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Thursday, 19 May 2011

Winner Luxury Elephant Encounter

CONGRATULATIONS to Charna Chapman of South Africa who has won a once-in-a-lifetime exper­i­ence at the lux­uri­ous Addo Elephant Back Safaris & Lodge — 2 nights for 2 per­sons in lux­uri­ous 4 star accom­mod­a­tion, sump­tu­ous cuisine and ele­phant encoun­ters, in exquis­ite nat­ural sur­round­ings. The prize includes accom­mod­a­tion for 2 per­sons, all meals, ele­phant back rides, ele­phant bed­time encounter and two bottles of wine.

Charna, your voucher is on its way. Please con­tact Addo Elephant Back Safaris & Lodge to redeem your voucher (valid until 20 November 2011). We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay! Continued

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Thursday, 28 April 2011

Winner 3 Nights in Historic Tulbagh

CONGRATULATIONS to Merle Lifson-Dettori of South Africa who has won a 3 night stay for up to 6 people at Dreamcatcher, a lux­uri­ous self cater­ing cot­tage in his­toric Tulbagh, a charm­ing town just 120km from Cape Town. Set in a beau­ti­ful land­scape, Tulbagh is fam­ous for its her­it­age, wealth of Cape Dutch Architecture, mag­ni­fi­cent coun­try liv­ing, scenic beauty and majestic moun­tain ranges.

Merle, your voucher is on its way. Please con­tact Dreamcatcher to redeem your voucher (valid May, June or July 2011). We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay! Continued

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Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Winners 4-Night Farm Stay for 2–4 People

CONGRATULATIONS to Verushka Calver and Jenny Eldridge of South Africa who have each won a 4 night stay for 2–4 people at The Green Tree Guest Cottages, loc­ated in the Addo/Nanaga region of the Eastern Cape, cent­rally loc­ated to visit the Addo Elephant Park and the Sunshine Coast. The prize includes accom­mod­a­tion on a self cater­ing basis in the Njala Cottage and a com­ple­ment­ary bottle of wine and braai wood on arrival.

Verushka and Jenny, your vouch­ers are on their way. Please con­tact The Green Tree Guest Cottages to redeem them (valid from 1–31 July 2011). We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stays! Continued

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Monday, 11 April 2011

Win a Magical Holiday in Knysna (closed)

Magical Holiday

WIN a magical hol­i­day for two adults and two chil­dren (under 12 years of age) on the Knysna Lagoon — 2 nights on board a Lightleys Holiday Houseboat and 2 nights at Phantom View River Resort. The Knysna Lagoon is an 18km long tidal estu­ary which stretches from the fam­ous Knysna Heads, which guard its entrance from the Indian Ocean, and joins the 60km long Knysna River that starts in the Outeniqua Mountains.

The Prize

Valued at R6500, the prize includes:

  • Two nights’ accom­mod­a­tion on board a Lightleys Holiday Houseboat (self cater­ing basis)
    • with one of those nights moor­ing with your house­boat at Thesen’s Island Harbour Town
  • Two nights’ accom­mod­a­tion at Phantom View River Resort (self cater­ing basis)
    • with a bottle of spark­ling wine and oysters on arrival
  • Continued
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Monday, 11 April 2011

Win 2 Nights at a Hip Boutique Hotel in Cape Town (Closed)

Hippo Boutique

WIN a 2 night stay in the hub of Cape Town's café cul­ture (and just about 5 minutes from everything and every­where else!) at the Hippo Boutique Hotel.

This hip four-star boutique hotel, has twenty spa­cious stand­ard rooms and five designer exec­ut­ive suites (double volume lofts with bed­room / bath­room on a mezzan­ine level). The rooms are en-suite, air-conditioned and come equipped with king-size beds Continued

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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Winner 3 Luxurious Nights in Knysna

CONGRATULATIONS to Grethe Rademan of South Africa who has won 3 nights at the fab­ulous 5-star graded Kanonkop House, with the most spec­tac­u­lar views on the Garden Route, from ‘the best rooms in Knysna’ (latest Frommer’s South Africa Travel Guide). The prize includes accom­mod­a­tion for 2 people shar­ing for 3 con­sec­ut­ive nights, break­fast daily, local bever­ages, breath­tak­ing views, per­sonal atten­tion and relaxed luxury.

Grethe, your voucher is on its way. Please con­tact Kanonkop House to redeem the voucher (valid until 15 September 2011). We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay! Continued

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Monday, 7 March 2011

Win Franschhoek Oesfees Tickets (Closed)

Oesfees 2011

Winners of this com­pet­i­tion are Netacha Kayser and Megan Johnson. Congratulations, we hope you enjoy the Festival!

