We are proud to announce Views Wellness Emporium won the best Boutique Hotel Spa at the 2018 Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa Award. The 14th annual awards took place in Johannesburg in July 2018 . These prestigious awards acknowledges and honour the magnificent world-class Spas in South Africa.

We are currently in phase III of renovations.  The hotel and restaurant are currently closed.  The restaurant is scheduled to re-open on Saturday 14 July and hotel on Monday 16 July 2018.  For quotes and bookings, our reservations team are operational.  Contact: +27 (0)44 877 8000 or reservations@viewshotel.co.za Views Wellness Emporium (Spa, retail boutique and gym) is […]

The African continent and wild life are synonymous. South Africa has bragging rights to the unique African penguin and we will celebrate our penguins, together with the rest of the world, on 25 April. The annual northward migration of penguins is on or around April 25th, and worldwide these unique birds are celebrated on that […]

The Garden Route has bragging rights to astonishingly talented residents. Not only is the region popular for its breathtakingly beautiful nature, moderate climate and adrenaline adventures…but it also boasts with a myriad of markets, artists and craft EVERYTHING!  March is National Craft month, and we have every reason to celebrate it!  Let’s discover a few […]

Photo Credit : www.greencape.co.za The 22nd George Old Car Show, proudly driven by Oakhurst Insurance Company, takes place on 10 – 11 February 2018.  It is one of the most popular events on the Garden Route calendar and a MUST SEE for all petrol heads and history lovers. Who invented the automobile?  It’s a matter of […]

Nothing like a brand-new year to bring out the best in us.  Health should be the #1 priority for all of us as it is the one ‘investment’ that serves us for a lifetime. Want to lose weight FAST? This question opens the floodgates to a myriad of fad diets which apparently are going nowhere […]

Ginger beer.  Suddenly, it’s Christmas 1975, I’m standing in my mother’s pantry staring at 20L of fermenting ginger beer… The French have an expression for that “la madeleine de Proust” The smell of a madeleine (the cake) made the writer Marcel Proust remember old events.  Nostalgia maybe? Christmas back then (without giving away my age) […]

If you have not heard of craft gin, then you’re not from planet earth.  Craft gin is the new ‘fidget spinner’ of the distillery community and rightly so! Craft gin distillers are creating the most astonishing white spirits.  In the Southern Cape we have bragging rights to some of THE best craft gin distilleries in […]

  With the Indian Ocean playing at its feet, the ever-changing nautical shades are mirrored by the contemporary design of the hotel’s interior.  One could easily forget that you’re inside, when enjoying the luxurious surroundings of the Views Boutique Hotel and Spa.  Our love for the ocean doesn’t end at its unsurpassed beauty and inviting […]

The Brenton Blue butterfly is a very rare National Treasure, and only to be found in Brenton On Sea,  Garden Route.  One of the rarest butterflies in the world, evident in late October until December, lives within one hectare of asteraceous coastal fynbos and its larvae depend entirely on the lower side of the leaves […]