Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Specials @ Salon Mareese – Hair & Beauty Salon in George

At Salon Mareese Hair & Beauty Salon in George you will receive a complete beauty treat! From the latest hair styles, beautifully manicured nails, facials, waxing, tinting, detoxing, pain and stress relieve, non surgical facelifts, Spa treatments including hot stone massage, massages, skin analyses make up and more.

Gents Hair Cut Special by Andries – R50

20% off on Wednesdays!
Discount valid on all services – Hair, Nail & Beauty
Valid: June and July 2009

For more information and contact details click here.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Lakeviews Cottage - experience peace and tranquility!


I had the privilege to stay at Lakeviews Cottage over the weekend! The peace and tranquility was just what I needed to relax and switch of for a change! Usually it takes up to a day for me just to start relaxing and to switch off but within less than a hour I was totally relaxed, exept for the stress of the rugby game between the Blue Bulls and the Cruisaders! But this was a fun, relaxing type of stress and of course the Bulls won!

Lake Views Cottage and Noah's Ark are self-catering guest cottages, each set in 11 hectares of pine forest and fynbos. Situated in the heart of the Garden Route, between Wilderness and Sedgefield on a hill overlooking the Indian Ocean above Swartvlei Lake.

We stayed over in Lakeviews Cottage. A charming double story cottage equipped with all modern amenities! There was really not one single thing that we missed! From everywhere in the cottage we could enjoy the magical views, even when doing the dishes!

The views from Lakeviews Cottage cannot be described in words, not even a photograph can capture the magic! This is just one of those places that you have to experience yourself!

If it is peace and tranquility you are after, perhaps some inspiration for creative exploration, or just an idyllic getaway, Lake Views Cottage and Noah's Ark will meet and exceed your needs.

For more information on Lake Views Cottage and Noah's Ark click here! And be sure to book your stay to experience peace and tranquility!

CASTLE LIONS SERIES BIG SCREEN EXPERIENCE @ Tramonto in George


Big Screen Projector with 2 additional LCD Screens
Surround Sound * Supporter Pavilions
Astro Turf * Castle Promo’s & Dancers
Drinks, Food, Supporter Shop & much more!


Sat 13/06/09, 15:00 WP vs Lions
Sat 20/06/09, 15:00 Springboks vs Lions
Sat 27/06/09, 15:00 Springboks vs Lions
Gates open from 13:00


Tickets:
Pavilions – R45 per person per game 0r R135 for a season ticket
Picnic Tables (8 seater) – R55 per person per game 0r R165 for a season ticket
Buy a season ticket and recive a Castle Cap worth R60!


Guess the correct score and stand a chance to win a Castle Branded Weber Braai at Tramonto with each game!

Prime Circle Live – Wednesday 17 June 2009
Tickets:
Pavilions – R90 per person
Picnic Tables (8 seater) – R120 per person


Platters will be available at R45 per person or R250 for table of 8.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Vodashop George Cheese Festival 2009

The Vodashop George Cheese Festival has become a popular event in the Garden Route over the past couple of years. This year the 3 day Vodashop George Cheese Festival will take place from Fri 31 July to Sun 2 August. The Vodashop George Cheese Festival organizers are proud to include a Health Run, Gospel Music Show, a Barnyard Theatre Production, Mountain Bike Challenge and a Golf Tournament and starting the weekend before the festival!

Sat, 25 July: Discovery Pick n Pay Health Run 10km / 21km through the farmlands

Sun, 26 July: Care Festival (Gospel Music Show featuring Tree63 with other Christian Bands) Entrance: Adults @ R40, Children under 13 @ R10

Thu, 30 July: Gala Evening featuring Barnyard Theatre Productions "LEGENDS OF ROCK" @ R150 pp own catering, cash bar available

Fri, 31 July: Golf Tournament at the exclusive members only Montagu Course @ Fancourt (see attached entry form for more details)

Sat, 1 Aug: Discovery Pick n Pay Mountain Bike Challenge. This event is part of the Enduro series and runs along part of the original Cape Epic Route in the Outeniqua Mountains (see website for more details)

