Accommodation - St Helena - 9 nights - Whale Shark Week 2025 at the Mantis Hotel

Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport | Cape Town

10 Mar 2023 - 11 Mar 2023

Located just 400 metres from Cape Town International Airport, Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport offers guests a carbon-neutral stay, along with luxurious accommodation and conferencing facilities. The guest rooms, studios and suites are modern, bright and elegantly furnished, each equipped with climate cooling, Wi-Fi, a TV, a fridge, tea/coffee facilities, a hairdryer and a private bathroom. The larger suites are equipped with separate living rooms and kitchenettes. Guests can enjoy dining at the onsite restaurant serving delicious local and international cuisine or relax with a refreshing drink from the bar. Additional amenities and services include an eco pool, indoor and outdoor gyms and conference facilities.

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Mantis St. Helena | St Helena

11 Mar 2023 - 18 Mar 2023

There are few undiscovered destinations left in the world, and until recently, the British Territory of St Helena was one of them. The opening of St Helena’s airport and the advent of commercial flights has reduced journey times from days to mere hours, making it easier for you, the discerning traveller, to experience this extraordinary island.

Mantis St Helena is located in Jamestown, the island’s capital. The 30-bedroom boutique hotel is set in the original East India Company’s officers’ barracks built in 1774 and boasts a large restaurant, cocktail bar, guest lounge and two spacious outdoor terraces. Luxurious Heritage Suites and newly built Contemporary Rooms have set a new accommodation standard on the island.

St Helena’s scenery is spectacular. From the clear Atlantic waters past sheer cliffs and breath-taking rock formations, through arid red desert dotted with cacti, rolling green fields and flax-covered hillsides to a pinnacle of prehistoric cloud forest.

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Mantis St Helena Credit: Des Jacobs Lounge area

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Jamestown is the capital of the remote island of St Helena, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean. This

Georgian seaport nestles in a deep valley and retains a remarkable heritage; a 500- year history waiting to be discovered. The town’s streets echo with impressions recalling the past – Napoleon walked this way as did the Duke of Wellington, Captain Bligh, Edmund Halley, Charles Darwin and Captain James Cook. Jamestown’s overwhelming texture tells of colonial conquest, slavery, imperialist ideals, the age of sailing ships, war and exile. Jamestown has a unique quality; it’s a town which brings

the past boldly into the present.

One of the best ways to tackle walking on St Helena is to start with the Post Box Walks, devised by the St Helena Nature Conservation Group (SNCG). With quirky names such as Lot’s Wife’s Ponds, Sharks Valley and Flagstaff, these walks cover some of the most scenic and untouched parts of the

island. The 21 walks are rated on a difficulty scale of 1 to 10.

At the end of each walk is a post box containing an ink stamp and a visitors’ book. Many of the less strenuous walks are scattered throughout St Helena’s lush interior whilst the more challenging are in the coastal zone which are often on steep, narrow tracks with loose surfaces. The more arduous walks are not for the faint-hearted and walks rated 5/10 and above should only be attempted in the company of an experienced guide.

A “Post Box Walks of St Helena” booklet is available from the Tourist Office and provides detailed descriptions, maps and points of interest.

Nearly 750 marine species have so far been recorded, with at least 50 of those being endemic. Divers and snorkelers will encounter a vast array of marine life including fish (of which 16 species are endemic) and various invertebrates including sea slugs and anemones (about 40 of which are endemic). Green and Hawksbill turtles are often seen and visits from devil rays are not uncommon. The island also has resident populations of Pantropical Spotted, Bottlenose and Rough-toothed dolphin and is seasonally visited by a number of transient species, including Humpback whales which can be spotted from June to December.

One of St Helena’s greatest attractions is its unique culture. The friendliness of the people; the feeling that one has stepped back in time to an era where greeting passers-by and chatting on the side of the road is a way of life; a great sense of community and pride in traditions and customs – these are

but a few of the reasons why visitors to St Helena become enchanted with this rocky outcrop in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. Saint-ness is experienced with all of the senses, be it the taste of delicious local fishcakes, the wafting aroma of a cup of premium St Helena coffee, the sounds of a

local band drifting up from the Wharf, the vibrant colours of a local parade or the straining of mind and muscle as you race up Jacob’s Ladder. Want to be a Saint? Here’s how to speak like a Saint, eat like a Saint, dance and sing like a Saint, celebrate like a Saint and even greet and drive like a Saint.

St Helena’s built heritage provides a significant legacy of historic buildings, fortifications and monuments, including what has been described as “the quintessential Atlantic port”, Jamestown.