Introduction
| Start | Accommodation | Destination | Basis | Room Type | Duration |
| Day 1 | Arabella Hotel & Spa | Whale Coast | D, B&B | 1x Deluxe Rooms | 2 Nights |
Key
D, B&B: Dinner, Bed, and Breakfast
Day 1: Arabella Hotel & Spa, Whale Coast
Whale Coast
Encompassing the towns of Kleinmond, Hermanus, Stanford and Gansbaai, the Whale Coast is an area of incredible natural beauty and diversity. This rugged stretch of South African coastline snakes along the Atlantic Ocean, with magnificent fynbos-blanketed mountains rising-up from the interior. The spectacular scenery is made up of charming seaside villages, farms, rivers, coves, and valleys, and during the right season, the region’s namesake – whales – can be seen cruising and wallowing in the coastal waters. Visitors can enjoy visiting the little villages dotting the area, bird watching, whale watching, wine tasting, paragliding, fat bike rides, river rafting, game viewing, mountain biking, and golfing. Do not miss a visit to the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary in Gansbaai.
Overnight: Arabella Hotel & Spa
Nestled deep in the heart of the Kogelberg Biosphere, a breath-taking 1 hour 15 minutes’ drive from Cape Town, is the unique African Pride Arabella Hotel & Spa, Autograph Collection. The hotel offers the ultimate in 5-star luxury with highly trained STAFF to ensure your special event is perfectly executed.
The 145 spacious guestrooms are decorated in welcoming, warm earthy tones that mirror the beauty of the surrounding area and are dressed in rich rosewood furniture, luxurious cottons and plush duvets and pillows.
Practice your swing at the renowned fabled 18-hole, par-72 championship Arabella Golf Course which has once again been ranked in the Top 10 in South Africa.
Rediscover your sense of self at the award-winning Arabella Spa where guests can indulge in the heated indoor hydro-pool and outdoor lap pool, sauna, steam room and the crystalline
waters of the swimming pool.
The Conference & Convention Centre has 10 multi-functional conference venues, equally appropriate for any type of occasion, presentation, or conference.
Beyond the walls of this retreat, guests are spoilt for choice with come and experience the beauty of the unspoilt surroundings while whale watching, shark cage diving, or wine tasting in the Hemel-en-Aarde Wine Valley.
Deluxe Rooms
1 King or 2 Twin/Single Bed(s), Garden view, Balcony
Basis
Dinner, Bed, and Breakfast
Day 2: Arabella Hotel & Spa, Whale Coast
Activities
| Arabella Golf Club |
Arabella Golf Club
Experience one of the Cape’s top ranked golf courses and try tame the Arabella Turn. Surrounded by the magnificent Kogelberg mountain range and Bot River Lagoon, and edged by wild fynbos, the picturesque Arabella Golf Course is the ideal place to pursue a passion for golf and enjoy an ideal golf holiday.
Arabella Golf Club boasts an award-winning 18-hole Championship Golf Course, ranked number one in the Western Cape. Club facilities at the Arabella Golf club include a fully stocked pro shop, a warm up range, putting green, chipping green, halfway house, golf club bar, locker room and showers, golf carts with GPS, golf clubs for hire, and golf clinics and coaching.
Basis
Dinner, Bed, and Breakfast
Day 3: End of Itinerary
Day Itinerary
Springfontein Wines
Unique alkaline limestone soils derived from ancient seabed, organic-farming, and ocean
proximity set Springfontein apart. Leading the innovative winemaking is one of South
Africa’s most accomplished winemakers, Tariro Masayeti. His talented wife Hildegard
Witbooi heads up the viticulture. Together they are producing some of South Africa’s most
delicious wines with a distinct sense of place. Experience Chenin Blanc and Pinotage in the
fynbos-filled vineyards, and then in the glass.
Vineyard tour of organic vines
Taste 6 premium wines
Tasting platter of bread, cheese, olives and preserves
Drive through the quaint heritage village of Stanford
Activities
| Springfontein wine taste |
Springfontein
This small Free State farming town, founded in 1904, is peppered with an array of historical landmarks that run the gamut from poignant to intriguing. Buildings of interest include the lovely old church with its stained windows and ‘De Bome’ a house where Emily Hobhouse – an Englishwoman who exposed the appalling conditions at Boer War concentration camps – resided during her stays in Springfontein, while a series of military blockhouses and the Concentration Camp Cemetery stand as reminders of the war and those who died as a result of it. Also, of interest are the area’s San engraving sites, thought to be around 1000 years old, while bird watchers will be mesmerised by the high diversity of avian species in and around the town. Springfontein also has significance as a railway hub, with lines from Gauteng and the Eastern Cape intersecting here and providing onward connections.
Transport
Transfers
| Pick Up | Drop Off | Time | Vehicle |
| Cape Town International Airport [CPT] | African Pride Arabella Hotel & Spa Autograph Collection | Transfer | |
| African Pride Arabella Hotel & Spa Autograph Collection | Cape Town International Airport [CPT] | Transfer |