Rooi Els Beach
Where? Rooi Els
5km from Pringle Bay next to Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Rooi Els Beach is a popular beach with holiday makers, it is relatively secluded and sheltered which makes it a popular swimming spot.
Swimming is ...
Stanford Trading Store
Where? Stanford
One of Stanford’s longest standing interior stores, artist owner Kobus carefully curates and repurposes vintage pieces with a colonial or ‘Afrikana’ feel.
If you’re drawn to old and beautiful things ...
Duiwelsgat Hiking Trail
Where? Gansbaai
Start: Gansbaai harbour
Finish: Klipgat caves, De Kelders
Duration: 7 km, around 4 hours
Fitness: easy, children can do this hike
Our tip: this is a one-way trail, so you will need to arrange another car ...
Great White Shark Experience
Where? Kleinbaai
In South Africa, we are privileged to have access to great white sharks… if you know where to go, and when.
The general public, too, can enjoy great white sharks face-to-face. Observing and diving with ...
Betty Blue Bistro
Where? Hermanus
Hermanus is popular for its whale watching and water sports; a sleepy seaside village that comes alive every year for the holidays, when the southern right and humpback whales make their elegant appearance in ...
Bella Luna Restaurant
Where? Struisbaai
Bella Luna, a great Italian restaurant, is a Struisbaai favourite.
With its new location conveniently nestled on the corner of the Struisbaai Mall this Italian restaurant offers everything a weary traveller ...
Gansbaai Saloon
Where? Gansbaai
Gansbaai is a small fishing village on the Western Cape coastline. It is popular for many things, not least of all shark cage diving. For this reason alone, many locals and tourists visit the town every year, ...
Rent-a-Bike and Cycle the Kogelberg
Where? Kleinmond
Rent-a-bike; own-the-experience. Two legs can get you so far breathing in the fresh air but two wheels can get you so much further with the wind blowing through your hair.
The Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve ...
Havercrofts Restaurant
Where? Stanford
Located in a farmhouse just outside Stanford, on the R43, Havercrofts is a charming rustic restaurant, specializing in delicious comfort food and slow Sunday roasts. Made all the more intimate thanks to ...
Go Sandboarding
Where? Cape Town Central
Africa's version of snowboarding, sand boarding is an exhilarating sport taking advantage of South Africa's gradients and global gravity. An all over body workout this hobby also known as sand surfing is set ...
Driving the Strandveld
Where? Elim
Route: Hermanus, Elim, Cape Agulhas, Waenhuiskrans, Bredasdorp, Napier
Description: beautiful bays, sand dunes, villages, caves and shipwrecks
Length: roughly 280 km
Time: a day, at least
Overnight: Any of ...
Hermanus Wine Hoppers
Where? Hermanus
There are few things that could go wrong on a wine tour in the Cape. However, one of the challenges that wine-lovers face is choosing a designated driver for their exploration of the local wine farms, where ...
Grotto Beach
Where? Hermanus
A Blue Flag Beach (2013), Grotto beach is a local beach in Hermanus that offers excellent facilities in the form of a restaurant play park and well maintained ablution facilities. The beach is excellent for ...
Lemon & Lime
Where? Pringle Bay
The local deli, Lemon & Lime, stock everything from homemade cakes to imported olive oils, and their milk tartlets and lemon meringue are out of this world.
Lemon & Lime Deli is a fresh space where one ...
Taste and buy Wine at the Wine Village
Where? Hermanus
Voted one of the Best Wine Shops in South Africa - Representing 600 producers of fine South African wine, with 1,600 labels of quality wine, the Wine Village offers something for everyone, from the discerning ...