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On May of
1996 the business was purchased by Nita & daughter Helen Ross,
in 2000, son William Ross joined the family business. All family
members are still the current owners, and have built the agency
into a major force in tourism in the Eastern Cape.
Wild Coast Holiday Reservations began as a booking agent for the
Wild Coast Resorts, communication was very poor and
infrastructure non existent so it was important for the Wild
Coast to have a booking office that could be in constant touch
with the market. The Wild Coast was a difficult product to sell,
we felt it vitally important that we become intimate with each
and every resort so that our advise and assistance would be
based on our personal experiences. This allowed us to grow as a
business and accumulate valuable knowledge on the area & its
people.
Wild Coast Holiday Reservations expanded their coverage to
include most of the Eastern Cape, Game Reserves, Mountain
Retreats, permanent accommodation, conferences and the all
popular getaway at a Wild Coast Resort.
We progressed to a tour operator when Nita Ross developed and
marketed the Wild Coast Meander Hiking trail in 1998. In her
youth she had always been a keen hiker and with the knowledge of
the area saw the potential for South Africa's first catered
hiking trail. The Meander has become an extremely popular
product ,rated as the best hotel hiking trail in SA and we
average 1600 hikers annually. Nita has subsequently developed
and marketed three further hotel hiking trails along different
sections of the Wild Coast. In order to offer a comprehensive
package Wild Coast Holiday Reservations opened a Guest House
called Meander Inn and also invested in a range of vehicles
which transfer clients to and from the trails. This has enabled
us to offer more than just trails as we are now in a position to
package various tours to the greater Eastern Cape.
Wild Coast Holiday Reservations have always promoted the
importance of developing our products with as much community
involvement as possible. This has resulted in a pool of newly
accredited community tour guides who accompany all the trail
groups from each hotel to the next. Wild Coast Holiday
Reservations then created the opportunity for the greater
community to also play an active role with the introduction of
porters. These porters are hired by the hikers to transfer their
packs from one hotel to the next and this venture has enabled
the local communities the chance of benefiting from tourism
directly. Wild Coast Holiday Reservations continue to explore
new avenues whereby ourselves, the hotels and the communities
along the Wild Coast will be able to develop and maintain
sustainable products along this naturally unspoilt coast line.
We look forward to receiving your enquiry.
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