 1st April 2010 and 31st October 2010 (excluding travel between the 7th June 2010 and 13th July 2010 inclusive).

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