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ESCAPE Ñ JUST ROUND THE CORNER
WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T TRAVEL? TEREMOK’S BOUTIQUE LODGE & SPA IS AN URBAN SANCTUARY UNLIKE ANY OTHER. IT’S RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP IN UMHLANGA, AND HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR THAT SPECIAL OCCASION – OR SIMPLY A GLORIOUS ESCAPIST TREAT FOR YOU AND YOURS
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icture this. Awake at 3am, tossing and turning, analysing why you’re feeling flat and grey, then trying to conjure up something to drag you out of the lockdown blues. Could be you? Not this time. It was a Teremok Lodge & Spa client. By 9am, she’d made the booking for herself and a friend, and by 11, Sunday morning, they’d checked into Teremok for an overnight treat. They were joyously anticipating the spa treatments, private dinner on their veranda, oodles of fresh air and space … and the longed-for contact and conversation of a good friend in a safe and sensational space. The two live a mere 10 minutes from Teremok – which, under current circumstances, prompted the guilt-free spontaneity of leaping into their cars and heading for heaven! Teremok is Russian for “little hideaway”, and when the gates close behind you, you’re doing just that. Hiding away, in plain sight, with every possible spoil on the menu – body and mind, tick. Sisters Tracy Gielink and Kim Davidson, together with mom, Debbie Davidson, are celebrating an impressive 18 years of ownership of Teremok. It’s been there, tucked away like a little secret green oasis, within easy walking distance of uMhlanga Village and the beach, for nearly two decades. But it’s no secret to their regular international clientele
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