The Safari Rooms in Mandela Bay Safari Club

The first Safari Room is finished in Mandela Bay Safari Camp and can welcome people, now...

The price of a Safari room is R700 per night.

Do not hesitate to book now, we still have availability during the Soccer World Cup 2010.

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Presentation of the Lathita Tailor Made Travel's team:

Maryke: "Hi there, my name is Maryke. I’ve been with Lathita Tailor Made Travel, from the beginning. I am not a full time employee of the company, but assist when ever I have a free minute… I am married to Johan, the owner of the Tour Operation. I spend my leisure time working as a tours consultant creating stunning Botswana & South Africa Safaris packages; I also assist with editorials and marketing. The best thing about my job is that every once in a while I get to visit the beautiful destinations & properties we market. I love what I do and always try to exceed my own expectations."

Phindiwe: My name is Phindiwe. I have been working for Lathita for over 2 years now. I think what I like most about working with safari camps I make some one else’s travel dreams a reality. I would give an arm and a leg to be able to go to half the places that I have sent people to. I think what I love the most are the wide open spaces, the fertile land, the lush green grass, these are all things that I would love to see some day, but for now I will settle for living them through some one else. Working at Lathita has certainly broadened my thinking in terms of what is out there and what is possible. I have discovered that impossible is word that has no place in the English language… Lathita is a place where the impossible is tailor made into the possible.

Melissa: My name is Melissa and I am a travel consultant at Lathita Tailor Made Travel. They say time flies when you are having fun. It feels like I am new, but actually I have been here almost a year now. I am mainly responsible for romantic honeymoon packages to exotic destinations, great South African holidays and luxury Safari’s. I love my work. I try to get intro my clients head to understand what it is that would make him/her happy and then create a package that is close to that dream. Southern Africa has so much beauty to share and each is special. It is a privilege to be able to work in an environment like this where you assist other people in making their dreams come true.

Sam: My name is Sam. I am 22 years old and I come from France. Currently, I am doing an internship for four months in Lathita Tailor Made Travel, in Port Elizabeth, to assist my colleagues to develop a new project about the World Cup. This experience enters in the program of my university of Avignon. My principal task consists in booking, selling and giving information to people who want to come to the African Safari Camps which were erected especially for the World Cup and to assure a marketing campaign to all existing “Safari Camp” customers and the activities they can do. It is a project very exciting and I love what I do in this office ‼

Jeffreys Bay

Jeffreys Bay is a town located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The town is situated about one hour’s drive southwest to Port Elizabeth. Jeffreys Bay is one of the five most famous surfing destinations in the world. It is a popular tourist destination because of its surfing opportunities. I saw a very beautiful beach with a wide variety of shops, fast food take away and restaurants but all above pretty houses with a remarkable architecture. Jeffreys Bay is a compulsory must see destination for tourists, I advise you to go, you will not regret it ‼‼

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The Garden Route

South Africa’s Garden Route stretches from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape to Cape Town in the Western Cape. It is necessary to know that The Garden Route is sandwiched between the mountains and the Indian Ocean. The Outeniqua and Tsisikamma indigenous forests are a unique mixture of Cape Fynbos and Temperate Forest and offer hiking trails and eco tourism activities. Its pristine beaches, mountains, forests, lakes, rivers are an absolute holiday destination. It will drive you all the way to wooded shores of Tsitsikamma National Park.

The Coast from Mossel Bay to Tsisikamma National Park is more and more appreciated by the tourists. Named the Garden Route, this area is an authentic garden that is wild and pretty. I can discover the coast with forests and turquoise lagoons, beautiful meadows and with big mountains on the background. It is an incredible natural landscape, like we dream to see ‼‼ From Port Elizabeth, we crossed different cities like Plettenberg Bay, Knysna and Oudtshoom.

I saw that the Garden Route Safari Camp was ideally located between Port Elizabeth and Knysna in the heart of the Garden Route region. The adventure camp offers serenity or adventure depending on their mood, in a wonderful setting. This camp is close to great hiking trails, Tsitsikamma National Park, Nature's Valley and many great attractions. The camp is situated between the ocean and indigenous forest, giving you the best of both worlds. It is only a 2 hour drive along the N2 to the Nelson Mandela stadium and few minutes to a wonderful view on the Indian Ocean.

Along the coast, we stopped at the Tsitsikamma National Parkwhich is known for his podocarpe’s forests, one of the biggest trees of the World. It is also an old reserve which protects a rich ecosystem of lakes, dunes, beaches and coral reefs.

Then, we crossed Knysna town which is the most sea-side resort of the Garden Route. The Knysna Lagoon, linked to the ocean by a narrow channel, is surrounded by second homes and at some kilometers there, we can have a spectacular view on all the bay.

Finally, we arrived in the Little Karoo which is located 60 km to the north of George by the N10 road and the pass of Outeniqua. Oudtshoorn is the principal city of Little Karoo. The landscapes are totally different where the region is more dry and inhabited. This region is slightly away from the Garden Route which is more renowned. It is an ostrich breeding region where I can see numerous farms which are become tourist activities for a lot of people like an ostrich ride that I can taste. It was a funny experience but very difficult.

To conclude, this first experience on the Garden Route was fantastic and if you come here in South Africa, you have to visit it because it is unique and I advise you to do that and to choose The Garden Route Safari Camp for a real adventure trip.

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Klein Karoo National Arts Festival

This past week-end, we attended the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival which is an annual Afrikaans language national arts festival. It was the perfect weekend in Oudtshoorn for this annual event. It is a place for various performances such as cabaret, open-air concerts, plays and many more are on show. Professional and amateur artists perform their latest productions to overseas and South African audiences. So, it was very easy to spend our two entire days there. This festival welcomes each year a lot of families including kids of all ages. Oudtshoorn is the principal city of Little Karoo. This region is slightly away from the Garden Route. It has a wealth of beauty and renowned also for its wine. That is the reason people, like us, drank a lot of wine during this festival.

Once we got in, we were handed a program that was really informative and laid out all the events, times and locations in an easy-to-find format. We arrived on Saturday evening, just for the aperitif hour, that we took in a pretty bar where there were a lot of happy people who drank, danced and sang listening to different artists on the stage. I discovered the Afrikaans culture, the Afrikaans music and the different traditions. We walked all around the festival, did shopping, and met good persons… It was a great experience ‼‼‼