Manganese Mine Hike Hout Bay April 4, 2023 No Comments Hiking to the Manganese Mine on Chapman’s Peak in Hout Bay, South Africa, is the ideal excursion if you want to see natural beauty with a historical touch. This hike offers you an Read more...
Lost Village of Red Hill May 22, 2020 9 Comments Taking the ascent from just outside Simon’s Town, to climb the winding Red Hill Pass that links Simon’s Town to Scarborough, one has to stop Read more...
Old Groote Schuur Zoo May 12, 2020 No Comments Few know of its notable legacy, the old Cape Town Zoo. Cecil John Rhodes former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 Read more...
Tokai Arboretum May 5, 2020 2 Comments Since the devastating fires of 2015 the Arboretum and wonderful little tea garden with their fresh pastries and awesome meals has been closed to the Read more...
Porter Reformatory Tokai April 29, 2020 One Comment An ex attorney-general of the Cape of Good Hope Left the sum of 20 000 pounds in his will to build a reform school in the Cape Read more...
Coastal Defence Scala Battery January 21, 2020 No Comments The Coastal Defence system spanned all round the South African Coastline to protect ports and other strategic areas during the 2nd World War. 1. Scala Read more...
Vredehoek Quarry Tunnel-Table Mountain-Cape Town January 7, 2020 No Comments The Vredehoek Quarry is probably one of the best kept secrets of Table Mountain. It is by no means the only secret Read more...