RIDE THE RHINO CYCLE RACE

Dear Director's and Colleagues
The Renosterveld Trust has met with myself a number of times, as well as with Rhett, and their purpose is to create a biodiversity corridor within the renosterveld (which covers land within the CWCBR) in order to bring the black rhino back to the area. It is an ambitious plan, but even if they get the corridor conserved without the rhino's it would have strongly supported our purposes and certainly gained conservation land within the agricultural community. One of the Director's of the Renosterveld Trust is Quinton, a good colleague of ours who managers the Leopard Trust and that initiative and he is directly involved with CAPE/SANBI etc. I have agreed, subject to Board approval to endorse the event, and hereby would like your approval to the attached letter. If approved, I would like to request that we spread this letter far and wide amongst each of our individual networks to support this race - and consider entering a team ourselves perhaps....? I feel that if we can get our corporates within the Biosphere Reserve to participate, it might provide them with some positive experiential insight into the conservation world...
I await your feedback
Thank you
Kind regards

RIDE THE RHINO
Are you looking for an exciting, fun filled way to entertain your most valued clients in the great outdoors? Then Renosterveld Mountain Bike (Ride the Rhino) race is just the solution.

The race is a 3 day stage event (± 300km) starting on 29th September 2010 at the Langebaan Golf Estate, and takes cyclists through the Renosterveld, on the West Coast of Cape Town, via Darling, Malmesbury and ends at Meerendal Wine Estate in the Durbanville Winelands on 2nd October 2010. Cyclists can thus see firsthand what they are trying to preserve and regenerate. The Durbanville Winelands has it's Season of Sauvignon festival that weekend and Meerendal wine estate is planning a massive party, catering for over 3000 visitors on the day. This is a perfect opportunity for you as a Corporate to do your part for the environment, by purchasing 10 team entries (2 riders per team) to the Renosterveld Mountain Bike race and thus helping us to achieve our goals.

The Renosterveld Mountain Bike race falls under the umbrella of the Renosterveld Trust. The mandate ofthe Renosterveld Trust is to bring the Black Rhino back into the Renosterveld within 5 years. In order to achieve this goal, we the need to conserve and regenerate the critically endangered Renosterveld, of which there is only 4 % left in the world. Our race is endorsed by Nature Conservation Corporation and the Western Cape Biosphere.

There are two Corporate options:

Standard Option: (R7000 per team)

• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinners in the Renosterveld MTB race village each night

• 3 feed stations along the route per day

• Accommodation the night before the race at the Langebaan Golf Estate

• 2 nights accommodation in the race village tented camp

• Rider Bag/box delivered & collected to/from your accommodation daily

Luxury Option: (R12000 per team)

• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinners in the Renosterveld MTB race village each night

• 3 feed stations along the route per day

• 1 X dedicated Masseur per 4 riders

• Accommodation the night before the race at the Langebaan Golf Estate

• 2 nights in Guest Houses/B&B’s

• Separate registration table in Langebaan

• Transport between the start/finish, race village & accommodation each day

• Rider Bag/box delivered & collected to/from your accommodation daily

• Complimentary Renosterveld MTB Merchandise

• Daily Bike Service

This is a limited offer of 30 teams, so act now to reserve your slots. For more information contact Danelle at danelle@renosteveldmtb.co.za or 0761413722 or see our website http://www.renosterveldmtb.co.za

Kind regards

Danelle Burger

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