Activity description
This private tour is for just you and your loved ones and can be personalized. It explores the history of South African viticulture, its historic farms, and wine tastings, dating back over 350 years of Cape winemaking, with its first vintage of French Muscadel, as old as Western civilization.
the client can customize their own itinerary by choosing any number of wineries around Stellenbosch, time permitting
but we recommend the top five luxury wine studios below, Cavalli with the best view of the Helderberg Mountains
Peter Falk, Ernie Els' wine estate, owned by the former world number one golfer, Stellenbosch City Tour, including the University, Laire Graff's wine estate, and the JC le Roux House, the best for sparkling wines, Champagne-style brands like MCC, where you'll have the opportunity to buy wine at a very reasonable price. Also ideal for families with children, thanks to the farm's playground and the opportunity to encounter big cats.
ITINERARY
After retiring, we head to Bo-kaap, where we'll begin our day trip. The first excursion is to Bop-kaap, with a rich history dating back over 360 years. Known for its famous rainbow-colored houses and cobblestone streets, it's an area rich in cultural heritage, the birthplace of Islam, and its mosques.
We will visit Groote Schuur Hospital, where the world's first heart transplant operation took place, performed by Christian Barnard.
We will pass through the ghetto and the neighborhood of the country's poorest population along the N2, many of them national emigrants, mainly from the Eastern Cape, the country's poorest province.
Here we'll visit the village museum, which consists of four historically interesting houses and their gardens. Each of these beautiful houses represents a different period in Stellenbosch's architectural development.
The spire since 1692 offers a variety of good quality wines and open music concerts during the summer, a place for eagle watching and hiking trails through the forest.
The farm offers wildlife, flora, and viticulture opportunities, and is a popular venue for weddings and conferences. Viewing big cats, such as black and white African lions and African leopards, Bengal and white tigers, and other large cats, antelopes, and other animals, is optional.
We will have a lunch of French cuisine, wine tasting and a glass collection and museum designed by the owner, from France, Madame du Rhinoceros located on the slopes of Simonsberg was reacquired by May de Lencquesaing, the Grande Dame of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande in Bordeaux.
This wine estate is South Africa's most desirable destination for wine, hospitality, and art, a magnificent property in the Cape Winelands. We can explore the wine room after booking, as the chances of getting a table are slim. From there, we have a panoramic view of the valley and the best view of Franschhoek Mountain, with an elephant likeness that represents the last elephant that left Franschhoek shortly after the occupation by French Huguenot refugees who fled Europe against religious persecution.
One of the oldest wine estates in the country, owned by Jean de Long, a Huguenot refugee who came to the Dutch Cape Colony due to religious persecution in Europe. The estate is also the first to grant land to Salve for agricultural activity.
The garden is inspired by the Dutch VOC company in East India, when the Cape was a midway station between Europe and Asia. Here we have the opportunity to buy wine and other organic artisanal products and taste wines, weather permitting.
As we approach Cape Town along the N1, on the right side of the road, we will have a view of the AFRIKAANS TAAL monument, the language museum about the use of language by the oppressor during the Apartheid era, which speaks of the contrast of the development of language and its values.
The Century City is also known as the Canal Promenade. The city was founded in 1998, when construction began, but it was inaugurated in 2000, when we entered the 21st century. You will have to visit the largest bronze monument in the world, which displays apartheid fighters and veterans representing the Black population. Woodstock was the country's first warehouse, as the timber used to build the Cape, most of the buildings, was stored there. The Castle of Good Hope, the oldest building on the continent, later became the largest industrial and manufacturing center, primarily for textile companies and maritime cargo and repair companies, and wooden boat manufacturing. Today, Woodstock has become an extension of the city, as a new real estate market is taking a cross.
Finally, return to the hotel.
Notes:
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Accessible stroller or pram.
- Baby seats available.
- No pets allowed.
- There is no public transport nearby.
- Babies should not sit on laps.
- The remaining hours are for travel time.
- Cruise terminal guests wait in the lobby, we'll wait for you there.
