10/4/2011 2012 AGM South Africa 1 Overview • Monday 8th – Friday 12th October 2012 Departing Saturday 13th • Venue: Kwa Maritane Resort, Pilanesberg Game Reserve approx. 2 hours from Johannesburg • Relaxation, adventure, enjoyment guaranteed! 2 1 10/4/2011 Kwa Maritane3 About Kwa Maritane • Kwa Maritane offers luxury and great value, and is set in pristine African bush. • Located in the unique Pilanesberg Game Reserve, offerring the big 5 and other unique biodiversity. • Just 2 hours from Johannesburg and Malaria free • 10- minute shuttle from Sun City, a world class resort offering a wide range of entertainment from shows and casinos to paragliding and golf. • Close to Lanseria airport, offering convenient, quality air travel with low cost airlines to other parts of South Africa • The Pilanesberg is situated where the dryness of the Kalahari desert ends and the precipitous tropical Lowveld begins, creating a unique cross-over habitat. As such, you will get to see both species that are found in the wetter north and the drier south: a wider range of plant and animal life than in most other reserves. 4 2 10/4/2011 Program overview see CII website for detailed agenda Free game drive daily AM PM Monday • Shuttle ex. Johannesburg • Welcome sundowners • Settle in & relax • Dinner at lodge Tuesday • Board meeting • Darts, Billiards, Bush Putt • Free morning Putt • Dinner at lodge, networking Wednesday • Day trip to Sun City: Golf, • Sundowner boat cruise & Clay Pigeon Shooting, drinks shopping … • Dinner at lodge Thursday • Opening Ceremony • AGM • Partners to Cradle of Mankind • Dinner at lodge Friday • Conference/ Speakers • Partners to Elephant touch and feed experience • Gala Dinner in the bush Saturday • Check-out & shuttle to Johannesburg • Add-ons to Cape Town, The Drakensberg, The Garden Route, Durban… 5 A typical day in the bush – Into the bush 05h30 – 08h30m, return from game viewing for a hearty breakfast – Conference activities, day trips, read a book at the pool, bird watching, navel contemplation! – 16h30 game viewing and sundowners – 19h30pm dinner: in the bush, in the boma, chat around the bar, at the fire, listen to the night sounds. 6 3 10/4/2011 Kwa Maritane 7 We’ll be spending time here, overlooking the pool good to know • One free (3 hour) game drive per day is included in your room rate. Additional game drives cost ZAR 300 pp. (approx. US$ 30) • Children must be 5 and older to go on game drives • You can book game drives a day in advance. • Guests are taken out by a game ranger and a tracker, on foot (if you like, and if the grass is not too high) or in open Off Road Vehicles. • Game drives are either early in the morning, with bush coffee, returning later for a hearty breakfast, or, • late afternoon with sundowners, returning later for dinner. • There is a lot to do in the area, you decide your own action: relaxation ratio! • Ideas include a famous astronomy observatory, a predator park, world heritage archaeological sites, de Wildt Cheetah farm ( a wild animal rehabilitation centre) • Transfer from the lodge after the conference is for your own cost, however, we will coordinate it to suit your flights and ensure the 8 best rates 4 10/4/2011 Accommodation There is a choice of single, double and family rooms. 2 children under 18 sharing a double room with their parents stay free. A family room sleeps for max. 2 adults & 3 children. It consists of 2 rooms with an inter-leading door. It is charged as one double room plus one single room. The room rate includes: • Welcome drink on arrival • Full Breakfast Buffet, daily • Full Buffet Dinner, daily • One game drive per day See the CII site for prices 9 The Pool at the Bar 10 5 10/4/2011 Library 11 footnote to partner package • Exact details of the Cradle tour still need to be worked out, requests welcome! • Options include a spa treatment in the bush – a community development program, a visit to a cultural village, visits to world heritage archaeological sites at Maropeng and Drimolen, visits to the crocodile farm, the Cheetah conservation programme at de Wildt, they also rehabilitate other endangered species there such as Wild Dog. • The elephant experience can be upgraded to an Elephant back safari (extra cost) 12 6 10/4/2011 Sun City’s Gary Player Golf Course Ten minutes by shuttle from Kwa Maritane 13 taking the family? • Kwa Maritane offers a Junior Ranger Programme: Activities have been created for children from the ages of 6 years old to that of 12 years old and aim to encourage an appreciation for nature, conservation and natural resources. Children learn about the history of the Pilanesberg National Park, participate in wildlife walks to find out more about wild animals, bird and plant life . Guides teach what to look and listen for as well as the properties of the plants found around the lodge. • Kids under 18 sharing a double room with parents stay free or share an interleading room for the price of a single room. • Visit the Kwa Maritane site for the full range of children’s activities 14 7 10/4/2011 15 The package includes: Delegate Partner • Transfer Johannesburg International • Transfer Johannesburg International Airport to Lodge Airport to Lodge • 5 nights accommodation • 5 nights accommodation • 5 breakfasts • 5 breakfasts • 2 lunches • Elephant touch & feed experience • 2 afternoon teas with light lunch • 4 buffet dinners • 4 buffet dinners • Gala dinner • Gala dinner • 5 game drives • 5 game drives • 3 African music shows • 3 African music shows • A wildlife talk • A wildlife talk • Games afternoon • Games afternoon • Day trip to Sun City • Day trip to Sun City • Sundowner boat cruise • Sundowner boat cruise • 2 conference days • Tour: Cradle of Mankind 16 8 10/4/2011 Visit: • http://www.kwamaritane.co.za/ • www.suncity.co.za • www.pilanesberg.co.za • http://www.southafrica.net/sat/conte nt/en/nl/home 17 Extend your stay… • The Gautrein takes you from Johannesburg International Airport to Sandton City (10 minute journey). • Here you can enjoy wonderful hotels, shopping and take in the cosmopolitan African vibe in the Nelson Mandela square. • A night in a hotel in Sandton is a treat. Nelson Mandela Square is an ideal place to unwind and pass a few hours before joining our shuttle to Kwa Maritane, or catching your flight home. • Preferential rates have been arranged with Jelani Tours & Transfers for personalised tours in and around Johannesburg, and to other parts of South Africa. See www.jelani.co.za • Consider extending your stay with visits to Cape Town, the Garden route, the Drakensberg and Durban. 18 9 10/4/2011 see you there… 19 10 .