Summer is in the air! Can you feel it? The days are getting longer, the air warmer and the south easter is starting to blow. While Cape Town can be windy during the summer months, we do still get those gorgeously calm days where the sun is shining and the wind isn’t blowing- on those […]
Best Freediving Sites in Cape Town
Freediving in Cape Town has slowly become more and more popular over the years. After the famous My Octopus Teacher documentary was released on Netflix (which won an Oscar!) there has been a massive surge in people trying out freediving. The Kelp Forests of Cape Town have recently been named one of the seven wonders […]
Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve
Welcome back to my road trip blog posts! If you missed them you can read the previous blogs on Cape St Francis, Bulungula, Wild Coast Secrets, Mdumbi, and Cintsa to see the rest of our road trip. After a truly wonderful time spent along the Wild Coast it was time to make our journey back to Cape […]
Cintsa, Wild Coast
Welcome back to my road trip blog posts! If you missed them you can read the previous blogs on Cape St Francis, Bulungula and Wild Coast Secrets, Mdumbi to see the start of our road trip. After an incredible week in the Transkei our next stop along our East Coast Road Trip was Cintsa. Cinsta […]
Wild Coast Secrets, Mdumbi
Planning a trip to the Wild Coast? Check out my Complete Guide to the Wild Coast or my blogs on Bulungula, Coffee Bay and Mdumbi. While we had the most wonderful time at Bulungula we did spend quite a lot of it worrying about our next leg of the journey. We were due to drive […]
Bulungula, Wild Coast
Welcome to the Wild Coast. The land of the amaXhosa where undulating green hills are punctuated with brightly coloured rondavel huts, warm smiles greet you around every corner, where the ocean is wild and filled with surfing dolphins and breaching whales, and where your soul finds rest in the beauty of the raw, unfiltered beauty […]
Cape St Francis
Cape St Francis was a stop along the way on my East Coast of South Africa roa trip predominantly exploring the Wild Coast area. We explored Cape St Francis, Bulungula, Mdumbi, Cintsa and Mount Camdeboo with a final blog post, The Ultimate Guide to the Wild Coast. Cape St Francis Cape St Francis is a […]
Kalk Bay Guide
Kalk Bay truly is one of the loveliest neighbourhoods in Cape Town. It seems that I’m not the only one sharing this sentiment as it was named one of The 12 Coolest Neighbourhoods Around The World by Forbes magazine in July 2018. Kalk Bay is a quaint seaside town littered with an abundance of lovely coffee […]
Muizenberg Guide
Last week I published my Deep South Guide to Cape Town. This blog post was jam-packed with all the hidden gems in Kommetjie, Scarborough, Cape Point, Miller’s point, Simonstown and Noordhoek. In continuing with my Deep South series, this week’s blogpost is featuring Muizenberg. The sleepy surfer town of Muizenberg has so much to offer […]
Deep South Guide
The Deep South of the Cape Peninsula is a very special place. This area encompasses Noordhoek, Kommetjie, Scarborough, Cape Point, Smitswinkel, Miller’s Point, Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay and Muizenberg (the last two have so many places to check out that they get their blogs of their own!). The vibe in this part of Cape Town […]
Diagonal Cave Hike
Diagonal Cave Hike is a lovely medium length hike in Table Mountain National Park. If you’re looking for a weekend morning hike that takes you into the beautiful fynbos without being too strenuous then this is the perfect pick for you! This hike takes you along the Pipe Track above Camps Bay and then leads […]
Kalk Bay Peak Hike
The Kalk Bay mountains have so many beautiful trails and mountain paths to offer. The fynbos is prolific and the views over False Bay are always breathtaking. With so many trails to discover we are spolit for choice! Last weekend Luke and I decided to check out a new trail- one that starts at Silvermine […]