It is our goal to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all our clients, we hereby have set out to implement the following protocols to ensure that everyone that travels with us can do so with peace of mind. No guests without appropriate face masks will be allowed to partake in any of Cape…
. The West Coast National park is a paradise for hikers, mountain bikers, birders and nature-lovers alike. Against the backdrop of the blue lagoon, white dunes, and rare fynbos, the West Coast National Park has so much to share, it is a must for all visitors to the Western Cape. The West Coast National park…
The V&A Waterfront is the place where it all started for the city of Cape Town. In 1654, two years after his arrival, Jan van Riebeek built a jetty as part of his task to establish a refreshment station at the Cape. Fresh water and fresh produce were provided to the ships of the Dutch…
Cape Agulhas is located at the Foot of Africa where the cold Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean and the warm Agulhas current of the Indian Ocean meet. Early Portuguese seafarerswho rounded this dangerous poin,t called it the Cape of Needles because they found that the needles of their compasses showed no deviation there. The…
Over a century ago, a botanist called Harold Pearson searched Cape Town high and low for the perfect spot to build a botanic garden. When he arrived at an overgrown farm called Kirstenbosch in February 1911, he ignored the wild pigs and weeds and declared “This is the place!” The Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden is amongst…
A well-known folk tale is that of Table Mountain being the warden of the Southern corner of the earth. It tells that the African god Tixo, God of the Sun, conceived a child with the Earth Goddess Djobela. Their son, Qamata, went on to create the world. The Great Dragon of the Sea became so…
London has SoHo; New Orleans, the French Quarter; and Cape Town has Long Street. One of the oldest streets in the city, Long Street lies in the heart of Cape Town’s city bowl and is most certainly on every tourist’s must-see list. Stretching along more than 20 blocks of Cape Town’s CBD, it lives up…
I have a passion for stories and history and Woodstock in Cape Town is loaded with both.With the world moving at the pace it is these days, it is sometimes a struggle to find information about the history of buildings and the people who built them,as everything seems to be changing overnight. My discovery journey…
. 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. Learn more of these intersting facts on our Cape Point tour. The Cape Peninsula’s rich and diverse plant…
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…
