My favorite cities are the ones that have nature at their doorstep and which are made up of a number of smaller communities, each encapsulating their own personality and style but also contributing to the city as a whole. A city of villages. Cape Town is definitely a city of villages, and the villages in […] Read more…
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The Perfect Cape Town Day Trip: A Self-Drive Cape Peninsula Tour
If you are visiting Cape Town and have your own vehicle, you should definitely do a self-drive Cape Peninsula Tour to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope! Find out more about my favorite day trip from Cape Town… The Cape of Good Hope has always intrigued me so it was the number one […] Read more…
Highlights of My One Week Cape Town Itinerary
Wondering how to spend one week in Cape Town, South Africa – don’t worry, I got you! Read on to find out the highlights from my Cape Town itinerary… Cape Town: what can I say that hasn’t already been said? This city truly is one of the most spectacular in the world. White sand beaches, […] Read more…
Sani Top in Lesotho: The Perfect Adventure Break From South Africa
If you are planning a trip to South Africa I highly encourage you to add the windswept and fascinating country of Lesotho to your itinerary, particularly Sani Top at the top of the infamous Sani Pass. Read on to find out more… So… have you heard of Lesotho? I hadn’t until I started dating a […] Read more…
Tackling the Platteklip Gorge Hike up Table Mountain in Cape Town
Do you want to go to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town and are a fan of hiking? Well, you should do the Platteklip Gorge hike to the top! If you have heard of Cape Town you probably would have heard of its most famous tourist attraction, the imposing Table Mountain that looms […] Read more…
An Unplanned Hike in Cape Town’s Mountains
We never planned to hike the mountains above Constantia Nek in Cape Town. I hadn’t even heard of the place that morning. After packing up and checking out of our first Air BnB apartment in Cape Town, we took the shortest route to our next apartment rental in the seaside suburb of Hout Bay. The […] Read more…
A Day Among the Vines in the Cape Winelands
In my opinion, it wouldn’t be a trip to Cape Town without a visit to the wine region an hour out of the city. So despite there being so much to do in Cape Town itself, we still managed to squeeze in a day trip to sample the wines and soak up the scenery in […] Read more…