Blue Bay Lodge
Resort & Hotel & Conference

Dear Visitor

You can ask anyone who has ever been or lived in the West Coast long enough, what the best time is to visit the West Coast, and they will gladly tell you "flower season". Yes, it's the mysterious fifth season of the year that not many people know of, except those lucky enough to have actually experienced it.

Its the time of the year where the once dull and lifeless areas all around Saldanha puts on their best attire and show off to the rest of the world in magnificent fields of white, orange, yellow and pink.

For those who aren't to keen on driving around looking for specific flowers there is the marvelous Hopefield fynbos show on the weekend of 25-28 August. The festival will be held at the Hopefield sport grounds and will be open from 9am-5pm. Ticket prices are R15 for adults, R12 for seniors and R5 for children. They will have flower tours with a tractor and wagon, a beer tent, various craft and food stalls selling delicacies ranging from pancakes and "waterblommetjiebredie" to "braaivleis" and much much more!

For those who are still looking for something to do this weekend and not really keen for flower watching can take a trip down to Koringberg in the Swartland area and join them for their annual "broodfees". The festival will be taking place in the Dutch Reformed Church in Koringberg on 27 August. For more details call 022 423 8005. This is a festival not to be missed!

In competition news, you can now win a weekend at any Status Hotel including Blue Bay Lodge!

Status Hotels is giving away a fabulous weekend away for a family of four (two adults and two children) at a Status Hotel of the winner’s choice, including breakfast.  To enter, simply ‘Like’ the STATUS HOTELS Facebook page, www.facebook.com/statushotels. The lucky person's name will be drawn on 1 September and will be announced on Facebook.

Good luck to all of you entering the status hotels competition and for those who are thinking of coming up to witness the beauty that is the flower season, hurry, because these lovely little flowers can disappear just as quick as they arrived here on the West Coast! For those who attend either the Hopefield "Fynbosskou" or the broodfees, we would love to hear from your experience and if you would recommend this to our other guests. Send us an email on bluebaylilly@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing form you!

Keep well till next time! 

Blouwaterbaai, Saldanha, South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)22 714 1177/8/9
Contact: info@blouwaterbaai.com

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