Log off, shut down and Escape to the great outdoors - Nature and a South African background goes hand-in-hand. Spending time outdoors is food for our soul. Boasting a diverse topography and natural beauty, the Western Cape is bursting with ways to experience the great outdoors. 


The New Year Is Here!  Your Next Adventure Awaits! “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain. Celebrating the new year is an exciting experience. The new year represents a new chapter - a time to celebrate and start afresh. 

Three cheers for the winners of the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards: Despite the trials brought about by the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards managed to attract 1565 wine and spirits entries. This included some 100 entries from Namibia, France, the UK, Australia, Moravia and Slovakia.


Leave the road, take the trails visit the best of South Africa’s national parks: South African National Parks (SANParks), together with Total South Africa and FNB will be hosting the 15th annual SA National Parks Week from 16 - 20 November 2020.

Celebrating Our Heritage in true South African Style: South Africa is home to 59 million people in nine provinces who speak eleven official languages, and have various racial and tribal identities: we are literally the ‘rainbow nation’, as Archbishop Desmond Tutu coined it.

Beyond Lockdown Expedition - Incredible landscapes, cultures & experiences offered by Mother Africa: The fourth adventure in the Beyond Expeditions Series, Beyond Bicornis, (a four-country journey with a focus on Rhino Conservation in southern Africa) was originally scheduled for September 2020, but had to be shelved due to Covid-19 and the ban on any cross-border travel.

How to grow your business during a global pandemic: If you are a business owner or an entrepreneur and your business has been affected by the Coronavirus, Dan Lok will share twelve ways how to grow your business during this global crisis. 

Have any plans For March & April? Experience Sporting, Cultural, Travel & Lifestyle Events: Cape Town and the Western Cape’s, Calendar for March and April is filled with some of the most iconic events. 
The peak events period continues during the months of March and April 2020, with a range of sporting, cultural, travel and lifestyle events taking place across the province.

World’s longest over-ocean zipline opens in Mossel Bay: If being strapped in a harness, hooked up to a long pulley, and flying through the air at up to 80km an hour sounds like your idea of a good time - then you are going to love the Mossel Bay Zipline.

Double digit tourism growth on the cards for Cape Town: Cape Town is set for a bumper tourism season with estimates for the number of travellers to our shores indicating a significant increase. One of the key drivers of economic growth is the ‘Blue Economy’ which encompasses both the aviation and ocean economies.

Where are your heading this holiday? Experience the beauty the Western Cape has to offer: The festive season is upon us and the Western Cape looks forward to see visitors out and about in our beautiful region in celebration of this much anticipated time of the year. 


Table Mountain Aerial Cableway turned 90 in October. A lot has changed since that first trip up the mountain on 4 October 1929. 


Let history transport you. The Ceres Rail Company offers locals and tourists the incredible opportunity to experience the beautiful scenery of the Western Cape on a historic refurbished steam train journey that will take you back in time to a long-gone era of steam train travel.

Celebrate Your Heritage, Culture & Diversity On 24 September: Heritage Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on 24 September every year. On this day, South Africans across the spectrum are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people.

Discover a world of unique experiences and be inspired by the wine, food, culture, heritage and events in Cape Town and the Western Cape. 

South Africa Dominates as Best Safari Parks on the continent: A detailed analysis of almost 2,400 reviews from safari-goers and African travel experts was carried out to determine the 50 best safari parks on the continent.

Knysna Oyster Festival Set To Be The Coolest Winter Break Yet: One of the Western Cape’s most hotly anticipated events, the iconic Knysna Oyster Festival, will take place from 21 - 30 June 2019  and includes a diverse range of things to do for those looking to explore the Greater Knysna area this winter.


Bucket List Destination, Not Just For A Big 5 Safari: With the richest temperate flora in the world and a myriad of rare, critically endangered species, Gondwana Game Reserve, on the Garden Route is a bucket list destination not just for a Big 5 safari, but also for anyone with an interest in botany and biodiversity to explore indigenous wild flowers and plants that exist nowhere else in the world.

The Rubik - New Iconic Building For Highly Desirable Inner City Living: The Rubik, a newly launched luxury mixed-use building situated in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD is set to challenge property development in South Africa with its iconic and unique architecture and design.

World-class events hosted in the Western Cape: Although tourism is the major attraction of the Western Cape, the annual calendar is filled with some most iconic events. 

New Urban Park At V&A Waterfront Pays Homage To Historic Amsterdam Battery: Battery Park is a new 12,000 sqm urban park situated at a key entranceway to one of Africa’s most visited tourist destinations, the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. 


A new year brings new hope new energy and new life! It truly is the season to be jolly. Summer has brought with it, new hope, new energy and most- excitedly, new life! Cango Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshoorn has welcomed fluffy cheetah cubs, a flawless baby brown-lemur, Egyptian geese and a baby Flying Fox to their family!


Experience iconic Lions Head during the holiday season before trail maintenance: Visitors, locals, tourists and hikers can experience the trails on Lions Head before the trail maintenance takes place from 7 January 2019 to 5 February 2019 as informed by South African National Parks (SANParks). During the maintenance period Signal Hill will remain open to the public as a viewing point.

Cape Town A world leader in water conservation: The slight lowering of water restrictions and the associated tariff is possible due to the record-breaking conservation efforts by residents and businesses in Cape Town, the good rainfall over the past months which has helped the dams supplying Cape Town to recover significantly, and the continued roll-out of cutting-edge pressure management interventions by the City.

Sylvester The Lion Becomes A Proud Dad Of Two Beautiful Cubs: The team at Kuzuko Lodge confirmed on 10 September 2018 that Sylvester the lion and his lioness mate Angel, are officially the parents of two lion cubs, when the two little cubs started moving around together.  According to De Lange, General Manager at Kuzuko Lodge the cubs are approximately 12 weeks old and in good health.

Explore the beauty and diversity of the Western Cape: South African National Parks (SANParks) manages a system of national parks that represent the indigenous biodiversity and associated cultural heritage of South Africa.

Is it goodbye to unabridged birth certificates for travel? As part of its modernisation programme, the Department of Home Affairs has started upgrading its live-capture system to its offices across the country to enable automation of birth registration and re-issue of marriage and death certificates that are already in the national population register, and the printing of parents’ details in children’s passports.


Explore innovation of Food & Wine: The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, now in its third year is set to take place at the Spier wine estate in Stellenbosch on 17 October 2018 with an impressive panel of local and international speakers that will centre their respective topics on the theme of innovation.  


AIR ACCESS BOOSTS ECONOMIC GROWTH! : Cape Town Air Access is an outstand-ing example of a government and public sector collaboration that works. 
The project was born out of adversity when Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) lost two signifi cant international airlines.

A love story with a happy ending: Two meerkats at the Cango Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshoorn have become proud parents to not one, but four adorable pups after an arranged courtship.

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