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Weddings in Africa

On the edge of Victoria Falls, deep in the African bush, on a beach in Mauritius, or surrounded by Cape vineyards...a wedding in Africa is a romantic and intimate experience. We offer a select range of entrancing venues and imaginative ideas to make your wedding one of the most memorable days of your life. Getting married in Africa is the ideal choice for those wanting a small, yet romantic wedding, perhaps just the two of you, perhaps with a few close friends or family. You can avoid many of the traditional wedding headaches by letting us take care of the arrangements. We work closely with you and the lodge to ensure that your wedding is full of delightful memories.

In recent years, we’ve arranged many weddings all over Southern Africa. All of our weddings have been tailor-made, not a mass-market package. And such ceremonies cost far less than a wedding at home, allowing you more to spend on a memorable honeymoon. Arrangements are generally informal and relaxed, whether the ceremony is civil or religious and the party is just the two of you, or with family and friends.

Below are some suggestions of how you can celebrate your marriage:

• Your wedding is blessed on Livingstone Island right at the edge of Victoria Falls. It’s hard to imagine a more romantic and dramatic place to seal your future together. You and your guests enjoy the additional excitements of game-viewing and river activities. Tongabezi, Zambia

• In the heart of the African bush, at an exclusive private game lodge. Ideal for just a couple, or you can bring close family and friends and take over the whole of a small lodge for your own exclusive safari party. Suggested lodges are Garonga, Singita or Ulusaba

• In a 300 year old chapel on a Cape Dutch homestead in the Winelands. Grande Roche, Paarl

• In a charming ‘forest chapel’ in the magical indigenous forest of the Garden Route. Hunter’s Country Lodge or Tsala Tree Tops

• On the beach of the tropical Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, followed by Sega dancing and a sunset swim. See Mauritius

How to proceed with your African wedding plans

Just email us to share ideas about your wedding and honeymoon. After discussing the best possible location for your wedding, we will give you a price for all the arrangements. This will include the cost of the minister, his transport and accommodation (if a remote location), the ceremony, licence and legal fees, bride’s bouquet and bridegroom’s buttonhole and wedding cake. There are many extras, which we can also arrange such as a photographer, video cameraman, additional flowers for the chapel or venue, hair and make-up assistance. Costs vary depending on your requirements.

Legal Requirements

Most of the documentation required is easily obtained such as birth certificates and a statutory declaration that you are both single and free to marry. Please ask us for our list of requirements. Copies of all documents must be sent to us no later than six weeks prior to your wedding in order to ensure that everything runs smoothly. The originals must be taken with you. If your documents are not in English they will need to be officially translated.

Grande Roche Hotel, Sample Wedding Package

The Grande Roche Hotel is considered by many as the place to stay in the Winelands. This 18th century Cape Dutch Manor, surrounded by vineyards and nestling under the Paarl Rock, is now a luxurious five star hotel. All of the rooms are equipped with air conditioning, mini bar, telephone & television. Bathrooms have gowns, telephone and separate bath and shower. The award-winning Bosman?s restaurant is consistently voted one of the top restaurants in South Africa whilst, outside, the hotel boasts two swimming pools, tennis courts and a health centre.

Meals As in Text below
Accommodation 3 nights, in Honeymoon suite
Departure Dates On Request
Transport Excluded in Quote
Price Includes Accommodation as specified, Treatment as text, hairdresser, Professional make-up, Ceremony by local minister, seasonal flowers, wedding cape for up to 8 pax, an organist as detailed below, 5 course dinner after wedding as detailed below.
Price Excludes Extras, Transport, meals not specified, Flights, Visas, items of personal nature
Minimum Number 2
Climate Mediterranean in the Cape (hot dry summers, cooler wetter winters)
Best time to go Suitable all year round
Health Requirements None. Sunblock essential
Combines well with Safari for Honeymoon, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Bostwana
Notes Wedding couples who are not South African citizens or holders of a permanent resident's permit must comply with certain regulations. We will send you a list of requirements on confirmation. Copies of all documents must be sent to us no later than six weeks prior to your wedding in order to ensure that everything runs smoothly. The originals must be taken with you. If your documents are not in English they will need to be officially translated.

Day 1 : 3 nights, Grande Roche, Honeymoon suite, Wedding Package
You are welcomed at the Hotel with a sparkling drink on arrival, and in your suite, a fruit basket and mineral water. Accommodation for three nights in the Honeymoon suite, which includes a South African Breakfast with Sparkling Wine & Oysters. This can be enjoyed in your suite, on your private patio or as a leisurely breakfast on the Manor House Terrace. Prepare for your special day by having a shoulder and back massage, or if you would rather, a reflexology treatment.

Day 2 : Further details of wedding arrangements
A hairdresser will attend the bride in the privacy of the suite.
To spoil her further she can choose to have a professional make up as well as a Mini facial and receive a Honeymoon Gift pack of skin care products or have a hand massage with a French manicure or if preferred have a pedicure with ankle / calf massage and exfoliation.

Extras not included in this quote can be arranged for example- Guests for dinner
Photographer (1 hr) 100 photos
Photographer (4 hr) 125 photos
Videographer (1 hr)
Videographer (4 hr)
Vintage Car Hire
Personal wedding website
Marimba Band
Hot Air Ballooning
Helicopter flight
Horse riding
Picnic on Table Mountain
Harley Davidson Tours

Day 3 : Wedding day arrangements
The ceremony will be held in the hotel's 300 year old Chapel and conducted by a local Minister. For couples who are not South African Citizens, the hotel will arrange for the authentication of the marriage to comply with legal registration in their home country.
Seasonal flowers, of your choice, will be supplied by the florist for the bridal bouquet and a buttonhole for the bridegroom, as well as arrangements for the Chapel and Honeymoon suite.
For you to celebrate the occasion with up to 8 guests, a wedding cake with your preferred filling and a fresh flower decoration.
An organist, playing on the 19th Century pedal organ in the Chapel, will play three pieces of music of your choice for the wedding service. To commemorate the occasion, your names on a brass plaque on the chapel door
A romantic, five course dinner for two, served in the award winning Bosman's Restaurant, or if you prefer in the WA de Klerk Private Dining