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“De Hoop Collection is delighted to be hosting the magical-breakaway-from-reality De Hoop Vlei MTB Experience from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 May 2022”, announced William Stephens, owner of the De Hoop Collection.
“This exciting and exhilarating mountain biking experience gives bikers, friends and their families the chance to explore the terrain, vast open spaces and wildlife of De Hoop Nature Reserve, one of CapeNature’s flagship nature reserves. Truly, there’s no better place to enjoy a blend of pristine land, beach, teeming animal and birdlife than at De Hoop – and it’s one of the best land-based whale watching areas in the world.”
Organiser of the De Hoop Vlei MTB Experience, Anneke Jacobs of Overberg MTB Events explained that the riders will experience two days of challenging but spectacular riding on untamed and unspoilt mountain bike trails, plus miles and miles of breathtaking ocean views in and around the pristine De Hoop Nature reserve and Potberg area.
There will be a welcoming optional sunset ride on Friday afternoon for riders who want to stretch the legs and experience some of the extraordinary De Hoop Vlei views before dinner – Sunset Scramble to Melkkamer warm-up ride: 31km, 110m elevation. Saturday and Sunday will provide some decent time in the saddle and a few iconic climbs but just enough distance to enjoy the rest of the afternoon, socialising and relaxing with friends and family. Stage 1: Flatrock – 57km, 950m elevation / Stage 2: Trails to Whales: 63km: 785m elevation. Prize money for Category winners of the Open Men, Open Women, and Team entries.
The De Hoop Vlei MTB entry fee of R3 450 per person includes:
- two dinners, two lunches and two breakfasts – at the Fig Tree restaurant at De Hoop Collection
- one bottle of complimentary wine
- one complimentary massage by EPT recovery
- water points en route
- bike wash
- medical assistance en route
*Excludes the CapeNature entrance fee (payable at the gate). Support meal options for family/children with online entries. Online race entries: https://www.entryninja.com/events/77314-de-hoop
For more information and queries regarding the 2022 De Hoop Vlei MTB Experience contact Race Director, Anneke Viljoen – anneke@overbergmtbevents.co.za
Book your exclusive event Accommodation Package at De Hoop Collection and get 42% discount on a three night stay from Friday to Sunday night. Accommodation excludes all meals(meals are included in the race fee). De Hoop Collection accommodation bookings can only be made through email (no online bookings available) – please contact Nicola – nicola@dehoopcollection.co.za Ts&Cs apply.
The De Hoop Collection – a Cape Country Routes member – offers charming Cape Dutch-inspired accommodation – affordable self-catering chalets, luxurious self-catering cottages and upmarket suites, its scrumptious food, its exceptional selection of wines, its warm hospitality and friendly staff and its pristine beauty, green pastures, fynbos and untamed coastline.
It is also renowned as the best land-based whale watching sites in the southern hemisphere and it is a place where wildlife roams free – the Cape vultures, the De Hoop ‘regulars’ of bontebok, eland and cape mountain zebra, while activities on the reserve include walking trails, tours to Potberg, Lekkerwater and other adjacent destinations, nature walks and wildlife encounters. De Hoop Collection is ready and waiting…
De Hoop Collection
- Phone 021-422 4522 or email res@dehoopcollection.co.za
- www.dehoopcollection.com
De Hoop social media handles:
- Twitter: @DeHoopReserve
- Instagram: @dehoopreserve
- Facebook: @DeHoopCollection
De Hoop Collection is a member of Cape Country Routes.
- Twitter: @CapeCountryR
- Instagram: capecountryroutes
- Facebook: @CapeCountryRoutes
In keeping with protocols regarding the Coronavirus, De Hoop Collection adheres to all stringent health and safety cleaning protocols – the safety of their guests and staff being of the highest priority.
The De Hoop Collection – a member of Cape Country Routes, is the first private/public partnership in the South African hospitality industry – opened in the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape in 2007.
The Reserve in the Overberg region, a short three hour drive from Cape Town along the world renowned Garden and Whale routes is the perfect holiday destination for families, couples, groups, honeymooners and wedding parties, family reunions and birthday weekends and an ideal stop-over en route from the Cape Winelands to Plettenberg Bay.
De Hoop Collection offers a wide range of accommodation designed to suit all budgets.
Overlooking the beautiful vlei with its spectacular bird life is the staple of De Hoop’s dining scene, The Fig Tree Restaurant and the Silo Wine Cellar where an exceptional variety of wines can be enjoyed. De Hoop, a World Heritage site, offers world-class whale-watching and is paradise for bird enthusiasts with its more than 260 species of birds, including the endangered Cape Vultures.
As a colony of almost 200 vultures roost and nest in the Potberg Mountains exciting Vulture hikes and viewing opportunities are offered; other activities include interpretive marine walks, hiking and mountain biking trails, eco boat cruises on the vlei and Nature drives, tennis or boules.
De Hoop is a nature lover’s paradise of unparalleled peace and tranquillity and may well be one of the Cape’s last unspoiled gems.
This post and content is sponsored and provided by Behind the Scenes Communications on behalf of Theresa Gibbon PR.
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