The Nest Drakensberg Mountain Resort Hotel featured a stand at the annual Indaba Travel and Trade Show at the ICC in Durban.

This is always a brilliant platform to market our product to various agents and tour groups both locally and internationally.

It appears that there is healthy interest in South African tourism and particularly to the majestic Drakensberg where The Nest is based.

Although we are not situated on a main World Cup Soccer route, we have attracted the attention of a few tour operators who have booked rooms at our resort for a few days in June 2010.

One of the highlights of the 2010 Travel Indaba was that The Nest won the Hall of Fame accolade from the well-known AA Travel Guides American Express Travel Guides. This is a great honour for us and we wish to acknowledge and thank all staff and our motivated and service orientated team for all of their hard work and effort.

We also would like to thank the tour operators and agents who have loyally supported The Nest as well as all new contacts who we introduced our delightful Drakensberg resort to. We look forward to a long lasting and mutual beneficial relationship which we are sure will grow in future years.

This exposure and our award could not be achieved without the continued and much appreciated support of our many guests whom we have hosted over the last 7 decades.

We look forward to your continued support and invite you to experience the scenic majesty of the Drakensberg at The Nest’s unique and relaxing resort ambience.

The Nest has once again celebrated a wonderful Easter weekend. This is a special time of year and we continue to hold our fun and festive traditions. The children’s Easter Egg Treasure Hunt is always a highlight for the kids. It is always a delight to see the little ones running from site to site following the clues until they are lead to a section of the garden filled with hidden chocolate treats where they spend a gleeful time of hunting for Easter eggs.

On Saturday we hosted our candle-lit dinner dance offering a six course dinner of scrumptious food served along with the beautiful live flute and saxophone music from a local artist. After dinner, the DJ plays some favourite tunes and people enjoyed a few moves on the dance floor.

Sunday sees more Eadter traditions with a sumptuous sparkling wine brunch served in our dining room and outside veranda. Guests then relax and take in the scenic majesty of the Drakensberg. The clear and sunny day drew to an elegant close as the golden afternoon sunlight cast it’s beams on the impressicve Amagoma Zulu Dancers as they charmed us with their powerful performance of traditional Zulu dance. The drums beat out an intense pitch, reverberation sounding down the valley.

A little while later, the decadent smells from the braai wafted across the lawn. The chefs were in action grilling the meat, hoping that the impending thunderstorm would hold off a few more minutes. The salads and oven hot rolls competed for space on the tables as guests helped themselves to the treats laid out. Once the last glass of wine and last offering from the cheeseboard were enjoyed, the magic began in the Cane Lounge. Arthur Reed and his wife performed their celebrated magic show, much to the eager rapture of the audience.

This weekend also saw us host a conference for a freight company, which was a great success. Team-building, business and fun were enjoyed by all the delegates.

As the weekend draws to a close, we wish all of our new friends a blessed Family day and safe journey on the roads.