The experience of walking with lions in the African bush is along with horseback safaris and Big Game drives has put Protea Hotel Ranch Resort in Limpopo on Fodor’s latest list of Top 10 Luxury Ranches in the World.
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The new Top 10 Luxury Ranches list includes El Colibri in Cordoba, Argentina, which offers the experience of a day in the life of a well-heeled gaucho and Les Mas de Peint in Arles, France, which offers riding the white horses of the Camargue before enjoying a Provençal dinner.
Protea Hotel Ranch Resort’s Paul Shearer says the hotel’s excellent facilities coupled with the unique experience offered of actually doing a bush walk alongside lions is one that tourists always say creates memories that will last their entire lives. Tourists are also particularly drawn to the breeding projects on the conservancy that help put wildlife back into the bush.
“Protea Hotel Ranch Resort is committed to conservation. A herd of 28 sable antelope has been introduced, with the dominant bull, known as ‘lord of the rings’ has an impressive horn length of 49⅜ inches, making him one of the most sought after stud bulls in the country. Protea Hotel Ranch Resort has also recently introduced Golden Wildebeest, a species that was on the verge of extinction, and the numbers have steadily recovered though the help of private breeding programmes. Both sable and golden wildebeest are extremely valuable and a treat for visitors to see.”
Danny Bryer, Director of Sales, Marketing and Revenue for Protea Hotels, says accolades such as this can only be good for the brand, hotel, for conservation, the region and South African tourism as a whole.
“We have so much to offer international tourists in South Africa, and Protea Hotel Ranch Resort is a brilliant example of the sorts of USPs that should be used to market the country internationally.”
