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New to Explorers Club – Step back in time at Daniels Kraal Farm on Route 62
Hidden away in a valley in the Klein Karoo lies a luxurious homestead overlooking rolling green lawns, a large swimming pool and surrounded by mountains. Wind your way out of the little town of Calitzdorp for 9km past vineyards, orchards and ostriches and discover the Daniels Kraal Farm, encased by rambling vineyards, olive trees and…
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Explorers Club brings you…A Walk in the Wild 2017
Explorers Club launches its first mini-Expedition..
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New Romantic Getaway on La Cotte Farm, in Franschhoek
In mid November we are launching a tiny cottage, sleeping two, with a special view. Lots of availability for season so get booking!!! Some more info on the link below.. Rates from R2,350.00 per night. CLICK HERE to make a booking
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Marks on the Franschhoek Pass – this is why…
We noticed a lot of tyre action over the pass road this weekend. [vimeo 186454307 w=640 h=360] <p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/186454307″>Mad Mike Drifts BADBUL Around the Franschhoek Pass – Conquer The Cape</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/user8998314″>fazalwahab</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
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Local break at the hottest new hotel in Franschhoek
Having seen close to fifteen years of innovation in our valley it is surprising we see the bar still being lifted each year. A few years ago, during the World Cup hosted in South Africa, a new visitor fell in love with Franschhoek. Since then he has been busy, quietly amassing a hospitality portfolio that…
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Marathon des Sables Stage 4 update: Ash in camp
Message from Ash via Nick: ‘Well here I am on the afternoon after the long day. To say it was emotional is an understatement! It took me 26 hours to cover 82KM. I hit a serious wall at CP5 and slept at the CP for 2hours then I got up at 2.30 and set off…
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Marathon des Sable: Ash completes Stage 4!!
No words. Just fantastic!!! The big one leg is over, the double-length, through the Saharan night. She has just crossed the line. Awesome Ash. Well done!
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Marathon des Sables Stage 4: Update from Nick
No words from Ash herself today, this being the long stage. However the great news is she has just reached checkpoint 4 of 7. The distance she has travelled today in 12 hours is a little more than she has been doing in 9 or so hours so up to now, so she is taking…
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Stage 3: Marathon des Sables – update from Ash
Ash’s news from today: ‘I have made it through another day beautiful and hard today in equal measure. Massive dunes in the first section and then a very high jebel that we had to scramble up then flat very hot salt pans. For quite a way. Then more dunes and an amazing ancient castle on…
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Stage 2 Marathon des Sables 2016: Comms from Ash
Now that she is in the thick of the race, only now do you realise what an immense effort this is. Here are her postings from her departure from the UK, via my brother Nick: 8 April: Ash left Mells yesterday afternoon and spent the evening with her tent buddies, a chicken burger and a…
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My Sister-in-Law, Ash Sinfield, takes on the toughest foot race on earth, second stage today…
Ash has just completed the 2nd stage of the Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands) today. She has been training for two years. It is a six-day, 251 km (156 mi) ultramarathon, which is the equivalent of six regular marathons. The longest single stage (2009) is 91 km (57 mi) long. This multiday race is held every year in…
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Fantastic Launch Offer at La Cotte House, Franschhoek, for Easter, Sleeps 12
Easter is available at La Cotte…. in 22 out 31 March (dates 12-19 March are also available) There won’t be any arguments about who should get the room with the view at La Cotte. Wherever you choose to lay your suitcase, you’ll enjoy its 360-degree views of Franschhoek’s vineyard-studded valley and mountains. But it’s not…
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Wild Swimming: the rage in Europe can take on proper meaning when you dip into the waters of the Okavango at Explorers Camp
You see books being published on the best wild swimming holes in rivers, lochs, estuaries and lakes in Europe. But nothing quite beats lolling in the clear cool waters of the Selinda spillway, fed by the Okavango, after a long walk through the bush. There may be more lurking under the water than a few…
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The Selinda Reserve: Two weeks in a rich wildlife territory, on the fringes of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World
The Dogcatcher was sitting idle, in Kasane on the northern Botswana border with Zimbabwe and Zambia, and it needed to return to roost in Franschhoek, some 2,400 kilometres across the central Kalahari. A very generous extended pink ticket was granted to me, so I asked my nine-fingered friend, Dorian Hoy, who runs Great Plains Conservation in…
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Family time at Explorers Club in Franschhoek
Some guests unwind pretty quickly…a lovely weekend in the winelands. (thanks for the submissions de Lange family)
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The Trigger – Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World To War. Tim Butcher talks at The Library, Franschhoek, on 11th September
Please find details on how to book tickets on the link below: Tim Butcher talk Sept 11, 2014
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'Going South with Scott': Rob Caskie talks at The Library, in Franschhoek, on 12 August
For details on obtaining tickets please click on the link below: Rob Caskie talk Aug 12, 2014
