Author: Sjoerd jan ter Welle

Africa is more than just wildlife The main attraction of southern Africa is its wildlife. Most of our guests come to the continent to experience the Big 5: the lion, leopard, black rhino, African bush elephant, and the African buffalo and to experience the African bush. It is just great to be in eye-to-eye contact with one of these creatures in an open gamedrive vehicle or on foot in Africa. No doubt about it. Not to say that there is no wildlife to be found in the Cape Town area, the most impressive nature reserves however are elsewhere. The area surrounding Cape Town has its own attractions worth visiting it or even worth spending a holiday just there. What makes Cape Town so special? Cape Town and its surroundings feels a lot like the Côte d'Azur in the south of France. Its vegetation and climate is much alike with beautiful beaches, vineyards, flowers in summer time, nice places to drink coffee, small towns, boutique shops and great world class restaurants. It feels also quite relaxed in this part of Africa. There are fenced off houses like in the Johannesburg area but it is all way more open. You can stroll along the boulevard in the evening. Cars are parked there on the streets in Cape Town instead of behind fenced off properties. The Cape Winelands Just east of Cape Town, lying in the shadow of a continuous belt of mountains, lies a series of valleys known as the Cape Winelands – a collection of historic towns, little hamlets and Cape Dutch farmsteads that provide South African wines to the world. The Cape Winelands district is a landlocked area in-between the West Coast and the Overberg coasts, including Drakenstein, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Breede River Valley, and the Langeberg winelands. Collectively they are