This is the place where you can find informed and inspiring choices of where to WINE, DINE, STAY and PLAY whilst you are on holiday in Southern Africa with us. Constantly updated - and with regular "real life" comments from our travellers - each section simply lists some of the favourite things we love doing in our City of Cape Town and as we travel OUT & ABOUT across Southern Africa and beyond.
We hope you feel inspired to try some of our choices and we would like to hear your thoughts and comments if you do.

At Travel Concepts we specialise in tailor-making unforgettable journeys – if you’ve ever dreamt of Africa, you have found the people who will take you there.
What makes us different to any other travel company? You can expect the essentials:  from recommending and booking guest accommodation close to your wedding venue, to creating individualised itineraries for [...]

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Renowned for its culinary pleasures, Franschhoek is getting a new and exciting addition to its food and wine portfolio.  Internationally-renowned chef Liam Tomlin will launch a cookery school in conjunction with Leopard’s Leap wine estate and wines near the end of 2011. 
After the roaring success of Tomlin’s Chef’s Warehouse cookery school in Cape Town, the school in [...]

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At Travel Concepts we specialize in creating tailor-made romantic journeys so when lovely couple Deep and Gaurav from India asked our sister company Wedding Concepts to create their intimate but beautiful beach celebration on Oudekraal beach in Cape Town, we were more than delighted to be tasked with designing their dream African honeymoon too!

They asked [...]

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In Part Two of our series, we reveal the best hidden villas in the country.  These villas are tucked away from the rest of the world and are off the beaten track but still offer the best in luxury and exclusivity.  Enjoy our list below and start planning your trip to one of these exclusive [...]

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Human Rights Day fell on a wonderfully warm autumn day in April of this year and Kate Rawbone, wine and food enthusiast from the Wedding Concepts team, ventured out into the Franschhoek winelands to explore and take some time out.
“When it comes to going out with my family and friends, there is always a plan, [...]

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This really is a top class golf experience, now host to the South African Open and designed by Jack Nicklaus. If you love your golf this is a must play, quite pricy for South Africans but great value if you bring pounds or Euros and almost worth it just to sit on the veranda with [...]

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A decor and lifestyle store with large furniture as well as smaller things like candles, place settings and vases. Very chic and with a “touch of country”.

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A lover of all things food, Mandi our head of Travel, decided to take this passion one step further last month, when she enrolled herself and unsuspecting husband Federico on a days cooking course in Franschhoek. No ordinary course, the day was run by top chef Margot Janse, head chef at the famous Tasting Room [...]

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Situated on The Klein Genot Wine and Country Estate, a small spa with a variety of treatments and a few of their own signature treatments. Very ZEN!

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A delicious chocolate shop. Their chocolate is hand-crafted from the finest imported Belgian dark, milk and white chocolate. Most local restaurant chef shop here too and we certainly do!

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