Welcome to South African Hidden Treasures™

There is a country of legendary beauty, where wild animals roam the endless plains, a country at peace with itself and the world after centuries of turmoil. That country is South Africa. Our country. The guides, guesthouse owners, crafters, restaurateurs, singers, dancers and storytellers of South African Hidden Treasures™ are proud of belonging to the country that has it all, and eager to share with you our country, our homes, our art, our people.

To view any of our wonderful and creative clients you can go to any of South Africa's nine provinces by either clicking on a province in the South African map above or selecting a province from the Products tab on the menu bar.

ABOUT HIDDEN TREASURES™

South African Hidden Treasures™ is one of the most innovative and far-reaching local tourism initiatives. Identified and developed by the Tourism Enterprise Partnership (TEP), it consists of unique small crafts and tourism experiences that provide visitors with an authentic taste of South Africa's rich and varied history and culture.

TEP stepped in as a necessary and active participant in the tourism service chain. It develops people (skills) and products (quality and diversity), in a combined format, for the purpose of creating an 'alternative face' to the traditional tourism experience of South Africa. Through South African Hidden Treasures™ TEP aim to comprehensively showcase the whole South African product. It envisages a web covering the country, a web that has so much to offer, is of such a high standard and is so well integrated into the transport and logistics infrastructure that it can be put on the world stage.

Particularly TEP wants South Africans to discover the wealth of people, places and experiences they are surrounded by. And TEP wants the world to come and stay with South African Hidden Treasures™, to hear their stories, enjoy their food, and listen to their music, to get to the heart and soul of what makes this country so special.

Exposing this undiscovered element of South Africa brings these products into the mainstream of tourism. This results in income-generating opportunities and sustainable job creation and equips small tourism businesses to take full advantage of business opportunities.

South African Hidden Treasures™ Experience add that 'special something' – often a personal experience - to any itinerary, and creates a unique and memorable encounter that is world-class, yet unmistakably South African.

It offers travel that engages the senses, stimulates the mind, includes unique activities, and connects on an emotional, spiritual or intellectual level. Experiences include artists, performers, tour guides, cuisine offerings, cultural and heritage products that will add a unique and authentic flavour to any tourism itinerary

South African Hidden Treasures™ Craft are limited edition, unique, hand-made South African craft pieces of a high quality standard that can be tailor-made to requirement.

It should come as no surprise that a country as beautiful and culturally diverse as South Africa has the most vibrant crafts industry on the continent. Small businesses from Cape Town's Imiso Ceramics to Zulu-lulu in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands are winning international acclaim for products that are as cutting edge as they are unique. Craft entrepreneurs across the country are preserving traditional skills, producing contemporary art pieces, and creating and sustaining numerous jobs.

For authentic, hand-made pieces that reflect the creativity of South Africans, be it for corporate gifts, once-off art pieces or crafts to support your offering, look no further than the TEP South African Hidden Treasures™ Crafts.

INTRODUCING SOUTH AFRICAN HIDDEN TREASURES™ ICONS TO HELP WITH NAVIGATION

These icons will be found on the provincial pages next to each small tourism business in the table. A blue dot signifies it as a General TEP Product Owner, an orange dot next to the names signifies it as a Tourism Experience, and a green dot signifies it as a Crafter. Each business can have one or all three of these icons.


TEP is a Section 21 (not-for-profit) company who facilitates the growth, development and sustainability of small tourism businesses in South Africa. TEP's model is structured to identify clients, take them through a step by step development process and ensure that they "graduate" as sustainable, growing businesses. The best of these businesses are packaged and offered to the world's tourism market.	South Africa has a great diversity of people, culture and heritage. TEP has clustered and developed products according to geographical location to provide visitors with an authentic experience that reflects the real South Africa.	Over the past nine years TEP has worked with more than 1500 crafters. Amongst these TEP identified a number who are producing small quantities of high quality goods that are capable of being sold in the international market. These very talented and experienced crafters now form the back bone of the SA HT Craft project, which provides unique hand-made crafts locally and internationally and much needed market access for the artists

Hidden Treasures^™ is created and managed by TEP | Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

General

SA Hidden Treasures respects the privacy of every individual who visits our websites or responds to our interactive advertisements. This Privacy Statement outlines the information SA Hidden Treasures will collect and how we will use that information. This Statement will also instruct you on what to do if you do not want your personal information collected or shared when you visit SA Hidden Treasures websites or respond to our advertisements.
Personally-Identifiable Information

SA Hidden Treasures will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you (that is, your name, address, telephone number, or email address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily.

If you do not want your personally-identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us. If you have already submitted this information and would like for us to remove it from our records, please contact us at the Web site, listed at the bottom of this Statement. We will use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our existing files.

