Whale Season

It's that time of year again when you will find the Southern Right & Humpback whales frolicking about shores of the western cape . Season is July to November and you can expect better sightings from mid September through to early November. You would offen see whales whilst on a Cape Point & Peninsula tour, but the best experience is to arrange a day trip to Hermanus. This is the western capes best sight for land based whale watching. The town of Hermanus also hosts our annual whale festival which usually takes place during the last week of September. The dates for 2007 are from Friday September 21st through to Saturday September 29th
Visit www.whalefestival.co.za for further info.
To arrange a day trip to Hermanus visit http://www.ashanti.co.za/travelcentre/dynamic.php?whale_watching_(sept-nov)_page.html

Drugs for Malaria

There are a lot of countries and areas in Southern Africa where Malaria is prevalent but this disease is easily preventable if you take the correct drugs. However, this is a warning to anyone taking medicine to carefully check the side effects.

http://www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk/advice/diseases/malaria.htm

We recently had a guest at Ashanti Lodge who was prescribed Mefloquine by a pharmacy in Wynberg. The pharmacist never ask her if she has any medical conditions. On this travel site, it clearly states "Avoid in epilepsy, if there is a close family history of epilepsy (e.g. parents or siblings) or if there is a history of psychiatric illness".

And what did she suffer from? Mild epilepsy. She experienced strange dreams, hallucinations and actually had to leave her tour from Kruger Park to Vic Falls to come back to Ashanti.

It could have been a lot worse, so please check!

Enigma of Can Openers

Why is that many Ashanti guests think it's OK to nick the can openers from the communal self-catering kitchen? I cannot tell you how many we have had to buy over the years as replacements. If you are going travelling or camping - BUY ONE! It's not that big a deal but just an irritation for the next one who wants to use it!
We even went to the lengths of installing an industrial table-mounted can opener, but that didn't work either.
So the moral of the story is that we cannot guarantee that there will be a can opener in the kitchen when you arrive!

Springboks vs Namibia at Newlands

The Springboks played Namibia at Newlands on Wednesday night. As much as we all knew it was almost a training situation for the Bokke it was still a great oppprtunity for everyone to see the South African team in action.
And they didn't disapoint! We all hoped for a score of over 100 and it was achieved in the dying minutes and everyone that went to the game was well entertained.
A lot of guests from Ashanti were there and they all said that the world-renowned atmosphere at Newlands is definitely worth experiencing.
Come and check it out for your self some time!

Ashanti Lodge and Travel Centre

Welcome to Ashanti's blog!!

Ashanti Lodge and Travel Centre is based in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa and has been host to literally thousands of travellers over the past 13 years. We have helped people enjoy the best of what Southern Africa has to offer by organising their travel plans.

Here we will try to keep you updated on the goings on of Ashanti, Cape Town, South Africa and all our guests.

Have a look at www.ashanti.co.za for more info.

Thanks
Lisa