April 14

Safari in Style | An Ellerman House & Singita Special

April 14, 2014

We have a long love affair with Ellerman House and Singita. Over the years we have watched both mould into the leading establishments they are today, raising the bar for luxury in the wilder parts of Africa. When it comes to planning adventures, we know an experience at either will have globetrotters so smitten with this continent they’ll be calling it their second home soon enough. So consider this limited edition special… combining both in one once in a lifetime trip.

Stay 3 nights at Ellerman House (in a deluxe room) and 3 nights at Singita (Lebombo or Sweni Lodge in the Kruger) and receive a complimentary 4th night at both properties. Valid until 15 December 2014 | Terms & Conditions Apply – ENQUIRE NOW


Ellerman House

From City…

What Singita does for the African bush, Ellerman House does for Cape Town – add a distinctive elegance to the destination, true to the class and grace of the Relais & Châteaux name.

On its own cliff in the seaside suburb of Bantry Bay sits Ellerman House. From the balustraded verandas, views stretch across the Atlantic to the horizon, only the odd whale or passing boat interrupting the big blue. Its charm is not only in its prime setting but its age. It is old money, and has the distinction that comes with that. We like to think of Ellerman as the silver fox of boutique hotels. It was, after all, built in 1912 as the home of a British shipping magnate, with grandiose rooms, high ceilings, wooden staircases, a charming library, rolling lawns…

Art at Ellerman
Fine art is the soul of Ellerman House, with an assortment of works spanning three decades on display

You can easily picture the old chap taking his croquet set out for a bash on those lawns; wife sipping tea from fine China, pinky up. Pretty young things in white dresses skipping down the corridors to Peter Sarstedt’s “Where Do You Go To My Lovely”. Today is much the same but with modern conveniences – a spa adjoining a villa once rented by a certain Kardashian, a gym, WIFI, a renowned art collection (one of the most extensive collections in South Africa) and a wine gallery that has made the pages of numerous media titles and holds over 7,500 unique South African wines.

For more info, watch our video of Ellerman House and read our blog, Vino & Villas.

The Wine Gallery at Ellerman House
Sommelier, Manuel Cabello, is available to arrange private tastings and recommend dinner pairings

Champagne with a view at Ellerman House


To Safari…

The combination of old world class and modern day luxury manifests in Singita’s lodges too.

Here, in one of the world’s few remaining unexplored territories, the romantic idea of a colonial-style African safari is recast in the modern tense, with luxury once reserved for more cosmopolitan settings. Eight of Singita’s properties (in three different African countries) currently have membership within the Relais & Châteaux portfolio. At its Sweni and Lebombo Lodges, in a private concession in the Kruger Park, luxury goes beyond just decor and cuisine; it’s the luxury of being able to sit back and be present in and close to nature, to behold the slow yawn of a hippo right from your clifftop suite

Watch our Singita video.

Singita Game Reserves
With a striking building in glass, steel and timber, Singita Lebombo is perched on the clifftop above the N’wanetsi river
Singita Lebombo Lodge
Singita Lebombo Lodge
In the shade of the Sweni River's tree-lined banks is the delightfully intimate Singita Sweni Lodge
In the shade of the Sweni River’s tree-lined banks is Singita Sweni Lodge.

The cuisine and wine served at the lodges are as grand as those you’ll find in Africa’s southernmost city, Cape Town. And at Singita, like Ellerman, guests can enjoy wine and food pairings by a professional sommelier, sip glasses from South Africa’s finest estates, and tuck into tiers of afternoon tea treats. At both you can have your feet tickled and back rubbed while overlooking Africa’s natural beauty – whether beach or bush.

The lodges in Singita Kruger National Park were built on the promise to “touch the earth lightly”
The lodges in Singita Kruger National Park were built on the promise to “touch the earth lightly”

Al Fresco Dining | Photo by Mark WilliamsSingita Kruger National Park

Experience Africa in style… with Ellerman House and Singita. Find out more here and to take advantage of this great specialcontact one of our travel experts.

Our experienced travel experts can also help tailor-make an African itinerary for you to best suit your interests, budget and availability.



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About the author 

Tamlin Wightman

Tamlin has been exploring, writing about and photographing Africa ever since her first job as a photojournalist for Getaway Magazine. She's lived on an island, eaten with lions, sailed catamarans in the Indian Ocean, tracked wild dogs with Kinglsey Holgate, and white water rafted down the Zambezi and has kept just about every airplane ticket that has crossed her hands.

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