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Dear unmarried readers, 

If one day, you wish to get married or just honour your love for each other and have a party, take my advise, if you can, let other people be in charge on your Wedding Day. Your day will be filled with so many impressions and emotions, you really don't want to be worrying about catering or whether the dj will show up or not.

Aside from your International Flight of course you won’t necessarily pay more than organising a wedding in Europe AND you'll safe on Honeymoon flights. Also remember most places have specials for weddings and honeymoons! Find out more, drop me an email and let’s see what your options are.

You can also put your Bridal Registry at BelAfrique or rather your Honeymoon Registry.

Here below an example of a fictive Honeymoon Registry:

1 Cape Town/Johannesburg Return flight ticket: R6500 2. Limousine transfer from/to the airport to hotel: R800 3. Overnight at love nest of choice for 7 nights: R18500 4. Beach Supplies: Sunscreen, sun hats, jelly coral shoes and more: R1000 5. Pick up our tab at the bar: R1000 6. Dolphin cruise in Houtbay 7. Excursion with sidecars to see the Pinguins 8. Guided Full Moon excursion to Lion Head Mountain at Full Moon 9. River Hike - to romantic waterfall, and a famous Gorge: R400

Safari wedding at Thula Thula

10. Cooking Class - Learn how to prepare local cuisine: R500

11. Ocean Kayaking - We will be spending one afternoon on the turquoise waters: R800

12. Forest Hiking - We will hike under a forest canopy while scrambling over rocks and boulders and making three river crossings. At the end, we will enjoy a swim in the waterfall pool: R700

13. Souvenirs and shopping, we'll be taking some honeymoon memories home: R1500

14. Traditional Dancing lessons - Time for some cultural entertainment and to learn the traditional dances: R350

15. Rental Snorkeling equipment - Time for our masks and fins for a chance to see underwater creatures: R400

16. Beach Supplies: Sunscreen, sun hats, jelly coral shoes and more: R1000

17. Giant Leatherback and Loggerhead turtle tracking 18. Safari with experienced Ranger and tracker 19. Hiking Gear - We will need the best gear for our hikes: R600 20. Candlelight dinner under the starlit sky: R1000 21. Sumptuous pinacolada & Snacks at the pool bar: R400 22. We have scheduled a daily couple massage in the later afternoon for our entire stay. We could not think of a better way to end a a day of adventure and prepare for the evening: R1500 23.. Three- bottle of Wine - for our secretive outing to the beach behind the boulders ;-) : R600

Beach wedding Picture courtesy of David Smith

24. Beach Parasol & Luxury Sun beds for those lazy days on the pristine beaches: R300

25. Champagne dinner on board of the plane: R500 26. Passionate City Excursion, including all entrance fees and a lunch in a historical quaint little bar: R800 27. Love vehicle (hired car) for entire stay: R5000 28. Free Room service for entire stay: R5000 29. Daily Midnight surprise…whatever that may be…: R1500 30. Diplomatic and invisible porter for the whole trip: R1000 31. Box of tissues to wipe away our tears on the flight back: R100 32. Random Contribution for those things we desperately will need but have forgotten about. 33. Creative Suggestion by Contributor: Rxxx

....Beautiful African landscape wedding :-)

(Thanks to Thula Thula Exclusive Private Game lodge for some of the beautiful Wedding Pictures. More on this "Worth While Going To Lodge" and their connection with the "Elephant Whisperer" in our Next Newsletter)