I have a passion for stories and history and Woodstock in Cape Town is loaded with both. I have been spending more and more time in the area, as we run a very fun and interesting walking tour in Woodstock that includes both Craft beer and Culture. With the world moving at the pace it…
. Cape Point is one of Cape Town’s most popular tourist sites, but many people who visit here are unaware of the fascinating facts that have helped to make this unique rocky promontory what it is today. The Cape Peninsula’s rich and diverse plant life has earned it eight World Heritage Site accolades from UNESCO.…
My Dad was a Geography teacher at Hottentots Holland High School in Somerset West for more than 30 years and he used to commute to school every day on his Vespa scooter These days Vespas have become the trademark of the Hipster crowd but back then it was simply an affordable way to get around…
Through the ages many ships have sunk off the dangerous coast of the Strandveld, the castaways from these wrecks played an integral part in helping to shape the culture, traditions, language and architecture of this wonderful area on the southern coast of Africa. The sea doesn’t have friends, the Southern Atlantic is a cold, dangerous…
The great thing about going on a guided tour is that the places you are visiting comes alive with the stories of the past and the present, through the stories of the tour guide. If you are simply sightseeing, you actually miss out on so much, sure we get a cool little picture for our…
Cape Town is a city of diverse cultures, languages and stories and as such, the city perched at the bottom of the African continent has been known by a variety of different names, officially and unofficialy . In Afrikaans we call it Kaapstad, the Xhosa refer to it as iKapa and the Sotho as Motse Kapa.…
After a recently completed Overberg Explorer tour I had some time to kill, so I decided to pop into the penguin sanctuary at Kleinbaai. After a thoroughly rewarding experience I still had a few more hours to kill, so I thought I would drive down to Kleinbaai proper, a little trip down memory lane if you…
