BLYDE RIVER CANYON NATURE RESERVE
Ideal destination for hikers and nature lovers.Read more
ROBBEN ISLAND
Read moreSince 1997, Robben Island has been on the World Heritage List. Essential for understanding the still recent history of the country, this visit is a highlight because of the solemnity of this site where hundreds of people died. The rock, located 9 km from the port of Cape Town, housed, between the 17th and 20th centuries, a prison, an asylum, a leprosarium and a military base before becoming, from 1963, a high-security prison. Most of the rebel freedom fighters, Hottentots or slaves, were actually the first political prisoners in the country!
A bus takes you around the island.The island is surrounded by a large maritime zone designed to protect the only colony of 140,000 African penguins and the 60 species of birds. The bus stops at the lime quarry, where Mandela and the other prisoners had worked hard with burnt hands and eyes. The visit continues in the heavy atmosphere of the prison halls and near the football field, the only leisure allowed. The guide, a former political prisoner, recounts the intense experience. You visit Block B, the very high security block for political prisoners, and the tiny cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison, escaping by thinking and writing. Illiterate and illiterate people were coming out educated, like the former President of the Republic, Jacob Zuma, who entered in 1963 and left ten years later. It is regrettable that the visit is taking place on the spur of the moment...
CHAPMAN'S PEAK DRIVE
The road from Hout Bay to Nordhoek runs along the edge of a vertiginous 600 ...Read more
NATAL SHARKS BOARD
Research institute dedicated to the study of shark behavior.Read more
GROOT CONSTANTIA ESTATE
Governor Simon Van der Stel's huge estate, where he had 70,000 Muscat de ...Read more
GRASKOP GORGE LIFT
The Graskop Lift is a safe and reassuring way to explore nature.Read more
GAY'S GUERNSEY DAIRY
Artisanal dairy at the end of Church Street towards the Swartberg Pass, ...Read more
BUFFALO BAY
A magnificent beach on Knysna's west coast, ideal for satisfying a strong ...Read more
DIAS CROSS
Stroll through the golden dunes to discover a cross erected in March 1488 ...Read more
PINEAPPLE PLANTATION SUMMERHILL
A farm in Port Alfred with giant 16.70-metre pineapples to delight children ...Read more
ROOIBOS TEA BOARD
This industry, headed by Benjamin Ginsberg and Dr. Le Fras Nortier, offers ...Read more
BIRD ISLAND
Bird Island is a 3-hectare islet within walking distance of a colony of ...Read more
KLEIN CONSTANTIA ESTATE
Read moreThe legendary Vin de Constance has been produced again since 1986, thanks to the talent of winemaker Ross Gower and a double miracle of nature: the Muscat de Frontignan vines used are clones of those imported from France in 1656 by Governor Jan van Riebeeck. Every year, before the grape harvest, harriers leave the Siberian plains and come to spend a few months in the Constantia valley, protecting the vines from the looting birds. The resistance of the vines and the threat of birds of prey have made it possible to revive the wine that accompanied Napoleon in his exile from St. Helena. A sumptuous liqueur ordered in the 19th century by all the courts of Europe. Unlike Sauternes, there is no noble rot but the grapes ripen for a very long time on the vine, hence the concentration of sugar and fruity aromas. One month before the harvest, all the leaves are removed to allow the grapes to breathe and be exposed to the sun. In some years, up to half of the grapes are sacrificed in order to give the vines more reserves to draw from the soil. Once harvested, the Muscat de Frontignan, which is extremely ripe, is a delicate grape to press and requires a long fermentation. This is where all the cellar master's know-how comes into play. The wine is then aged for four years in French oak barrels. At the entrance to the estate, the tomb of Sheik Abdurahman Matebe shah, the last sultan of Malacca, he lived in Constantia until his death around 1681.
BATTLE OF THE BLOOD RIVER
Visit the site and discover a bronze reproduction of the 64 wagons.Read more
ANGLO-BOER WAR SITES (1899-1902)
Site of the Battle of Scheepersnek, the Battle of Holkrans and the Battle ...Read more
SITES OF THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR OF 1879
Site hosting the Battle of Hlobane Mountain and the Battle of Kambula.Read more
CERES FRUIT JUICES LIMITED
Company offering the possibility of being received in the farms and drying ...Read more
IMHOFF FARM
Organic farm complex in a white and green hangar to find artisanal products ...Read more
ILALA WEAVERS
Artisan cooperative where local communities produce handmade baskets in the ...Read more
KNYSNA HEADS
East Head offers a number of viewpoints and bridges from which you can ...Read more