News and Updates
Thanda Private Game Reserve, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has taken top honours at the 15th annual World Travel Awards. At the glittering ceremony held in Durban last night, Thanda won esteemed awards for ‘South Africa’s Leading Safari Lodge’, and ‘Africa’s Leading Luxury Lodge’ for the 3rd consecutive year. The World Travel Awards was established in 1994 […] Read More
Today is the fifth anniversary of Travel Butlers’ first client booking We have come a long way since that warm and sunny spring day in Cape Town – our first client booked a few nights at Tsitsikamma Lodge on the Garden Route, and since then we have helped many thousands of people plan their safaris, honeymoons, […] Read More
Camp Jabulani in Hoedspruit has won the ‘Leading Eco-Retreat’ category at the Amarula Best Retreats in Africa Awards 2008, the prestigious travel awards that celebrate and reward the rich diversity of retreats throughout Africa and assist in promoting the continent as a prime destination for first class world travel. The category recognises the retreat that […] Read More
We are delighted to now be able to include more information on the increasingly popular Welgevonden Reserve which is located just three hours north of Durban in the Malaria Free Waterberg area of South Africa. Tracey & Paul have recently returned from this region and were very impressed by the beautiful reserve, excellent game viewing, […] Read More
The Mabula Private Game Reserve, in the Waterberg Mountains, has introduced 5 roan antelope to the reserve. Roan antelope are sensitive to habitat changes, and as such have specific and critical habitat requirements. Glenys Du Pont, resident manager of Mabula Game Lodge, says that the antelope have adapted well to the veld conditions and that […] Read More
At the recent Good Safari Guide Awards ceremony, which took place in Durban on May 8th 2008, the prestigious Singita Boulders Lodge walked away with the Best Safari Property in Africa award, and Notten’s Bush Camp won the Runner Up Best Safari Property in Africa award. The Good Safari Guide is an independent directory of […] Read More
Thanda Private Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal has won two prestigious awards at this year’s World Travel Awards: South Africa’s leading safari lodge, and Africa’s leading luxury lodge which it won for the 2nd consecutive year. The news comes just 6 months after Thanda was voted ‘luxury individual hotel, lodge or resort offering best overall product and […] Read More
THE Mount Nelson Hotel has officially opened its new spa, the Librisa Spa. The development has been housed in 6 Victorian buildings on the edge of the hotel’s property. The spa has 8 treatment rooms, 4 of which have been equipped for couples. The spa also has a manicure and pedicure room, garden conservatory relaxation area, sauna […] Read More
The luxurious 5* Cape Grace, situated in the heart of Cape Town’s bustling Waterfront area, has won several awards recently. Firstly, the January 2008 issue of the US Travel + Leisure magazine announced the world’s top 500 hotels as rated by their readers and global team of reporters. The hotel achieved recognition as the 20th best hotel in […] Read More
Travel Butlers are delighted to announce a photo competition that we are running in association with SA Wines Online where you could win one of 3 cases of South African wine. Each year we are sent hundreds of photos by people whose holidays we have helped to organise, and rather than leave them to collect metaphorical dust […] Read More
