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73Guide to Buying and Operating a Guest House in South Africa (Part 1)
1. Why? Is this a long-held dream? It's more demanding and a little bit more complicated than you might think. But it is a nice dream...Because you want to "downshift", get a "lifestyle" that will be...
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71Guide to Buying and Operating a Guest House in South Africa (Part 2)
3. Who Are Your Customers? And How Do You Reach Them? They won't just come.Business travellers (people travelling with a purpose) or tourists (people at leisure)? 3.1 Business MarketLet's cover the "business...
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5. The Skills You Need - You're a partnership now!You don't necessarily have to tick all of what follows. But you do need most of them. The skill sets you don't have you're going to have to outsource - and...
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67Drakensberg Delights | Drakensberg Boys’ Choir | KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Ever heard of the Drakensberg Boys' Choir? Well here's the skinny that you won't find in the guidebooks. Established In the mid-60's the idea was to create something modeled on the Vienna Boys. The kids get a...
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67Boer War in the Drakensberg : Battle of Spionkop
A month after Colenso, where General Sir Redvers Buller's infantry had been compelled to retreat leaving behind 10 artillery pieces, a new plan was afoot, that would take the battle out of the foothills and...
0 comments66Boer War : Battle of Willow Grange
“Halt! Who goes daar?!” The Boer sentry’s rather lame attempt to pass himself off as an Englishman cut no ice with the British soldiers crouched a few metres below the crest. (Bear in mind you're in...
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63The Boer War in the Drakensberg Foothills - The Battle of Colenso
At this stage of the Boer war - quite early on - things had bogged down for the greatest military superpower on the planet. The Boer army had laid siege to the little town of Ladysmith trapping 12 000 of the...
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64Guide to Buying and Operating a Guest House In South Africa (Part 4)
7. Differentiate - Give them a reason to pick you. What makes you special?Side BarJanette says..."This is more difficult than it looks and with hindsight we should have latched onto this quicker. We thought we...
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64Lammergeier - A Drakensberg Mountains Delight. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Big Boy!Something rather special about the Drakensberg is that it is home to the Bearded Vulture or Lammergeier. These birds are found in very few other places in the world (Northern Spain, the Alps, the...
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59Drakensberg Accommodation Tips
One accommodation option is choose one of the big Drakensberg resort hotels. In general, they’re at the end of the road, deep in the mountains. That means magnificently scenic settings. The hotel provides...
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