When you do provide us with personally-identifiable information, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise: we may store and process that information to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services; we may use that information to contact you; and we may provide that information to third parties.
Children

SA Hidden Treasures has no intention of collecting any personally-identifiable information (that is, name, address, telephone number, or email address) from individuals under thirteen years of age. Where appropriate, SA Hidden Treasures will specifically instruct children not to submit such information on our websites or advertisements. If a child has provided us with personally-identifiable information, a parent or guardian of that child should contact us at the email address or phone number listed at the bottom of this Statement if they would like this information deleted from our records. We will use reasonable efforts to delete the child's information from our existing files.
Non-Personally-Identifiable Information Collected Automatically

In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally-identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site or advertisement.
Information We May Place Automatically On Your Computer's Hard Drive

When you view one of our websites or advertisements, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a website or advertisement to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
Who to Contact

If you have submitted personally-identifiable information through a SA Hidden Treasures website or interactive advertisement, and would like that information deleted from our records, please contact us at our email address info@tep.co.za.

| Terms & Conditions

Website Terms & Conditions

SA Hidden Treasures provides the SA Hidden Treasures Web site subject to the user's compliance with the terms and conditions stated below. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ACCESSING THE SA HIDDEN TREASURES SITE. BY ACCESSING THE SA HIDDEN TREASURES SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SA HIDDEN TREASURES SITE.

Rules

While visiting the SA Hidden Treasures Site, you may not:
- Post, transmit or otherwise distribute information constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise use the SA Hidden Treasures Site in a manner which is contrary to law or would serve to restrict or inhibit any other user from using or enjoying the SA Hidden Treasures Site or the Internet.
- Post or transmit any information or software, which contains a virus, trojan horse, worm or other harmful or disruptive component.
- Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, software or other material obtained through the SA Hidden Treasures Site which is protected by copyright, or other intellectual property right, or derivative works with respect hereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or right holder.
Monitoring

SA Hidden Treasures has no obligation to monitor the SA Hidden Treasures Site. However, you agree that SA Hidden Treasures has the right to monitor the SA Hidden Treasures Site electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the SA Hidden Treasures Site properly, or to protect itself or its subscribers. SA Hidden Treasures will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private electronic-mail message unless required by law. SA Hidden Treasures reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this Agreement.
Privacy

SA Hidden Treasures cannot ensure or guarantee privacy for SA Hidden Treasures users. It is therefore recommended that this service not be used for the transmission of confidential information. Any such use shall be at the sole risk of the user, and SA Hidden Treasures and its affiliates, suppliers and related companies shall be relieved of all liability in connection therewith.
Buying over the Internet

When making purchases or conducting other transactions through the SA Hidden Treasures Site or the Internet, you may be asked by the Merchant or Information or Service Provider, to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment mechanisms. You agree that all information you provide any merchant or Information or Service Provider through the SA Hidden Treasures Site will be accurate and complete. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or other users of your account or credit card or other payment mechanisms at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will be responsible for paying all applicable taxes, if any, relating to purchases on the SA Hidden Treasures Site. SA Hidden Treasures is in no way responsible for any charges you or any user of your account incurs when making purchases or other transactions in this manner.
Limitation of Liability

SA Hidden Treasures takes no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of any claims or statements contained in the documents and related graphics on the SA Hidden Treasures Site. Further, SA Hidden Treasures makes no representations about the suitability of any of the information contained in documents and related graphics on the SA Hidden Treasures Site for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided without warranty of any kind. In no event shall SA Hidden Treasures or its suppliers or affiliates be liable for any damages whatsoever, including special, indirect or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from the service.
Recourse

If you are dissatisfied with the SA Hidden Treasures Site or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices of SA Hidden Treasures in operating the SA Hidden Treasures Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the SA Hidden Treasures Site.
Confidential Information

You authorise SA Hidden Treasures to collect from any party and to retain all relevant information relating to your use of the SA Hidden Treasures Site, and you hereby authorise any party to provide us with such information.
Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold SA Hidden Treasures and its affiliates, suppliers and related companies harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to any violation of this Agreement by you or users of your account, or in connection with the use of the SA Hidden Treasures Site or the Internet or the placement or transmission of any message, information, software or other materials on the SA Hidden Treasures Site or on the Internet by you or users of your account.
Trademarks

SA Hidden Treasures and other trade marks, logos and icons identifying SA Hidden Treasures and SA Hidden Treasures products and services referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SA Hidden Treasures. All other product and/or brand or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Miscellaneous

This Agreement, including any and all documents referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between SA Hidden Treasures and the user pertaining to the subject matter hereof. SA Hidden Treasures's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provisions or right. If any of the provisions contained in this Agreement were determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions contained herein. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the prevailing laws of South Africa.