Category: Activities
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The Mother City’s Mountain ~ Where Stone Holds the Story of Time
Rising with remarkable composure and an enduring authority above the Atlantic, Table Mountain has become one of the world’s most recognisable natural landmarks. There’s something about its majestic form that has a way of altering one’s perception of time. Its defining presence of stone dominates the horizon, and shapes the city’s rhythm, identity and imagination.…
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The Mother City through rose-tinted lenses…
It’s apparent that our beloved Mother City, in all of her theatrical splendour, is one of the most romantic cities in the world. Yes, there’s Venice and her canals, Paris and her cafés and cathedrals, Rome and her historical palaces, and Kyoto and her ancient temples and bamboo groves. But there’s something uniquely evocative about…
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Souvenirs for the Soul…
There is an indelible romance to the open roads of the Western Cape. A slow unfurling of mountain passes, agricultural fields, salt-scented coastlines and valleys of sprawling vineyards. Where the landscape captivates the traveller’s gaze, and quite simply, takes one’s breath away. The true soul of these journeys often lies in the terrain that’s traversed,…
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Discovering Cape Town Through the Seasons
The beguiling thing about Cape Town is that it resists a singular definition. Like a well-trusted friend whose character deepens over time, the Mother City reveals her truest nature across the shifting seasons of the year. To know her only in summer is to admire one of her expressions, one sunny side of her personality.…
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Whale Route Wonders – Nature’s Grand Tour from Labotessa to Hermanus
The wonderful thing about the hugely popular seaside town of Hermanus is its proximity to Cape Town. It only takes ninety minutes to be surrounded by the Kleinrivier mountains, overlooking the slightly warmer waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Over the years – at least a decade or so – the burgeoning town has evolved from…
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A Thrill-Seeker’s Guide to Cape Town
Some travel itineraries are definitively tailored to include all of the things that pander to those that prefer to be placid. Those that choose to be lulled into a blissful state of vacation. Cue the cocktails on the vanilla sands, the sumptuous spa treatments, the languid hours of feasting and reading, slow meandering around quaint…
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Ho Ho Ho – To Market we go…
For many of us, when December arrives, it marks a time in our calendars when we somehow get ourselves into an activity frenzy. As we welcome the festive season and salute the year that’s just passed, an obligatory attend-all friend and family function ensues. Often ruffling our end-of-year feathers even further. It’s wonderful to savour…
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Sun, Sand, and Sea: Discovering Cape Town’s Best Beaches
Pack your sun hats, your sunscreen, your sarongs and your sandals…November beckons those dreamy beach days. Fortunately for us, there are a plethora of perfect stretches of sand to choose from. Cape Town is peppered with pearly white shorelines and turquoise waters that mimic the romantic coves of the Mediterranean. Yes, the temperatures tell a…
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West Coast Wonders
It’s that time of year again, when we have the pleasure of winding the windows down, and venturing down the long, open roads of the West Coast. Witnessing the sight of the blooming beautiful buds of the Namaqualand daisies, as they salute spring. As inhabitants of the Cape, we count ourselves considerably lucky to be…
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Pandering to our playful hearts in The Mother City
Sometimes it’s necessary to resort to those childlike ways of entertainment, that tickle the joy of our holiday hearts and tend to our inquisitive minds that often need nurturing.