Sunday’s River Valley, in the Addo area outside Port Elizabeth, expects 40 000 visitors to the Absa Kirkwood Wildlife Festival this June.
Sunday’s River Valley, in the Addo area outside Port Elizabeth, expects 40 000 visitors to the Absa Kirkwood Wildlife Festival this June.
“This year visitors will find more to tempt their tastebuds than ever,” says festival director Jenni Honsbein. “We will have a selection of gourmet foods, wonderful cheeses, the province’s biggest wine festival, mampoer, seafood delicacies, the Lemon and Lime bar you will even be able to munch on a famous Nanaga pie.”
Annelisa Weiland, who plays the part of Hilda in 7de Laan will be assisting with cooking demos and Prime Circle, Juanita Du Plessis, Amore Vittone, Kurt Darren, Dozi, Nianell, and the Soweto String Quartet will provide free entertainment.
Kids can enjoy the funfair rides, clowns and the Walk on the Wildside tent filled with creepy crawlies and snakes, while sports fans can watch live matches on a big screen in the beer tent.
The wildlife auction will also be offering prize animals. “We are expecting white rhino from the Kruger National Park and 26 disease free buffalo,” says auction organiser Johan Swart.
The 2010 Festival is stepping up its green approach. “Our goal is to make Kirkwood Wildlife Festival a carbon
neutral festival within the next five years,” says Honsbein.
“We hope to undertake a green audit on the festival this year to use as a benchmark, and we will strive to improve on that every year.”
In partnership with Sappi’s War on Waste the festival will recycle all its refuse and a prize will also be awarded to the most environmentally friendly exhibitor.
The Festival takes place from 4 to 6 June in Kirkwood in the Sunday’s River Valley. Drive down the N2 towards Port Elizabeth, take the N10 and then the R366 past Addo. For information call Jenni Honsbein on 042 230 0066.