SA-Venues.com and Solms-Delta are giv­ing away a total of 4 tick­ets to the Franschhoek Oesfees (two lucky win­ners will each win 2 tick­ets). The 2011 Franschhoek Oesfees music, food and wine fest­ival — a day of tra­di­tional live Cape music, Kaapsekos, and Vastrap — cel­eb­rates the end of har­vest at Solms-Delta Wine Estate, on Saturday the 26th of March 2011, from 11h00 to 21h00.

Performers include MC Soli Philander, Radio Kalahari Orkes, Valiant Swart en Ollie Viljoen, Stef Bos, Tribal Echo, Hannes Coetzee, Brasse van Kaap and Les Javan. Enjoy unique Cape sounds of vas­trap, langarm, Cape jazz, ghoema, klopse, and boeremusiek by Philip de Villiers and the Blinde Boereorkes, Papier Familie and many oth­ers. The food is authen­tic Kaapsekos avail­able through­out the day. Continued

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Monday, 7 March 2011

Win 3 Nights in Historic Tulbagh (Closed)

Dreamcatcher

WIN a 3 night stay for up to 6 people at Dreamcatcher, a lux­uri­ous self cater­ing cot­tage in his­toric Tulbagh, a charm­ing town just 120km from Cape Town. Set in a beau­ti­ful land­scape, Tulbagh is fam­ous for its her­it­age, wealth of Cape Dutch Architecture, mag­ni­fi­cent coun­try liv­ing, scenic beauty and majestic moun­tain ranges.

Dreamcatcher is an eleg­ant, mod­ern cot­tage, care­fully kit­ted out with all the mod cons one expects from self-catering accom­mod­a­tion, but done with a cer­tain dis­tinc­tion and meas­ure that allows one to feel imme­di­ately at home Continued

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Monday, 7 March 2011

Win a Luxury Elephant Encounter (Closed)

Elephant Back Safaris

WIN a once-in-a-lifetime exper­i­ence at the lux­uri­ous Addo Elephant Back Safaris & Lodge — 2 nights for 2 per­sons in lux­uri­ous 4 star accom­mod­a­tion, sump­tu­ous cuisine and ele­phant encoun­ters, in exquis­ite nat­ural surroundings.

Addo Elephant Back Safaris & Lodge is loc­ated a short dis­tance from Port Elizabeth, bor­der­ing the Greater Addo Elephant National Park, in an exclus­ive malaria-free con­servancy. The Tented Camp is per­fectly designed to blend dis­creetly into its sur­round­ing val­ley bushveld envir­on­ment; the remark­ably spa­cious, soph­ist­ic­ated suites — some nestled in the Yellowwood forest and oth­ers set on a hill­side offer­ing extraordin­ary views — are elev­ated on wooden decks each with an out­door spa bath. Luxuriously dec­or­ated to evoke Hemingway’s Africa of yes­teryear, this is an oasis of calm afford­ing quiet reflec­tion against the tran­quil back­drop of the African bush where gir­affe, zebra, wilde­beest and eland browse and graze at your door­step. All meals of the day can be enjoyed at our open-sided res­taur­ant which incor­por­ates a bar area and open-air boma, all over­look­ing the ele­phants’ much loved waterhole.

The Prize

Valued at R10 000, the prize includes:

  • Accommodation for 2 per­sons shar­ing for 2 con­sec­ut­ive nights
  • All meals
  • Elephant back rides
  • Elephant bed­time encounter
  • Continued
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Thursday, 3 February 2011

Win a 4-Night Farm Stay for 2–4 People (closed)

TWO lucky vis­it­ors will each win a 4 night stay for 2–4 people at The Green Tree Guest Cottages, loc­ated in the Addo/Nanaga region of the Eastern Cape, only 45 minutes drive from Port Elizabeth and the Airport.  The Green Tree Cottages are situ­ated on a beau­ti­ful dairy farm, cent­rally loc­ated to visit the Addo Elephant Park, numer­ous other Game Reserves sur­round­ing it (includ­ing Shamwari, Amakhala, Schotia Safaris and more) and the Sunshine Coast and its golden beaches. The Green Tree Cottages offers 4 star self-catering accom­mod­a­tion, in beau­ti­ful dec­or­ated cottages, where you can enjoy coun­try liv­ing, and qual­ity time with friends and fam­ily while explor­ing the Wild Life of the Eastern Cape.

Finalist in the AA and American Express Accommodation Awards — Farm Stay Category 2008/09/10.

