February, 2010

February is the shortest month of the year but we didn’t expect it to fly by as quickly as it did! The weather here at Sefapane Lodge has been a glorious mixture of beautiful clear and sunny days along with showers to keep the temperature down, a perfect month for visiting the lodge on safari.

Photo Competition

The photo competition is well under way and will be running until the end of October. The prize for the best Wildlife Photograph will be judged and the winner will receive 2 nights stay at Sefapane Lodge, along with a full day safari and spa treatment for 2 people!! This must be redeemed within in 1 year of the closing date of the 31^st October 2010. So everybody get snapping and send in those beautiful photos that you took while you were staying with us! For more details about the competition visit the website.

Spa

When purchasing a gift voucher of R500 or more for the Misava Spa you will receive 10% off. Also there are new treatments that have been launched at the Spa such as Pure being body balance, body wraps and body exfoliations.

New Employees

This Month we have had a few new employees start at the lodge, as those of you who follow the Sefapane Blog will know.

Alberto is has joined us as the Restaurant Manager to help Cheryl and Johan run a well oiled department. He is originally from Italy, although he hasn’t lived or worked there for over 20 years. The catering business has taken him all over the world to countries such as China, British Guyana, Thailand, Tanzania, America, England and South Africa!! With all this experience and worldly knowledge we are very privileged to have Alberto working here and we are looking forward to a great relationship with him for a long time to come!

We currently have 4 trainees working with us doing a variety of different things at the Lodge.

Shona is helping us with Reservations, especially the international reservations. During her 8 months with us she will also be conducting a project on marketing and how best Sefapane can excel in the local area.

Danielle is going to stay with us for 6 months and she is going to be part of the Junior Safari Club. She has experience in kiddies entertainment in various countries and will help us to improve our Junior Safari Club as well as that she will also assist in the office as a Dutch speaking receptionist.

Laura and Lisanne are also staying for 6 months. Trainees will be trained in all areas that the lodge has to offer, Front Office, Food and Beverage, Housekeeping and Guest Services to make sure that they get an all round over view of what the hospitality business has to offer!

Fishing Competition

On the last 28^th February we held a fishing competitions here at the Lodge. It was a day out after the high celebrations at the Marula Festival to unwind in a beautiful setting and relax while fishing, drinking, eating, laughing and having fun.

There were about 40 adults and 25 children that attended this brand new experience at Sefapane, with lots of children fishing for gold to see if they could catch the lots of fish and win a prize.

The day started at 12h00 and finished around 18h00. The kids were so caught up into the fishing that they hardly had time to jump in the swimming pool! Johan prepared a lovely braai with all extras! It was a great family day and the ‘bar on wheels’ provided everyone with sufficient drinks. Amazingly a lot of local people who attended the event were surprised to find that we had dams on the property let alone dams that you could fish in!

At the moment we are looking at doing a fishing day every month with probably special fishing-events in between. Watch this space to know when the next event will be happening but the next one will hopefully be in time for Easter with a special egg hunt for the kids!

Dates for your Diary – March

15^th March – ITB Travel Show, Berlin, Germany

28^th March – Fishing Day

2^nd April – Easter

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