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The independently owned Windsor Hotel and Self Catering Apartments offers affordable accommodation in a prime whale-watching location near the vibrant Old Harbour of Hermanus. Just 120km from Cape Town, Hermanus has grown from a small fishing village to become a popular holiday resort, bursting with cultural and adventure activities.

The historical core of the oldest and largest hotel in Hermanus has not been altered in its 120 years of existence and this grand old lady by the sea still provides the ideal place of rejuvenation within a few meters of the crashing waves of Walker Bay – and the finest views of the Southern Right whales which come, year after year, to feed and breed and frolic in the bay.

While this independently owned establishment has modernized in tune with the times, its old-fashioned charm and original features hark back to a more genteel and leisurely era. The Windsor profess itself on generation of families who return time and again to breathe in Hermanus’s famous champagne air in a comfy and warm home-from-home environment.

The hotel was built in 1896 by Benjamin Rainsford, commissioned by Dr Joshua Hoffman, to serve as a sanatorium for those requiring health-restoring vacations in its enviable position above Walker Bay.

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The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, long since having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous 600 m deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth.

Set under the Acacia forest on the north eastern side of the Ngorongoro Crater’s rim, just inside the park boundaries is Ang'ata Ngorongoro Camp. A small, seasonal camp with eight guest tents including a two tent family unit, a lounge and a dining tent. Each guest tent has an en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity desk and flush toilets.

Up to 25,000 animals call the crater their home. Ngorongoro is home to a large assortment of animals including zebra, buffalo, warthog, wildebeest, hippo and elephants; and an amazing population of predators - lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. The only animal you won’t find is giraffe, which is present in the Conservation Area, but not in the crater because of the steep descent.

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Riad Nashira brings a new dimension to hospitality in Marrakech, a concept that goes beyond other experiences.

A short walk to the major attractions of the city, among which Medersa Ben Youssef, the Marrakech Museum, the Souk and the famous Jemaa el-Fnaa Square: Riad Nashira is part of the open-air museum of the Medina, where with every glance you can enjoy intricate alleyways, monumental fountains, the city’s mosques and traditions, in close contact with the rhythms and customs of its inhabitants.

Riad Nashira has 16 rooms, a sun terrace, indoor and outdoor pools and a fine restaurant. In the Spa you can enjoy traditional hammams, massages and a Jacuzzi. The culinary offering, from early morning breakfasts to the elegant evening dinners, perhaps under a starry sky, is wide and varied and offers fresh, wholesome foods prepared onsite by the chef.

Riad Nashira wants to make you feel at home: its staff is at your full disposal and all of the Spa services have been organized so that you can make the most of your stay in Marrakech.

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