Travel

Thrills and Spills: Franschhoek Mystery Weekends

Franschhoek Mystery Weekends – a must for your bucket list! Imagine an all-inclusive winelands getaway, where your whole weekend has been meticulously planned for you, from check in to check out. Every single little detail taken care of, including food and DRINK. And thrills, of course, because that's the main...

Celebrate Father’s Day in Franschhoek!

  Father's Day comes but once a year, but he's there for you 24/7 - so why not spoil the Big Guy in your life with a weekend in Franschhoek? The Valley is looking beautiful this time of the year, it's quieter and more serene than in summer, plus you...

Spier’s Winter Package: Family Farm Fun

Escape to the farm with Spier’s new Winter package - the perfect time and place for a family get-together in the Boland. Winter is Spier’s secret season — a time for slowing down and taking it easy!Hibernate by the fire in your cosy hotel room, lazily watch the oak...

Hotel Verde: The Greenest Hotel in Africa

Where would you expect to find the greenest hotel in Africa? Airport Industria, Cape Town, seems the most unlikely place, but yep, there it is. More than a hotel, Hotel Verde is a haven, and what most hotels aspire to when they grow up. I was invited on a media...

Elgin Cool Wine and Country Food Festival

  It’s Almost Time for Elgin Cool Wine and Country Food Festival! Elgin Cool Wine and Country Food Festival is back and better than ever before on 27 & 28 April 2019. A mere 75 minute's drive from Cape Town, Elgin Valley offers city-dwellers and visitors to the Mother City, the...

Happy News from Bartholomeus Klip – Another Smoke & Fire Pop Up, Plus More!

If there's one thing guaranteed to lift my spirits, it's a newsletter from Bartholomeus Klip hopping into my inbox. Always something good happening at that gorgeous Swartland guest farm, and man, do they know how to throw a party... Read more about the previous Smoke and Fire Pop-Up Garden BBQ...

Delheim Fynbos Conservation

Delheim Wine Estate lies across a 2 km stretch of Simonsberg. In the 1970's, land not under vineyard cultivation was heavily planted with what would become the largest private pine plantation in the Western Cape. 150 hectares of the pine plantation were destroyed by fire in 2000. The pine...

Rijstafel Feast with Peter Veldsman at Karoo Art Hotel

South African culinary icon, food writer and chef Peter Veldsman is hosting an epic 62-course Indonesian Rijstafel feast at Karoo Art Hotel in Barrydale on Friday 3rd November. Tickets are selling fast at R850 pp (excluding wine) so book your place quick-sticks through reservations@karooarthotel.co.za. Only 30 places are available...