Mamre Moravian Mission Station

Mamre lies about fifty kilometres north of central Cape Town, reached off the R27 by way of the R307 between Atlantis and Darling. It is a working town of several thousand people, and on its western side stands the reason to come: a Moravian mission werf where the church, the parsonage, former military barracks, a […]

Table Bay Nature Reserve

Table Bay Nature Reserve is not one place. It is 880 hectares of wetland, river, lagoon, beach and lowland vegetation stitched together across the northern side of Cape Town, made up of seven separate parts: Rietvlei Wetlands, Milnerton Lagoon, Milnerton Beach, Milnerton Racecourse, Zoarvlei Wetlands, the Diep River and the Parklands Fynbos Corridor. Understanding that […]

Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve

Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve is the reason taps run in Atlantis, Mamre and Pella. Beneath roughly 3 000 hectares of dune and fynbos on Cape Town’s northern edge sits a large natural aquifer that supplies those communities with potable water, and the reserve above it exists to keep both the supply and the landscape intact. […]

Blaauwberg Nature Reserve

Bloubergstrand is where people go for the postcard photograph of Table Mountain. Blaauwberg Nature Reserve is the 1 445 hectares behind and above it, and the reason the view still has something wild in the foreground. The City of Cape Town describes it as one of the most intact and diverse lowland vegetation habitats in […]

!Khwa ttu San Heritage Centre

South Africa’s living San heritage !Khwa ttu San Heritage Centre is one of South Africa’s most important cultural attractions, dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich heritage, traditions and knowledge of the San people, the first inhabitants of Southern Africa. Around 70 km north of Cape Town on the R27 West Coast Road, the centre […]

Bloubergstrand Beach

The classic Table Mountain view beach Bloubergstrand Beach is one of Cape Town’s most recognisable stretches of coast, known for its panoramic view of Table Mountain across Table Bay. The City of Cape Town officially lists the facility as Blaauwberg Beach, on Otto du Plessis Drive in Bloubergstrand, and describes it as a renowned location […]

Darling Cellars

Overview Set among the rolling hills, wheat fields and wildflower landscapes of the Darling Wine Route, roughly an hour from Cape Town, Darling Cellars is one of the West Coast’s best-known wine producers. Vineyards cooled by the nearby Atlantic have earned the winery a reputation for expressive cool-climate wines that reflect the distinctive Darling terroir. […]