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of activities such as exploring the Garden Route National Park, enjoying a
sunset paddle on the Knysna Lagoon or indulging in a Zipline Tour of the
Tsitsikamma. Within the nearby town, craft shops, flea-markets and cosy
cafés beckon.
Deneys Swart, Resorts Operations Manager for Premier Hotels & Resorts
says: “With resorts in eco-friendly, marine and mountain settings, we offer
a variety of luxury accommodation in exciting destinations for the leisure
and business travellers”.
For more information: Tel 086 111 5555; or go to their Website at www.
premierhotels.co.za.
Lighthouse Accommodation
For a truly unique winter-getaway experience, what could be more fun
than staying in one of the 45 lighthouses along South Africa’s 3,000km
long shoreline? Many of these you can simply visit for the day, with some
of them surrounded by or near nature reserves and other attractions. A
number of them also offer self-catering accommodation in what used to
be the lighthouse keepers’ cottages. All of them are located in some of the
most beautiful and dramatic settings.
Few experiences can be more rewarding than staying in a lighthouse
keeper’s cottage surrounded by dramatic coastal scenery overlooking the
ocean. The experience also offers a nostalgic peek into a proud history of
a bygone world that paradoxically somehow endures to this modern age.
At the same time it offers a sense of adventure, exposure to the great
outdoors, spectacular settings incorporating sea and land, recounting
real life and death dramas, and a close-up view of the workings of an
indispensable service.
Among the lighthouses one can actually stay in are those at Cape
Columbine near the West Coast town of Paternoster; Danger Point
lighthouse near Gansbaai south of Cape Town; Cape St Blaize lighthouse
in Mossel Bay on the Southern Cape coast; Great Fish Point lighthouse at
Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape; and the North Sand Bluff lighthouse at Port
Edward in KwaZulu-Natal.
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