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Posted by Rox on April 12th, 2012
Whether you need to recover from a big night out or refuel for the day ahead, finding a decent breakfast in Cape Town becomes your number one priority. The good news is that Cape Town has a wide range of options to indulge your early (or late) morning hunger pangs, from cheap-and-cheerful all the way through to upmarket and decadent. Craving a full English breakfast? In the mood for something different such as ostrich wors? Whatever your taste buds need, you are certain to find the ideal spot to start your day on the right note. In Search of the Best Cape Town Breakfast Spots With our handy guide to the best Cape Town breakfast options, you won’t have to …
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Posted by James on April 5th, 2012
Nightlife in Cape Town – Where to Go and What to Do The pulsing nightlife in Cape Town shows yet another side to the diverse Mother City, with a huge range of things to do once the sun has set. The city caters to all tastes, from laid-back lounges offering chilled beats, to raucous bars with balconies overlooking Long Street in the Cape Town City Centre, comedy venues, upmarket nightclubs that are open to the early hours and just about anything and everything in between. This means that you will nearly always find things to do in the city after dark, whether it’s the middle of the week or a Friday night. Spoiled for choice? We help you sift through …
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Posted by helen on March 29th, 2012
South Africa is home to an innumerable amount of beautiful, rare plant life that can barely be matched by any other country in the world. And there is no better place to see the beauty of this great flora than the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town. This prestigious garden provides a great deal of fun for anyone looking to spend their free time in the mother city. It is situated underneath the eastern slopes of iconic Table Mountain, which provides an awe-inspiring backdrop when walking through the various pathways of the garden. You can also climb from the gardens to the top, along a pathway called Skeleton Gorge, the easiest and most popular trail up the mountain. On the …
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Posted by helen on March 22nd, 2012
Silky soft sand, sparkling water underneath the hot African sun and the pitter patter of webbed feet on pebbles; not quite what you’d expect from a day out at the beach, but it is a very realistic image of a day out at Boulders Beach, Cape Town. The webbed feet I speak of are in fact a colony of African penguins that have made a very unlikely home for an Antarctic bird on a beach just outside Simon’s Town. These mischievous, quaint little creatures first chose the secluded beach as a home back in 1982 when just two sets of mates waddled on to the sands to lay their eggs. Since then, the colony has become a major tourist attraction …
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Posted by helen on March 16th, 2012
Cape Town is such a versatile destination for that extra special vacation! Whether you are looking for a family holiday with young children or the ultimate honeymoon hideaway, Cape Town ticks all the boxes and delivers with panache. Take a look, for example, at Lions View. The description starts with Yin and yang. Heaven and Earth. Beauty and comfort. Honeymoons first came into fashion as early as the 1500′s when it was thought to be the time when things were at their sweetest, sadly waning within a month! The term appears to have been borrowed from the French, lune de miel, (moon of honey) because most of life revolved around the moon’s timetable, so it was a natural progression to …
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