Teniqua Treetops

Choosing a honeymoon destination is one of the most enjoyable parts of planning your wedding.  I have spoken to a number of establishments to help you choose a local destination that is romantic and beautiful.  Some of these venues are fully eco friendly and others follow the basic criteria of reuse, reduce and recycle. .  If you need to fly to this destination, Kulula, a local carrier, has a feature allowing you to offset your flights with Trees for Africa.  This applies both to your honeymoon and for guests that are flying to your wedding from other parts of the country.  Try and get everyone to offset their flights and neutralise the emissions from their travel. 

Teniqua Treetops – Garden Route, South Africa.

Teniqua Treetops Eco Treehouse Accommodation is at Sedgefield, just off the N2,
on the magical Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa

P.O. BOX 831, SEDGEFIELD
TEL:+27 (0) 44 356-2868 EMAIL: queries@teniquatreetops.co.za

Teniqua Treetops is an environmentally friendly establishment, that is committed to learning and constantly changing to save the environment that encapsulates their establishment. True to its name, Teniqua Treetops has beautiful rooms, surrounded by trees.  They are situated in the Eastern Cape in what I believe to be one of the most idyllic and naturally gorgeous places in South Africa.  They do not compete with nature, they allow you to enjoy nature in privacy and tranquility.

“Our tree houses offer a unique opportunity to sleep, eat and shower up in the canopy of the forest, surrounded by birdsong and butterflies. Built on hand crafted platforms and situated in carefully chosen beauty spots, they have comfortable tented bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens and leafy luxury bathrooms.”

“Teniqua Treetops is committed to running an eco-friendly establishment and it’s an issue we take seriously. We are currently installing solar geysers in all the tree houses. We have installed 4 at this stage, 4 more to go. I am nervous as to how well they will function in winter. 

As I learn more about being environmentally aware and committed I have realized it is not a matter of replacing one item with another, but it requires a change in life-style. So all our honeymoon tree houses have large 2 person baths with fabulous views, we re-use the grey water to encourage the forest to grow first removing the grease via a grease trap. I feel in the forest we do not have to worry as much about water conservation as the grey water goes straight to the trees and benefits them, with solar heating there is infinite hot water, provided the sun shines. And when there is no sun, the water gradually cools and there is the life-style change. If you bath at night, then you need to wait for a few hours in the morning for the tank to reheat.

We also use low energy lighting and heating, so while we have heaters, we prefer guests to snuggle up with electric blankets.

We have 30 hectares of pristine indigenous forest, the milkwoods are over 1000 years old. And then we have 5 hectares of grass so we keep retired / rescue horses as large pretty lawn mowers.

Our focus is on privacy and tranquility, we can be full and never see guests, most people who come here remain in their tree houses or go for walks in the forest, swim in the river, watch the birds and the butterflies. Its their choice, we are always around and if they want to interact they can, but frequently they do not even leave the farm but relax and enjoy the nature and themselves.” – Robyn of Teniqua Treetops.