Bay Hotel, Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town

Boutique-style personal service combined with friendly relaxed charm compliments the sophistication and elegance of The Bay Hotel. Bay Hotel in Camps Bay is the only five star hotel located on Camps Bay Beach.

Camps Bay is one of the most popular spots in Cape Town for anyone who loves sandy white beaches shaded with palms. The beach stretches out before you, boarded in by granite outcrops on either side. The Bay has two magnificent backdrops the first being the turquoise blue Atlantic Ocean and the second being the Twelve Apostle Mountains.The Twelve Apostles Mountain Range, which is protected area by nature conservation, is home to many of the Cape floral kingdom.

The sunsets in Camps Bay are spectacular as you have completely uninterrupted view of the sun as it sinks into the Atlantic Ocean. The main road in Camps Bay, Victoria Road, which runs parallel to Camps Bay beach, is a popular spot with a host of restaurants, bars and hotels. The best-located hotels in Camps Bays is the Bay Hotel.

The Bay Hotel is an ideal spot for anyone looking for a luxurious room with exclusive amenities complemented by stunning views over the Ocean.

Every one of the 72 bedrooms and 6 suites gaze upon the spectacular vista that is Camps Bay.
Most rooms have spacious balconies and all have a private entrance lobby, en-suite bathroom with separate shower, mini bar, tea & coffee making facilities & built-in electronic safes. Rooms are fitted with either twin or king size beds.

Mountain Rooms (15)Mountain Rooms - South and East facing

Classic Rooms (5 Garden & 8 Pool)

Garden rooms - West facingPool facing rooms - North and West facing

Club Classic Rooms (6)North facing rooms with partial sea and mountain views, 2 of which are equipped for disabled guests. None of the Club Classic rooms have balconies.

Premier Rooms (35)27 West facing rooms with sea views. 8 North facing rooms with views of the sea and Lion's Head.

Premier Mountain Rooms (3)Double-sized rooms East facing with magnificent mountain views.

Luxury Rooms (2)Spacious rooms facing West with sitting areas and balconies.

Suite (3)Magnificently appointed Suites facing West, all have a spacious lounge and balconies.


Hotel Amenities & Services
Tourism and Business Centre
Shuttle Service
24 hour Room Service
Soulever Wellness Salon
Foreign Exchange Facility
Secure Parking
In-house Florist
Change Room Facilities
2 dedicated rooms for the Enabled traveller
Laundry, dry-cleaning & valet service
Restaurant, Deli, Cigar Bar & Wine Cellar
Outdoor swimming pools & direct beach access


Room Facilities
Television ? Satellite & Guest Link
Air-conditioning & heating
Hairdryers
Heated Towel Rails
Private Entrance Lobby
Tea/ Coffee making facilities
Daily Local Newspaper
International Plug Points (220v) A/C
Mini Bar
Electronic safe
Complimentary Pressing Service
Choice of pillows

The Sante Spa & Wellness Centre at The Winelands Hotel

The Sante Spa & Wellness Centre at The Winelands Hotel was voted one of the ‘16 Best Spa’s on Earth’ by UK Elle magazine (May 2004).

It was the only spa on the African continent to receive this prestigious accolade.The magazine highlighted Vinotherapy®, Santé’s specialised detox and anti-ageing signature treatment, which offers grape seed therapy in the midst of the Cape vineyards. Santé Winelands is only the second spa in the world to offer the unique treatment, which was launched in 2001 by the French spa, Les Sources de Caudalie, near Bordeaux. Vinotherapy® utilises crushed grape seeds and grape seed oil, which are applied in massage, body wrap and scrubs to protect the skin against oxidative stress. In the short time since opening at the end of 2003, the The Winelands Hotel Resort and Wellness Centre has sparked interest from all over the globe.

It is South Africa’s first destination spa that sets out to redefine the wellness experience in this country. With its breathtaking position on a 190-hectare working wine estate in the picturesque Paarl Franschhoek Valley just 30 minutes from Cape Town and the international airport, it is dedicated exclusively to a health and wellness lifestyle.

