Absorb breathtaking views at the southwestern tip of the African Continent, and enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spot African Penguins.
See the best of South Africa's Western Cape on a 5-day tour from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. Look for wildlife at Addo Elephant National Park and benefit from included adventure tours, such as hikes, wine tasting and canoeing in Wilderness National Park.
Discover the best hidden Gem in Cape Town, with local! Let us show you a couple of our favourite gems located in the city, taking you off the typical tourist route and enjoy a locals night.
See Africa's famous wildlife and incredible Garden Route scenery on this 3-day tour; including a 4x4 game drive and bush walking safari and canoeing in the wilderness.
Travel from Cape Town on this 2-day safari, which includes an overnight at the Garden Route Game Lodge. Go on 2 safari drives viewing elephants, lions, rhinos, giraffes, hippos and more.
Creative, scenic, fun and relaxing describes this experience. Enjoy a wine tasting and learn how to paint with the very wines you are tasting on a rustic award winning wine estate in Stellenbosch
Ride up to the top of Table Mountain on a cable car and marvel at the 360-degree views of nature. Enjoy this private scenic tour in Cape Town and admire the African penguins at Boulders Beach.
Visit some of the notorious townships of Cape Town, including District Six, and learn more about South Africa's apartheid policies. Then, visit Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.
This award-winning bicycle township tour in Masiphumelele provides guests with the opportunity to meet and interact with the local community from their bicycle seat.
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Arniston is an old fishing village where the local people still earn their living from the sea. The white sandy beaches, unspoilt sand dunes and the intriguing Waenhuiskrans cave are some of the treas...
Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard stretches along the western shore of the Cape Peninsula, from Hout Bay all the way to the V&A Waterfront. It's an idylic stretch of land that offers some of the best ...
Cape Point is the higher of the two peaks in the Cape Point Nature Reserve. The other peak is called the Cape of Good Hope. Most people think that Cape Point is the southernmost tip of Africa &n...
The City Bowl makes up the heart of the city between the bay, the foot of Table Mountain and the neighbouring Lion´s Head and Signal Hill. It covers the entire area between the sea, the mountain...
Constantia is South Africa´s oldest wine growing region. The grandest estate in the area is Groot Constantia (Big Constantia) that was established in 1684 by the Dutch Colonial Governor of Cape ...
French protestant Huguenots came to Cape Town after fleeing persecution from the Catholic Church in France and finding temporary refuge in Protestant Holland. They came to the Cape from the 1680&rsquo...
About 90 minutes outside is the beautiful town of Hermanus. Hermanus Pieters was a teacher from Caledon that established a grazing area for his sheep and cattle in the 1820’s after he discovered a...
Hout Bay ("Wood" Bay) was christened by Jan van Riebeeck himself who discovered these dense forests providing the timber required for the construction of ships and the Castle of Good Hope.&n...
The most popular origin of the name Langebaan is that the Dutch seafarers named it after the long strip ("Lange Baan") of calm water formed by the Lagoon. The lagoon is not a freshwater lago...
Montagu is a small country town that is surrounded by fascinating mountains whose rock striations show that some terrible tectonic plate shifting happened here very long ago. Two rivers, Keisie and Ki...
Paarl is the third oldest European settlement in South Africa and is famous for its Pearl Mountain or ‘Paarl Rock’ that has been compared in majesty to Ayres Rock, and which overlooks a nu...
The name Paternoster comes from the Latin phrase Patre Nostre meaning "Our Father". According to local legend, this is the prayer the Portuguese sailors were uttering when their ship, The Li...
Stellenbosch, or Stellies as many locals call it, has a palpable sense of history and culture. Located in the heart of the famous Cape Winelands, and the second-oldest Cape settlement after Cape Town,...
The Greater Swellendam area is a beautiful country destination 2 to 3 hours east of Cape Town, halfway between and George on the N2. Swellendam is the third oldest settlement in South Africa after Ca...
Situated in the Breede River valley, Tulbagh is 120km North West of Cape Town and almost completely surrounded by three majestic mountain ranges – The Great Winterhoek in the north, Witzenberg o...
The V&A Waterfront is one of Cape Town's most visited and celebrated attractions for locals and tourists alike, and all for good reason. This centrally located working harbour and shopping complex...
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