Western Cape Miscellaneous

Malls & Shopping

Hemingways Bookshop

Overnight? Stay in Hermanus
This rare collectables, Africana, antiquarian and out-of-print book shop is a must if you are even vaguely a book lover (and who isn't?). Hemingways looks as ...

Art Galleries

Hermanus First Fridays Artwalk

Overnight? Stay in Hermanus
First Fridays is a worldwide initiative to bring art and art galleries to the public. It's already a feature in major cities in South Africa, like Cape Town and ...

Malls & Shopping

South African Market

Overnight? Stay in Cape Town Central
SAM, or the South African Market, is a designer emporium (shop) aimed at showcasing a variety of local designers. It is located in an airy space on Shortmarket ...

Family Entertainment / Malls & Shopping

Philippi Village

Overnight? Stay in Philippi
An old cement factory in Philippi has been given new life, re-purposed into an entrepreneurial and recreational/retail hub. The Hub, which calls itself ‘the ...

Family Entertainment / Scenic Drives

Ceres Rail Company

Overnight? Stay in Ceres
Ceres is an exquisite valley in the heart of the Western Cape's farmlands. Sprawling fruit orchards rise to meet the towering mountains of the Boland, graced by the ...

Malls & Shopping

Montagu Bookshop

Overnight? Stay in Montagu
Perched on the famous Route 62 through exquisite inland portions of South Africa, Montagu is a small town with big character. It is nestled amongst the craggy ...

Monuments / Sight Seeing

The Wreck of the SS Kakapo

Overnight? Stay in Noordhoek
The SS Kakopo, a 665 ton schooner rigged steamship, wrecked herself on the peninsula's Long Beach on the Atlantic coastline on 25 May 1900 - one of many ships to ...

Family Entertainment / Sight Seeing

Capedry Tractor Trip

Overnight? Stay in Montagu
Just 180 kilometres from Cape Town, dubbed the gateway to the Little Karoo, is the enticing town of Montagu. It may be small, but it is charming for its history and ...

Art Galleries

First Thursdays Cape Town

Overnight? Stay in Cape Town Central
When you visit Cape Town, you are invited to join " First Thursdays". On the first Thursday of every month you are invited to explore art galleries and cultural ...

Cooking with Lekka Kombuis

Overnight? Stay in Bo Kaap
The Afrikaans word “lekker” is a complex one. On the surface, it means, “nice” or “great”. But, really, it means so much more. There's an element of comfortable ...

Monuments

Paradise Lady Anne Barnard's cottage

Overnight? Stay in Newlands
Paradise - the remains of Lady Anne Barnard's cottage: Deep in Newlands Forest are the remains of a little stone cottage and garrison that once belonged to a ...

Township Tours / Nightlife & Theatre

Theatre in the Backyard

Overnight? Stay in Cape Town
Theatre in the Backyard is a group of actors without an auditorium or a stage. Not only do the actors move beyond their usual boundaries taking their theatre beyond ...

Family Entertainment / Sports & Leisure

Archery at Thali Thali

Overnight? Stay in Langebaan
Thali Thali is about more than the magical loveliness of the fauna and flora of South Africa. Here, archery is another major attraction; one that can be enjoyed by ...

Family Entertainment / Walks & Hiking

Muizenberg Moonlight Meander

Overnight? Stay in Muizenberg
The beach of Muizenberg is about more than the endless stretches of white sand, the azure waters that lap these shores, and the high African skies overhead. It is ...

Breweries

Newlands Brewery Tour

Overnight? Stay in Newlands
The Newlands Brewery in Cape Town was established in 1820, making it the oldest working brewery in South Africa. More than this, it produces some excellent beers ...