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31/01/2024

Good news ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

13/01/2024

Yup

08/01/2024

Some Monday thoughts

08/12/2023

🌟 WOW Moments 🌟
We're thrilled to share the fantastic review from our recent client who joined us on their tour! Putting the WOW into your holiday is what we're all about. Thank you for choosing us!

10/11/2023

Just love this Ad !
“Come on people, expand your horizons” !!

07/11/2023

Interesting

Thousands of endemic plant species flourish in one of the planet’s hottest biodiversity hotspots.

13/08/2023

27/03/2023

Well done Cape Town

Cape Town has taken top spot as being the best value for money for Britons choosing a holiday destination this year.

07/03/2023

South Africa - You Beaut !

07/03/2023

Rainbows at sunset. #2023

06/03/2023

Well done Jan and Team !

MICHELIN CONFIRMS RESTAURANT JAN'S STAR FOR 2023 ⭐️

Since we first gave South African cuisine a world stage when we received our first star, the annual Michelin awards win France have been a big deal for us. From the comfort of an elegant dining chair, guests of Restaurant JAN have been able to experience something of our amazing South African spirit and hospitality through dishes ranging from bobotie, melkkos, vetkoek, pap and Sheba sauce to biltong, buchu, rooibos, atchar, tsamma melon and game meat.

Today, attending the awards in Strasbourg and having JAN’s star renewed for the eighth year in a row, it dawned on me what a privilege it is to be a part of such a small and carefully selected group of culinary magicians. It truly is an honour to be recognised amongst such talent.

Congratulations to the four new two-star establishments in France, who truly deserve this award. You keep us motivated and make the younger generation of hospitality artists love what they do.

Well done to my team at , , ajraibi - and all our South African teams - for sharing what I believe is the true art of hospitality. It’s very simple. Today, I have a big bright smile on my face. Thank you for your continued support JH X

26/02/2023

AFRICA
When you have acquired a taste for the dust, and the scent of our first rain, You're hooked for life on Africa, and you'll not be right again.
Until you can watch the setting moon and hear the jackals bark, And know they are around you waiting in the dark.

When you long to see the elephants or hear the coucal's song,
When the moonrise sets your blood on fire, then you've been away too long.
It is time to cut the traces loose, and let your heart go free, Beyond that far horizon where your spirit yearns to be.
Africa is waiting - come!

Since you have touched the open sky And learned to love the rustling grass and the wild fish eagle's cry.
You'll always hunger for the bush, for the lion's rasping roar,
To camp at last beneath the stars and to be at peace once more.
Author unknown

10/02/2023

Update on Temporary Closure of Camps and Roads in Kruger National Park due to Heavy Rain: https://bit.ly/3lsgnch

07/02/2023

03/02/2023

🚂ALL ABOARD!
Get lost in the nostalgia of traditional steam train rides and be sure to catch the next train to Elgin Market!

Book NOW: https://bit.ly/TrainRideCPT

20/01/2023

I wrote this blog 5 years ago upon my return from the Netherlands. It still applies.

“My trip to the Netherlands made me realize once again that we are blessed as South Africans. In the Netherlands, everything works like clockwork, to the second, on time, buses, trains, planes, everything is tidy, clean. Modern and trendy development mixing with magnificent old buildings, facades, streets. Somewhere a beautiful pot with winter flowers brightening up a dull corner, a tiny garden promising a colourful spring extravaganza. The old city centres are charming and beautiful, the country side, romantic with the windmills even with it's icy white beauty. And yet, there is a sadness in the air. People are focused, dressed in dark shades of grey and black, no smiles, it is like an ants nest with everybody on their way to work, and with determination of the task ahead, quickly walking from the shelter and warmth of home to a train, to their work place to be warm. Dark when you leave home, dark when you get home. One can understand that to focus on what has to be done makes life easier. Dutch politics, like everywhere else in the world, also a bit of a shambles at the moment with elections imminent. But, The promise of a European summer will change everything and at least there will be a smile and a happy "goede morgen" here and there. The landscape will again be happy and green, colourful flowers, and leisurely long days to enjoy on the beach or elsewhere in Europe. Understandably summer is something to look forward to. I guess what I am trying to say is this.
We as South africans often complain about our politics and the circus it is. We complain, things are expensive, Some of us also walk around being unhappy.
Let me tell you, we can want for nothing. We have everything to make our lives spectacular. We eat well, we live well, we have nature, sunshine, fresh air, awe inspiring landscapes, mountains, waterfalls, we have light.
I love my "home country" so many call Holland. I love my family and friends there, the food, the culture, the beauty and my roots there, but I am also lucky to be able to call South Africa home, and to come home, to be proudly South African, and to LIVE today in this magnificent country. We have a lot to strive for, a lot to learn, but It is very good here.
I once again remembered. We are a blessed people, let us smile at a beautiful day. “Let us be happy. We can be.”
I cannot wait to share this beautiful country with all of you !

05/01/2023

A VERY windy day with all sorts of happenings, foolishness and mayhem in the Port of Cape Town, with ships stuck out at sea, missed flights, and emergency hotel bookings. Today I got a lot of respect for behind the scenes management, but that is a whole “novel”on its own.

This afternoon I picked up a Dutch family at the airport in transit back to Amsterdam later tonight.
So for a last supper, as it were, we are at the Steenberg Wine Estate and Tryn Restaurant this evening, and then on to the airport for their last leg home.
Gezellig…..

04/01/2023

Yesterday this happened….
After a crazy Christmas and New years week, with absolute madness on our mountain, queues of 3 to 4 hours, access road closures and turn arounds.
What a pleasure to arrive, drop our guests off in the que, and to actually stand on top of Table mountain within 30 minutes. Initially a misty start but it turned into a splendiferous day.

02/01/2023

Good heavens !! It was a stinker today ! 38° in Franschhoek is not to be laughed at.
Be that as it may, a fantastic day with 21 Guests off the Norwegian Jade cruise liner. We started off in Franschhoek and did a history and shopping walk through town and let me tell you those ladies are not scared to swipe a card. Vini, Vidi, Visa as it were.
Wine tasting at beautiful Boschendal and thereafter a magnificent picnic lunch, with more wine…live music, and lots of laughs under the trees at “Die Werf”, Boschendal.
We then transfered via Stellenbosch to Blaaukkippen wine estate for another full-on wine tasting.
Needless to say I had a few raucous, disorderly, and rumbustious Americans checking in at the the airport. 🤣🤣
They can sleep it off on their way to Atlanta tonight. I think they ended their New year with a bang under a beautiful, hot, blue African sky, and awesome memories to boot.

22/12/2022

Its Cruising season ! Goosebumps to three Cruisers docked in Cape Town. Good to see colleagues again. Very thankful to be on the road again. ❤️

08/11/2022

When guests send you a thank you note and a pic. It makes it all worth while. It was an absolute pleasure having you ladies on tour with me. ❤️😘

07/11/2022

Amazing

26/10/2022

A bucket list item for when you are in Cape Town. ❤️👏🏻

Get freshly harvested produce and artisanal treats at the OZCF, every Saturday and Sunday in the Granger Bay section of the Waterfront.