Vodashop George Cheese Festival is a 3 Day event - Fri 31 July to Sun 2 Aug 2009. R70 per person, includes:* 1 FREE International Wine Tasting Glass* FREE tasting at 74 stalls offering Cheese, Wine & related products *FREE access to all demo sessions, which include:- Lancewood Tour de Cheese : Cheese & Wine Pairing with Kobus Mulder, SA's only international Cheese judge and Charles Hopkins, cellarmaster of De Grendel Wines. New this year is the addition of Cap Classique (champagne).
- Brandy Boulevard : offers delightful tasting of KWV's finest brandies and Lindt chocolate. Presented by KWV's brandymaker himself!
- Engel & Volkers College of Whisky: a presentation and tasting of SA's premier brand whisky's presented by international expert Margie Cullen (NEW! in 2009)
- Parmalat Foodworx Theatre: Francois Ferreira is one of the celebrity chefs in a dymnamite line-up who offer cooking demonstrations, ready-stead-cook shows and a whole lot of interesting food & food related info
- Checkers Wine, Food & Fashion Affair: brand new, glamorous pairing of Checkers Big 5, namely wine, boerewors, lamb, steak & cheese - presented by glam tv presenters and food prepared by Olympic Chef, Chris van Wyk of Amaqueta Foods.After the stalls close at 20:00 each evening, the party continues in the Miller's Attorney's Kuiertent with a cocktail bar, full bar and 8 restaurants with live music.

Special HIGHLIGHT of this year's festival will be the WORLD's BIGGEST SIMONSBERG EXTRA-MATURED CHEDDAR CHEESE, which will be presented to the public in a unique and exciting way. Watch the press for details!

Festival Hours:
Fri, 31 July: 15:00-00:00 Cheese Festival (stalls close 21:00)
Sat, 1 Aug: 10:00-00:00 Cheese Festival (stalls close 20:00)
Sun, 2 Aug: 10:00-16:00 Cheese Festival (festival closes 16:00)

The Market Square Shopping Complex - Plettenberg Bay


The Market Square is a shopping complex of choice located within the coastal town of Plettenberg Bay. The layout is in the form of a strip mall with a wide selection of shops and restaurants. There are two supermarkets stocked with food and fresh produce, clothing and home-ware. Another 53 shops offer a comprehensive range of quality goods to satisfy the most discerning shopper.

For more information on and contact details of The Market Square click here.

The Elephant Sanctuary - Plettenberg Bay


The Elephant Sanctuary provides a safe haven for our elephants and offers a unique platform for guest education and interaction.

All the programs are guest and elephant driven, which means the most important part of our operation is to ensure happy elephants and satisfied guests. The close encounter with elephants you experience at The Elephant Sanctuary truly is one of a kind.

Their elephants are African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) whose trust they gained through their unique reward based training. They believe in forming bonds between humans and elephants. To this end, all our elephants are exercised and stimulated daily, which provides a firm foundation for trust.

The Elephant Sanctuary is a family orientated operation catering for both young and old. The focus is on education through interaction, so you will not only learn a lot about elephants, but also get to touch, feel, feed, walk trunk-in-hand and even ride these magnificent animals. Elephants are highly intelligent and delightful – when meeting them you will discover that each one has a different character, personality and temperament.

They have three operations: in The Crags, near Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, at the Hartbeespoort Dam, only an hour's drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria, and in Hazyview, a 10-minute drive from the Kruger National Park.

For more information on the Elephant Sanctuary in the Grags near Plettenberg Bay click here!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Miss Garden Route & Klein Karoo 2009

Noluthando Mkhobeni, current Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo, invites all Southern Cape beauties to enter for the prestigious Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo beauty contest. Lisl Windt – photographer


BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE - The Miss Garden Route & Klein Karoo 2009 beauty pageant, in aid of regional shelters for battered and abused women, has been officially launched.