The wellness centre offers the world’s best in terms of treatments and modern trends. At 2 700m?, it is twice the size of its nearest South African competitor and features a state of the art indoor swimming pool and equipment imported from Germany. Treatments available at the Santé Spa & Wellness Centre include Hamam, Serail, Kneipp, Tepidarium/Laconium, a Vichy shower and waterbed therapy. The Rainbow Hydrotherapy Bath furthermore offers a unique experience of colour, sound and magnetic field therapy. Pilates, Tai Chi and Yoga classes are available in addition to a modern gym and a range of outdoor activities, including bass fishing, horse riding, jogging, hiking and walking trails amongst the vineyards and surrounding mountains and golf is available at more than 5 top golf course in the near vicinity. The Santé Spa & Wellness Centre offers a variety of lifestyle programmes, ranging from detoxification and rejuvenation to anti-aging, weight-loss and Golf Fitness.

It also specialises in “Wellness for Business Executives”, featuring stress management, executive health programmes and corporate team building. During the grape harvest season the Santé Wellness Centre offers a shortened version of the ‘Grape Cure’, a cleansing and detoxification mono-diet that consists of grapes and which is based on a book written in 1928 by Johanna Brandt.

Guests can choose to stay in any one of the luxuriously appointed rooms. These include ten Manor House rooms; 39 Spa Suites; as well as seven fully equipped four-bedroom en-suite Vineyard Villas. The hotel provides every service one would expect at a luxury hotel, including a library, 24-hour room service, valet parking, concierge, same-day laundry and dry-cleaning services, DVD players in each room, chauffeur driven vehicles and guided tours.

The Twelve Apostles Hotel in Cape Town MAJOR LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD AWARDS FOR 2005!

RED CARNATION ON THE RED CARPET WE SCOOP MAJOR LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD AWARDS FOR 2005!

On 29 October, In New Delhi, India, The Leading Hotels of the World announced the winners of its Fourth Annual Commitment to Quality Awards. And of the ten properties honoured, no less than two were from the Red Carnation international collection of luxury boutique hotels.
These prestigious awards recognise Leading Hotels and Leading Small Hotels in five regions: Africa/Middle East, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Mexico/Caribbean/South America, and the United States of America and Canada. Two hotels, the properties that achieved the highest scores during their most recent Leading Hotels' impartial, anonymous inspections, were named from each of five world regions. RCH hotels were winners in two of those five regions: The Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa in Cape Town, South Africa, and Hotel d'Angleterre in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Leading Hotels of the World Commitment to Quality Awards are now widely acknowledged as the benchmark for global luxury standards in the hospitality industry. The awards, which objectively measure the hotels from the traveller's perspective, are based on the results of stringent inspections with more than 1,500 criteria, providing the most comprehensive reports in the luxury industry.
Mr Jonathan Raggett, Managing Director of the Red Carnation collection, was understandably delighted. "These awards mean so much to us, because they recognise all the hard work and effort, by every member of staff, that goes into making our hotels so special for our guests. Congratulations and thanks to everyone at both properties, and we look forward to similar results next year."

World Travel Awards Mantis Collection

World Travel Awards

Mantis Collection has once again received acknowledgement for its achievements as a truly world class organisation. The 13th World Travel Awards were held on Sunday 13th November at the Royal Opera House in London. Mantis Collection walked away with no less than 4 World Travel Awards.
Over two million votes were cast from 156,000 travel agencies worldwide for a final list of 3,500 nominees in leading travel destinations, airlines, hotels, personalities and companies. Graham Cooke, president of World Travel Awards, said: "The survey is truly global in scale, independent and accountable. With a growing number of travel award ceremonies in the marketplace, we still have the most comprehensive travel surveys out there."



Mantis Collection Wins 4 World Awards
World's Leading Safari & Game Reserve - Shamwari Game Reserve
World's Leading Conservation Company - Shamwari Game Reserve
World's Leading Responsible Tourism Project - Bushman Sands Hotel and Golf Course
World's Leading Boutique Hotel - Saxon Hotel
Mantis Collection's Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg won World's Leading Boutique Hotel for the sixth consecutive year. Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape won World's Leading Safari and Game Reserve and World's Leading Conservation Company for the eighth year. Bushman Sands in the Eastern Cape won World's Leading Responsible Tourism Project for the second consecutive year.
Adrian Gardiner, Chairman and Founder of the group, says, 'We are delighted to be honoured with these awards, and feel that it is a true recognition of South Africa's progress as a tourism destination, as well as a mark of the team's hard work and dedication. The awards demonstrate the value and importance of an environmentally & ecologically aware product, and we are fully committed to continuing our development in this manner.'
We at Mantis would like to thank the travel trade for selecting us as a World Class achiever. Without you we are unable to thrive and prosper.