The South African winter and spring offers the best game-viewing and also the best whale-watching experiences so the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town has teemed up with the luxurious Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge to offer a superb Cape and Bush experience.

From July to October if we book 4 nights for you at the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, you receive one complimentary night at Madikwe Hills Private Game Lodge. Alternatively, we can book 3 nights at Madikwe Hills and you receive two complimentary nights at the Twelve Apostles Hotel…

Cape Town has many fascinating tourist attractions that are quiet and easily accessible in the winter and spring. Most days are mild, bright and sunny and land or boat-based whale watching, including the Southern Cross whale, is frequent. Whether cruising along the staggeringly beautiful Chapman’s Peak Drive to Cape Point or from the bedrooms, restaurant and bar at The Twelve Apostles Hotel, it is likely you will catch a glimpse of these awesome creatures in the bay. The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is a five star boutique hotel right on the Atlantic Ocean, with the top-of-the-range Spa, the breath-taking garden magically perched above the ocean, two heated outdoor pools and the glorious Azure Restaurant. 

Similarly the game viewing in the Madikwe Game Reserve is unsurpassed during the winter months as the days are clear, warm and sunny, and the animals search out the remaining waterholes to drink. The crisp, cool evenings are ideal for exchanging sightings, bush stories and enjoying the bright and starry African night sky! Wildlife in Madikwe includes the Big Five and two packs of wild dog, for which Madikwe is justly famous. Madikwe Hills is one of the most luxurious and glamorous lodges in this malaria-free reserve. Each of the eight enormous stone and thatch rooms has an expansive deck with plunge pool overlooking the bush; fabulous outdoor shower, huge bathroom, bedroom and sitting room with minibar and open fire.

This holiday combines relaxation, pleasure, pampering, enrichment and value. It is valid from July to October inclusive and for a minimum of two adults travelling together. It is based on a Mountain room at the Twelve Apostles and a Suite at Madikwe Hills. Breakfast is included at The Twelve Apostles and Madikwe Hills is Fully Inclusive.

For more information on this special, or any other special we are offering, contact us at info@cedarberg.co.za or log onto our website at http://www.cedarberg-travel.com

More and more game lodges are linking up with boutique Cape Town hotels to offer great free stays in Cape Town during the winter/spring months of May to September. Indeed its fair to say that you hardly need to pay for your stay in Cape Town if you are going on safari somewhere in South Africa!

Happily the winter months are also the best months for game-viewing in Southern Africa as this is the dry season when the game is forced to come to the rivers and waterholes to drink and when the sparser vegetation making game-viewing even more rewarding. Cape Town’s visitors are usually more summer-orientated even though winter usually offers plenty of warm sunny days (and roaring fires for the cooler evenings). So if you are keen to follow your safari with a few days in Cape Town, many game lodges in the Sabi Sands, the Kruger National Park and the Eastern Cape will offer 3 nights complimentary stay at a chosen partner’s hotel. These are not third rate places but some of the finest four and five star boutique hotels in Cape Town. Click on our website for further details.

Tuningi Game Lodge, in the malaria-free Madikwe Private Game Reserve, have not only introduced free return flights from Johannesburg to Madikwe for longer stays, but they’ve also decided to extend this special to August 2007.

If you stay five nights or more at the luxurious Tuningi game lodge, you are offered a complementary scheduled charter flight from Johannesburg into the Madikwe airstrip and return.

The malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve boasts a healthy wildlife population including the Big Five and over 230 recorded bird species. You can also expect to see its packs of wild dog which are regularly sighted as well as Black and White rhino and extensive plains game, including sable, gemsbok, springbok and giraffe.  Tuningi Game Lodge consists of 2 separate and exclusive safaris camps with 6 beds and 10 beds each. The ten bed main camp has a thatched main lodge surrounded by five en-suite thatched chalets. There is also a separate 6 bed camp known as Little Tuningi. Each large air-conditioned suite has its own fireplace, lit on your return from your evening game drive, outside shower and your own private deck to relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of the bush. (The Family suite consists of 2 en suite bedrooms, lounge, dining room and kitchen.) You rise early to be guided by a private ranger either on foot or in an open game viewer in search of the Big 5. Lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard are sighted frequently as well as wild dog. The boma is the perfect place to enjoy dinner next to a blazing fire or enjoy the stars above the canopy of trees in the boma after your evening game drive. 

Tuningi is particularly well suited for family safaris and its intimate size makes it ideal for larger family parties spanning the generations.

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