Over the last five years, the Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo beauty campaign has grown into a community driven event, combating women abuse within the Southern Cape and Little Karoo.
During the 2008 campaign, an incredible R150 000 was generated through means of ticket sale proceeds, supported by an Avroy Shlain campaign in collaboration with Egoli. These funds were donated to three regional shelters; Creating Effective Families (Mossel Bay), Phambili (George) and Malibongwe (Oudtshoorn), acting as safe havens for victims of women abuse. Funds were utilized to finance operational costs, and path the way for much needed maintenance and upgrades of available facilities. The funds were also directed in aid of the “silent victims” of women abuse; children originating from abusive households. Projects to cater for a children’s activity room and provide for educational books was successfully achieved.
Given the community successes achieved by the Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo campaign, the beauty campaign now sets out to include neglected children as beneficiaries of this community project. Dieter Voigt (ex-Mr. SA & Pasella presenter) has joined forces with Garden Route Casino and associate sponsors in aiding the plight of children abuse. Dieter plans to proactively work on his own identified projects with these children, pursuing various opportunities to ensure a promising future for them.

All proceeds generated by the 2009 edition of Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo will be donated to Creating Effective Families (Mossel Bay), Phambili (George) and Malibongwe (Oudtshoorn) in support of the valiant effort by these safe havens in answering the plight of abused women and children.

Beauty sessions will also be undertaken with ladies residing at shelters for abused women, as added motivation for restoring their dignity and pride. The public – and private sectors within the region are invited to join forces with project leaders and associate sponsors, thereby effectively addressing a social dilemma within the Southern Cape community.

Apart from the immense community value of the campaign, the Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo beauty pageant in itself has developed into the social highlight on the events calendar of the Southern Cape and Little Karoo. The Miss Garden Route & Little Karoo gala evening promises to be the highlight, boasting with a showcase of natural beauty and breathtaking fashion. Furthermore, the venue for the event has been moved to the world renowned Pinnacle Point Beach & Golf Resort, adding even more glitz and glamour to the gala evening. Beauty queens from across the region and designers in search of the ultimate spotlight are thus called upon to join the exposé of local beauty and creative genius.

For more information contact Tryana Potgieter (Event Organizer) at 044 606 7777 or e-mail tryana@gardenroutecasino.co.za

Tsitsikamma Mountain Trail - 2 to 6 day hiking trail


The Tsitsikamma Trail journeying through extensive indigenous forest and mountain fynbos. Ancient river gorges and abundant rivers and streams continually remind us of the creative power of water and the origins of the word Tsitsikamma.

Beginning in Nature's Valley and ending 60-km further at either the Storms River Bridge or Village, this six day, unidirectional trail takes hikers through the heart of the Tsitsikamma Mountains . Shorter variations (2, 3, 4 or 5 days) are possible as each overnight hut has its own unique access route with safe parking at the start.

Optional equipment porterage now provides hikers with the chance of having all their equipment transported between overnight huts. Other activities now permitted include vehicular and mountain bike access to certain overnight huts and informative guided day walks.
The trail's overnight accommodation facilities have been upgraded to an excellent standard and you can truly enjoy magnificent views and relax in comfort at each of the five overnight huts. Baboon, vervet monkey, large-spotted genet, bushpig and bushbuck are often encountered along the route and at overnight huts. Leopard, serval, caracal, honey badger and blue duiker also occur, but are seldom seen. The forests provide ideal habitat for lesser seen bird species, such as rameron pigeon, narina trogon, sombre bulbul, forest buzzard, and colourful sunbirds and flycatchers. The fynbos harbours elusive endemics such as Victorin's warbler, protea canary and the Cape siskin.


Moontide Guest Lodge - Wilderness


Set amidst 400-year-old milkwood trees and a profusion of birds and plants, Moontide is the most romantic of retreats. Located on the shores of the Wilderness lagoon, with gardens that flow into its tidal waters, the lodge is a birdwatchers paradise. Moontide Guest Lodge offers seven en-suite cottages and rooms, each with their own entrance and outdoor seating area. A separate lounge (with TV) and dining room is available for guests, as well as decks and patios with tables and deck chairs, on the waters edge overlooking the lagoon with its rich bird life. Start the day with a great breakfast, served on the terrace overlooking the lagoon. An English and buffet breakfast is served under the 400 year old Milkwood trees in our luxuriant garden. Help yourself to a buffet table of cereals, yoghurt, cheese, breads, juice and milk. The on-duty manager will then offer you a choice of hot breakfast options, served with a bottomless pot of excellent filter coffee, or breakfast or Rooibos tea.Moontide is well located within Wilderness - at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, it is the only lodge right on the lagoon, yet the beach is a four minute stroll from here, while the charming Milkwood Village, with its craft shops, informal eateries and health spa is a 10 minute walk (or three minute drive) away.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Limberlost Wilderness – Accommodation winter special