The Prize

Each prize is val­ued at R5000 and includes:

  • Accommodation for 2–4 people shar­ing for 4 nights — dur­ing the month of July 2011 — in the Njala Cottage.
  • Self cater­ing basis.
  • Complementary bottle of wine and braai wood.
  • Continued
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Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Win 3 Luxurious Nights in Knysna at Kanonkop House (closed)

WIN 3 nights at the fab­ulous 5-star graded Kanonkop House and relax into  the most spec­tac­u­lar views on the Garden Route, from ‘the best rooms in Knysna’ (latest Frommer's South Africa Travel Guide).

Kanonkop House

Magnificently set over­look­ing private indi­gen­ous forest, the fam­ous Knysna Lagoon and Heads, a feel­ing of space and serenity per­vades Kanonkop House.  The won­der­ful indi­gen­ous gar­dens and abund­ant local flora and fauna includ­ing bush buck, mon­goose, and fab­ulous bird­life are a testi­mony to the eco-friendly man­ner in which the prop­erty is man­aged. Luxuriously-appointed suites fea­ture chic designer touches and indi­vidual style with private decks from which to enjoy the breath­tak­ing views over the ever-changing estu­ary all the way to the Indian Ocean. Relaxed lux­ury and the beau­ti­ful set­ting con­spire so that guests have no option but to take a deep breath, shake off their cares and sink into the view.

The Prize

Valued at over R10 000, the prize includes:

  • Accommodation for 2 people shar­ing for 3 con­sec­ut­ive nights
  • Breakfast daily
  • Local bever­ages
  • Continued
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Win a Subscription to Country Life Magazine (Closed)

Country Life Competition

Country Life Competition

The Winners of this com­pet­i­tion are Susan Owen and Michelle Mitrovic! Congratulations, enjoy your years worth of "Arm-chair Travelling".
Click here to enter the latest Country Life Mag Competition!
Win one of twenty four sub­scrip­tions (two per month) — Get Country Life Magazine delivered to your door every month for a year!

Every month for the next 12 months, Country Life and SA-Venues.com will be giv­ing away two annual sub­scrip­tions to this fab­ulous South African Travel Magazine. Country Life Magazine cap­tures the essence of life in the South African coun­tryside and offers read­ers an arm­chair escape to the quieter, sim­pler life that the plat­te­land offers. The Magazine offers a unique mix of travel, life­style, wild­life, her­it­age, green liv­ing, food and wine, and love of just being out where the air is fresh and the scenery is per­fect. The focus through­out the magazine is on where to go to enjoy time-out ... Continued

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Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Winner 3 Night Luxury “Land & River” African Safari in the Addo Elephant National Park

CONGRATULATIONS to Anita Kriel of South Africa who has won a 3 Night Luxury “Land and River” African Safari for two adults and two chil­dren, at Addo Afrique Giraffe Lodge over­look­ing the Addo Elephant National Park. The prize includes 3 con­sec­ut­ive nights 5-star accom­mod­a­tion for 2 adults and 2 chil­dren, with break­fast daily, a barbecue/braai on the first even­ing of arrival, Addo river safari with all alco­holic drinks whilst cruis­ing and din­ner, Schotia Safari 4 hour game drive fol­lowed by a deli­cious din­ner and a self drive safari in the Addo Elephant National Park.

Anita, your voucher is on its way. Please con­tact Addo Afrique Giraffe Lodge to redeem the voucher (valid until 15 July 2011). We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay! Continued

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Sunday, 19 December 2010

Win a 3 Night Luxury "Land & River" African Safari in the Addo Elephant National Park (closed)

Addo Afrique Lodge

Addo Afrique Lodge

Win a 3 Night Luxury "Land and River" African Safari for two adults and two chil­dren, at Addo Afrique Giraffe Lodge over­look­ing the Addo Elephant National Park — the only National Park in the world where the Big 7 (Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Southern Right Whale and Great White Shark) can be seen.

The Prize

Valued at over R13 000, the prize includes:

  • 3 con­sec­ut­ive nights 5-star accom­mod­a­tion for 2 adults and 2 chil­dren, with break­fast daily
  • A barbecue/braai on the first even­ing of arrival
  • Addo river safari with all alco­holic drinks whilst cruis­ing and dinner
  • Schotia Safari 4 hour game drive fol­lowed by a deli­cious dinner
  • Continued
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Friday, 17 December 2010

Winner 3 Night Retreat in the Winelands

CONGRATULATIONS to Bea Becker of South Africa who has won a 3-night retreat on a 220 hec­tare wine farm near Stellenbosch, in the Cape Winelands. The prize includes 3 nights accom­mod­a­tion, break­fast daily, after­noon tea and a bottle of Hawksmoor wine and a cheese & meat platter.

Bea, your voucher is on its way. Please con­tact Hawksmoor House to redeem the voucher (valid until 15 June 2011). We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay! Continued

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