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20 Something in Cape Town – A List of Things To Do
The Mother City is one of the best cities in South Africa in which to be young, single and fancy free. The whole city is a playground if you’re 20 something in Cape Town. Whether it’s discovering something cool to do, or heading off along well-trodden pa...
And the Most Visited Tourist Attractions in South Africa are…
Ask anyone the question - which are the most visited tourist attractions in South Africa - and they’ll probably answer along the lines of our list below ... V&A Waterfront The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town has around 25 million visitors...
15 Tourist Attractions That Are Worth The Money (And 3 That Are ‘Meh’)
It's only fair that your money should work hard for you on holiday. Let's be honest: there is nothing worse than standing in a queue, to hand over your cash, only to find that the attraction is over-hyped and underwhelming. To save you money, we've put toge...
15 Things Only A Capetonian Would Do
Is there such a thing as typical Capetonian? As much as the rest of the country loves to generalise about those who live in the Mother City as tardy, with a propensity to wait until the last minute before committing to an event, and obsessed with their moun...
15 Most Instagrammed Attractions in Cape Town
#Cape Town doesn't need an introduction. It is one of the most popular city hashtags in South Africa, tagged in over 3 111 645 photos (#Johannesburg is tagged in only 560 590 photos). Comparatively #Cape Town is understandably not as popular as somewhere li...
10 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Kirstenbosch
There isn't a visitor to Cape Town who doesn't visit Kirstenbosch. The 52 800 square kilometre botanical garden is up there with the best in the world, particularly since the introduction of the 'Boomslang' (officially named the Most Beautiful Object in South ...
Cape Towns Big 7 – If You Haven’t Done Them, You Haven’t Lived
Cape Towns Big 7 have nothing to do with animals... The city has not suddenly acquired direct access to lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo, great white shark and southern right whales – although southern right whales, sharks, seals and penguins you can f...
Top Ten Natural Attractions in the Western Cape
Africa's most southern region, the Western Cape is also the country's most mountainous and, some would argue, most beautiful province (certainly those who live in Cape Town like to think so). It has more iconic-style attractions than any other province, and...
Dinosaurs amongst the cycads at Kirstenbosch
It's a clever idea, putting life-size dinosaurs in amongst near-extinct cycads at Kirstenbosch. Not only does it give you a very real idea of just how large, or small, the dinosaurs actually were by standing next to them but you get a real appreciation for the...
Open-Air Cinemas Near You – 6 Places In South Africa Where The Big Screen Is Outdoors
The inner-city trend of outdoor cinema is fast filling the void that the demise of the drive-in left in the lives of many South Africans. It's already a rage worldwide and places like Monaco, Wroclaw (Poland), Broom and Sydney (Australia), London, Colorado,...
Kirstenbosch Tree Canopy Walkway
The giant steel snake that utterly transforms Kirstenbosch's little known arboretum is leaving visitors and locals gasping... Not only does it rise from the ground at a gentle slope until it reaches above the tree line, with panoramic views of the eastern s...
The Darwin Trail – Retrace Darwin’s Visit To The Cape
I know little about Charles Darwin other than that his theory of evolution got me into serious hot water in the school playground where, at age eleven, I spoke out in support of the principle of evolution without much understanding of what it was all about. ...
Moyo Brings Soul to Kirstenbosch
Silver Tree Restaurant out. Moyo in. What a change for Kirstenbosch. I wasn't a fan of the former lower garden restaurant at Kirstenbosch. It suffered from the syndrome 'we have the monopoly thus do not have to deliver anything special' – unfortunate for Ki...
An afternoon at Kirstenbosch – Photographs
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens is known the world over for its beauty and diversity. Only indigenous plants are grown in the gardens and the 528 hectares support a diverse area of fynbos and flora. The gardens boast collections of South African plants...
Cecilia Waterfall from Kirstenbosch – A Wonderful Walk
Normally, when people speak about walking Cecilia Forest, they refer to the more-or-less amble you can do through the forest after parking on Rhodes Drive, along the main jeep track. Cecilia Forest has a number of lovely walks and jogging paths that pass throu...