Limberlost Wilderness offers self catering accommodation in Wilderness only 2 minutes walk from the beach.


WINTER-SPECIAL - valid until 31 July 2009
Each third day will be free, no matter how long you stay.
(day 3 free, day 6 free, day 9 free, day.....)

Rates:
Double rooms en-suite from R160pp - R200pp Self-catering Chalets/ Flat from R180pp - R280pp

Click here for more information and contact details

Edward Charles Manor House – Mossel Bay

Located in the Heart of the Spectacular Garden Route, Mossel Bay becks you into its beauty, long golden beaches and moderate climate. It is here that the Edward Charles Manor welcomes you and invites you to indulge yourself in a luxurious, yet affordable, coastal experience.

Winter Special
R400 per double room per night
R350 per single room per night
* Rates include a continental breakfast
* Valid until 31 July 2009
* Subject to availability

For more information and contact details click here

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Lukas Maree @ Leani Restaurant/ Great Brak River




The well known singer Lukas Mare will be the guest artist at Leani Garden Restaurant on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 June to help raise funds for the medical expenses of Mathys Roets who was injured in a motor cycle accident a while ago.

Guests attending these 2 shows will be treated not only with top class entertainment by one of South Africa's best artists, but also with home made soup and fresh home baked bread.

Book you tickets as soon as possible, seeing that there are only limited tickets available per show!



Lucas Maree In aid of Mathys Roets

When: Friday 5 June & Saturday 6 June

Time: 19h00 for 19h30

Cost: R140 per person

Where: At the Leani Garden Restaurant

Click here for more information on Leani Garden Restaurant and contact details.

Lukas Maree @ Leani Restaurant/ Great Brak River




The well known singer Lukas Mare will be the guest artist at Leani Garden Restaurant on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 June to help raise funds for the medical expenses of Mathys Roets who was injured in a motor cycle accident a while ago.

Guests attending these 2 shows will be treated not only with top class entertainment by one of South Africa's best artists, but also with home made soup and fresh home baked bread.

Book you tickets as soon as possible, seeing that there are only limited tickets available per show!


Lucas Maree In aid of Mathys Roets

When: Friday 5 June & Saturday 6 June

Time: 19h00 for 19h30

Cost: R140 per person

Where: At the Leani Garden Restaurant

Click here for more information on Leani Garden Restaurant and contact details.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Wynkelder Teater Restaurant in George - upcoming events

At Wynkelder Teater Restaurant in George you can enjoy great South African artists and typical South African food with friends and family.

Upcoming shows & events:
Please book to confirm your table and enjoy a fun filled evening


15 May - David Fourie
Time: 18:30 Cost per person: R120 - including 3 course meal

30 May "Ontdek jou styl"
Dagkursus in binnehuis-versiering met die baie bekende Kaapse ontwerper Rita Linde. Cost per person : R550 pp - Bookings essential!

12 June - "Hannas Uit De Oude en Die Nuwe Doos" with Kristie Herbst, Yvonne Schoeman and Mareli Mouton - A “comedy” cabaret. The Cabaret HANNAS uit DE OUDE en DIE NUWE DOOS kicks off with 1652. They mock everything from bygone days' oddities and calamities until 2010 ... by ways of whacky words, ratty rhymes and silly songs. Even the strange and amusing activities of politicians do not pass unnoticed. This cabaret should easily be enjoyed by a non-afrikaans speaking audience.
Time: 18:30 Cost per person: R120 - including 3 course meal

For more information on Wynkelder Teater and contact detials please click here.