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| Transport will be provided from the airport to your hotel for delegates who note their arrival schedule on the registration form. A representative from "A-SNAPP Roundtable" will meet you in the International Arrivals Hall at Cape Town International Airport. Delegates arriving in the Domestic Arrivals Hall are requested to proceed to the International Arrivals Hall for pick-up. Please be sure to supply your arrival dates, times and flight numbers to the Secretariat. A shuttle return trip to the hotel takes about an hour, and the shuttle will occasionally wait for other delegates arriving within a two-hour time frame. |
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Tuesday: 4 April 2000: Mid morning Tour the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens with Roundtable hosts Jim Simon and Elton Jefthas. The fee for the tour is US$25/R150. Late afternoon - The Registration and Opening Reception will be held in the Hotel Le Vendome for delegates and travel companions. Dress informal. Wednesday: 5 April 2000: Late afternoon - Enjoy the taste of regional natural foods, including those from the Cape's Winelands during the Cocktail Function. Delegates make their own dinner arrangements. Thursday: 6 April 2000: Evening Enjoy fine cuisine at the Roundtable Banquet in the Hotel Le Vendome. Dress is a bit more formal and reservations are essential for this event. The Banquet fee is US$40/R240. Friday: 7 April 2000: Delegates and travel companions are invited to tour the Cape. Choose among three exciting daytrip packages. Saturday: 8 April 2000: Another opportunity for delegates and guests to tour the Cape. |
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| An optional post-Roundtable business tour is offered to the Kwazulu Natal region of South Africa where delegates will tour a hibiscus plantation and the South African traditional medicine muti market. Out of country tours are also offered to Madagascar (essential oils) and Malawi (aromatic and medicinal plants). Companies or individuals interested in forging business linkages with A-SNAPP partners in these countries should contact Roundtable Organizers c/o Retha Venter <arcelsenburg@worldonline.co.za>. |
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| The Roundtable will provide an excellent opportunity to display your new products, technologies, activities and accomplishments. If you wish to exhibit, please note this on the registration form. Exhibitors will be supplied with a table. Poster exhibitors will be provided with electrical power and posterboards A0 size (1180mm width x 835mm height, connectable panels, using velcro to mount). |
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EXCURSIONS for travel companions: (Included in registration fee) A minimum of 4 participants per trip #1 Wednesday an introduction to the "Fairest Cape of them All" #2 Thursday shopping at leisure in the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
DAYTRIPS: (for delegates and/or travel companions) A minimum of 6 participants per trip. (A surcharge may be required if less than 6 participants.) Advance payment is advised. The following day trips promise to offer you the best of Cape Town and the Peninsula. Designed as a two-day programme after the Roundtable, but with the option to attend as single days. On the registration form please indicate your option and the number of participants per trip. Please be advised that the weather may influence the order of the programme.
#3 Option 1: US $80 Weather permitting, this day will start with a trip up Table Mountain (in the event of bad weather, you will drive up to Signal Hill for similar panoramic views of the city). When you descend from the mountain, you will continue on your Grand Tour of the Cape Peninsula. Via Kloof Neck you will travel along the Atlantic seaboard to Hout Bay, and then continue via Chapman's Peak to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point. A funicular ride will take you to the tip of the Peninsula from where you can view the great southern ocean. A fish lunch will be enjoyed at the Two Oceans Restaurant at Cape Point, before you continue your trip via the False Bay coast to Simons Town, where you will visit Boulders Beach to view the African penguin breeding colony. You return to Cape Town and your hotel via the very scenic Boyes drive. Evening at own leisure.
#4 Option 2: US $85 After breakfast the group departs for the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, from where you will undertake a cruise to Robben Island. Here you will visit the old prison as well as some of the other historical buildings on the island before returning to Cape Town. On your return (13:00) you will enjoy lunch at one of the many outstanding restaurants in the Waterfront. After lunch you will visit the Two Oceans Aquarium (the largest and technically most advanced aquarium on the African continent) and conclude the day with an IMAX film. In the IMAX theatre, a five-storey high screen and 15000 Watts of digital music power is used to create a larger than life experience. Late afternoon return to your hotel.
#5 Option 3: US $65 Day of whale watching on our southern coast. Travel via Sir Lowry's Pass, Grabouw and Bot River to Hermanus. Here you visit the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and the Hamilton-Russell Wine Estate for a tasting of their fine wines. Continue on to Rotary drive above the town, from where you have unspoiled panoramic views of Walker Bay, where it is said that you have the best land based whale watching in the world. At about lunchtime, you will arrive in the town of Hermanus, with enough free time to view the whales, do some shopping or just wander around. A seafood lunch is enjoyed at Bientangs Cave on the rocks near the old harbour. You return to Cape Town via the coastal route, stopping at the Harold Porter Botanical Garden in Betty's Bay on the way. Following Clarence Drive along the coast you will head to Gordon's Bay, the Strand, and then the city. |
