Newport, VT - South African exports are many, including silk manufactured products and diamonds. Another leading export coming from this nation is top golfers, this due in fact to the great collection of championship golf courses dotting the countryside.

In close proximity to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a natural wildlife park filled with elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, leopards and more, are many formidable courses. And, a typical round of golf at a course such as the Hans Merensky Golf Course, features more than sand traps and water hazards. A grazing warthog or meandering giraffe might liven up play.

Another tourist attraction in the Kruger National Park region of course is the natural wildlife park. Safari tours through The Miriam Gayle Collection’s Weekend Safaris shares the beauty of the park’s natural features with individuals and small groups. In addition, a highlight of Weekend Safaris is a private tour of 24 Estate, the only commercial silkworm farm in South Africa. 24 Estate, with whom The Miriam Gayle Collection has partnered, cultivates silk from cocoons brought from China. The silk is hand-reeled and stretched out in strands from the whole cocoon, then used in the handmade manufacture of silk duvets and other bedding products. Tours of the facility teach visitors about the entire silk cultivation process.

The Miriam Gayle Collection and its parent company, The New Silk Road, have been in the business of bringing the benefits of silk to North America for over 10 years, offering a line of silk-based skin, beauty and other lifestyle products. 24 Estate’s silk duvets, pillows and bedding, are available in North America through The Miriam Gayle Collection at its web site, www.silkduvetcompany.com, and increasingly in stores in the U.S. and Canada. The duvets come in common bedding sizes and multiple weights. Silk is hypo-allergenic, 100% natural, long-lasting and very clean. It repels mold and mildew, and dust mites cannot exist in it.

For more information on Weekend Safaris, visit www.weekendsafaris.com. For more information about The Miriam Gayle Collection, The New Silk Road or its products, contact Robert Averill at 800-722-1419 or visit www.miriamgayle.com.