Janet Leslie
My travels to South Africa visiting this amazing country brought me back home with one important realization. And it’s one that I have successfully communicated with our clients and that is that once you visit this destination, it is likely that it will be the one place in the world that you know you will want to visit again.
Having said that, indeed, the clients I sent this past summer celebrated a 70th birthday on the Eastern Cape, and told me when they returned that they had the best vacation ever and would, undoubtedly, plan another trip with their grandchildren and children.
For me this sums it up. Few destinations have that sort of immediate impact. While I sent my client to an area I hadn’t visited, our team at Alpine Adventures has enough experience to bring together a fabulous itinerary! I loved the experience I got visiting Johannesburg and Sandton City for a couple of days, spending several days in Cape Town areas of the Constantia Valley Region close to the wine vineyards and staying at the historical 5-star hotel, The Cellars-Hohenhort, and touring the Steenberg Wineries. Also, I visited and stayed at the Bay Hotel and had fantastic views of sunsets over Table Mountain and watching big waves from the Atlantic hit the shores of Camps Bay! In the center of town, I visited well known hotels including Cape Grace in the Working Harbor and the very famous and historical Belmont Mt. Nelson hotel.
I finished my tour by staying a night at Hippo Hollow which is about 2 hours from the Kruger National Park. I took a transfer from Hippo Hollow to Jock Safari Lodge. It’s a private concession in the park, giving them the unique access to drive their safari vehicles in the dry river beds during summer months. We were able to view so much wildlife from that vantage point! The only animal we didn’t see was the cheetah. We did get to see the rhino, elephants, buffalo, lions, leopards, wild dogs, hippos, giraffes, hyenas and monkeys!
Hoping to talk to anyone interested in these areas and help put together an exciting itinerary suited and custom built for the client.