Ibiza Get-away

• Afternoon City Orientation tour
• Duration: 4-5 hours
• Distance from Villa: within a 8km radius

This is a short tour to let you understand the different areas of the city, and orientation to where you are placed in it all. From the Villa we have some of the best views over the city and Table Mountain. The orientation tour is to learn more about the inner city, and a walk through to see sights as: Castle of Good Hope, City Hall, the vibey Long street, District Six Museum, National Parliament and many more depending on interest.

• Table Mountain
• Duration: 5 minutes to the top with a cable car
• Distance from Villa: 600m walk / 2km car ride
• *Weather dependent

Cape Town most famous attraction stands 1086m (3500 ft) tall. It’s a 5 minute areal cable car ride to the top, and you can spend as much time as you want, or hike up the mountain to the top can take up to 2 hours. It is a moderate to strenuous hike, depending on the route. Spectacular view over the city, Table Bay & Robben Island, beaches to the west and other mountains of the Cape Peninsula.

• Cape Peninsula Tour
• Duration: Full day
• Distance from Villa: +/- 70km round trip

Discover the Peninsula of the Cape on a scenic route alone the famous Chapman’s Peak drive towards Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve & Cape Point. This is the southern most tip of Africa where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean. Take strolls through Boulders Beach, home of the African Penquin, and stop in fisher towns on your way back, Kalk Bay and Simons Town, where a fur seal always awaits.

• Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens
• Duration: Half day
• Distance from Villa: 12km round trip
• Time: Open 8am – 7pm in summer and 8am – 6pm in winter.

Nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain lies the 528 hectares (1300 acres) garden, it’s acclaimed one of the great gardens of the world. It covers five of the 6 different biomes of South Africa and was created in 1913. You can choose a guided tour, or just stroll along the gardens at your own leisure.

• Constantia Wine Region tour
• Duration: Morning trip / half day
• Distance from Villa: 20 km round trip

Constantia Valley Wine region was found in 1685 by Simon van der Stel. This makes it the oldest wine region in South Africa, and one of the first and finest examples of Cape Dutch architecture. You can visit up to 8 wine estates that offer award winning wines that benefit from the cool sea breezes blowing across False Bay just a few kilometers away.

• Stellenbosch & Franschhoek Wine Tour
• Duration: Full Day
• Distance from Villa: +/- 180 km round trip

This tour is a wonderful day out to see some of South Africa’s most famous wine estates. If you are not a wine drinker, you can opt for beer or gin tasting as well. Or just a culinary experience of fine restaurants and countryside. The areas are rich in history where you can visit the Huguenot Memorial Museum that honor the French settlers who arrived in the 17th / 18th centuries, or enjoy the Cape Dutch architecture. The vibey University town Stellenbosch are surrounded by mountainous nature reserves of Jonkershoek and Simonsberg. The town is famous not only for wine, but cafes, boutiques and art galleries.

• Hermanus Whale Watching
• Duration: Full day
• Distance from Villa: 200 km round trip

This seaside town southwest of Cape Town, is known for whale-watching. This fisherman’s village overlook Walker Bay and is home to the Whale House Museum. Whale watching season is mid-June to mid-November. The beautiful drive through the Hemel en Aarde (heaven and earth) valley, which is also a wine region in its own right. Should you be there for whale season, you can do it by boat or by a scenic flight.

• Westcoast Tour includes Darling
• Duration: Full day
• Distance from Villa: 270 km round trip

A small fisherman’s town, Paternoster is one of South Africa’s oldest fishing villages. It is known for lobster and white-washed fisherman’s cottages. With a remarkable coastline of white boulders and beautiful beaches. A definite favorite to many. Darling is part of the Cape floral region. Home to hundreds of species of flowering plants (season July/August/September). And just outside town, on the Westcoast National Park Langebaan Lagoon which attracts migrating waterbirds, like flamingos and white pelicans.

• Robben Island Tour
• Duration: Half Day
• Distance from Villa: 5 km to the boat

Robben Island takes the name of the Dutch word, seals, which directly translate to Seal Island. It was designated as a world heritage site in 1999. It was used as a prison and where people were isolated, banished and exiled for nearly 400 years. It was also used as a post office, a grazing ground and mental hospital. But more likely known for where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. On a lighter note, it is now also a bird sanctuary and hosts up to 132 bird species.

• V&A Waterfront Shopping Tour
• Duration: Dependent on guests
• Distance from Villa: 4,5 km

Play, live, shop, dine and work in this dynamic working harbor. The Waterfront shopping center are packed with heritage, diversity and vibrancy and gets up to 24 million visitors annually. A perfect place to buy a array of gifts from curios to Diamonds. Or to take a ride in the Cape Town Wheel which stands 50m high to have a view over the harbor and city.

• Cape Malay Culinary Experience
• Duration: Half day
• Distance from the Villa: 2,8 km

Join Gamidah in her family home in the picturesque Bokaap. Learn to make rootis, samosas and a traditional Malay curry. And you get to enjoy the meal yourself followed by traditional sweets. Where after you will take a guided tour of the historical heart of the Bokaap, formally known as Malay Quarter. And see the Nurul Islam Mosque established in 1844, and the distinctive pastel coloured houses at the foot of Signal Hill.