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.

This month our MD Richard Holt and wine fanatic tells us about his recent wine tasting experience at Blonde Restaurant:

I was lucky enough recently to be invited to lunch at the new Restaurant, Blonde in Cape Town specifically to celebrate the release of the new chardonnays from the renowned Bouchard Finlayson winery in the Walker bay region. Not being the biggest Chardonnay fan in the world, I attended with a bit of trepidation and as it was quite a small gathering I found myself sat right next to ace winemaker Peter Finlayson himself, oops I better watch what I say about his wine.

But of course I needn’t have worried; his three latest chardonnay releases were like the man himself understated, but confident and engaging. Each was subtly different and he gave us a real insight into the nuances of their production and how they had been paired with the excellent food prepared by the team at Blonde.

Sometimes you just know it’s your lucky day and when Peter also surprised us with a bottle of his famous Galpin Peak Pinot Noir 2006, it rounded off a special occasion.