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LuxtravelDiary will lead you to famous domestic and foreign beauty spots.
LuxtravelDiary will lead you to famous domestic and foreign beauty spots.
Whether you are travelling for honeymoon or family vacation, business or adventure, safari or pleasure South Africa has it all. Tree house to private game reserves, wine tours to vintage cars, old fashioned shark cage diving to bungee jumping, the breathtaking beauty of south Africa cannot be describes in words can only be experienced.
Johannesburg
This is a city where we all are warned about , but not to worry , we suggest to be in safe part which is full of life. Young people are flocking in here and you feel you are in old world Europe. There are bars, cafés, casinos, restaurants.
Stay – Four seasons’ hotel, Saxon hotel villas, Hyatt regency .54 on bath.
Eat – La Cucina Di Ciro –Italian, The grill house,the neighbor goods market.
Drink -Kitchener’s carvery bar.
The garden route
Garden route is a romantic route 250km long a narrow stretch with mildest climate. Along with knysna and plettenberg, Mossel Bay is one of the garden route capital.
Best for scenery
Knysna has numerous restaurants and many adventurous sports like scuba diving. Whale watching.
Plettenberg bay-is a seaside resort and has holiday homes and some of best restaurants.
Stay- Fancourt, falcon view manor hotel, Conrad Pezula, the Plettenberg.
Eat- oyster catcher, Zachary, Nguni grill.
Best for beach lovers
Cape Peninsula coastal route –
65km to cape town- the peninsula tip, Cape of Good Hope is a place of wild seas and endless views .white sandy beach, while spotters keep watch on white sharks with picturesque harbor, antique shops and restaurants.
Stay-twelve apostle’s hotel and spa, Eller man house.
Eat- Harbour house, Azure at twelve apostle’s hotel, le perla.
If you are safari addict, this is a place to be .luxury in jungles is what you can experience .6.6 hour’s drive from Johannesburg or take a private charter to Singita boulders lodge. With extensive wine list 222 labels and 20000 bottles, wine is a key ingredient of Singita experience with wild life.
If you are having a family reunion Africa house at Royal Malewane Ultra Luxe with Victorian bathtubs and private decks, private chefs and heated lap pool is ultimate destination .
If you just want to go off the beaten track, go to Tswalu Kalahari, South Africa largest private game reserve. you have daily flights from Johannesburg and cape town.
An hour from Cape Town, there are vineyard of every interest.
Delaire Graff Estate – art+ wine –
One of the South Africa most spectacular art collections is housed not in museum but in a wine estate .Diamond magnate Laurence Graff opened Delaire Graff in 2009 as pinnacle of wine land luxury with one of the best views of Stellenbosch valley.
Highlight – estates crown jewels are its cabernet, sauvignons and chardonnays and his personal art collection.
Spier- oldest wine farms of South Africa. But you can explore the sprawling vineyard in modern way by Segway tour.
Cavalla estate
Cavalli estate stands out amid its other Winelands with a unique design. After you have sipped the black beauty Shiraz or the pink pony.
Grenache rose in tasting room splurge on Kretschmer womenwear, ida elsie jewellery, Lmad scarves etc.meticulously curated collection at the equus boutique.
Fransohhoek+ Motor museum- Since we gave you option of pairing art wand diamonds at Delaire graff , so thought to be little more innovative and pair wine with wheels. This museum is unique which includes Mercedes Benz 1936, 1936 Ford Mustang and 1971 Mc laren .visit the Italian inspired Terra del Capo tasting room for food and wine tasting.
Wine +children –at Stellenbosch, will find plenty to keep children busy with pony rides, carriage tours, jungle gym and even friendly goats to play, Sunday market with freshly produce and enjoy it on the grass like picnic while parents are busy with tasting zinfandel and cabriolet.
While we finish our wine tasting, we land in most lively city of South Africa, which is rich in fashion, nightlife, luxury hotels, culinary.
Passing through the magnificent coastline, the Eastern Cape passes through Plettenberg bay, Knysna and George to Mossel bay in Western Cape. Travelers using this stretch usually have Cape Town as their starting and ending point.
Eat – The fat fish at Plettenberg, Eat head café at Knysna, Gold, Test kitchen.
Cape Town: stay at one and only, Table Bay, Ellerman house or Taj Cape Town are few when you visit the world design capital in South Africa.
Shop: luxury African Atelier, Watershed, Merchants on long, Maison Mara, Luvey on Rose, South African market, Imiso Ceramics, Woodstock exchange.
Eat – Grand café and beach, Reubens at One and only, Tasting room and many more.
Things must do: Shark cage diving, sand boarding, whitewater rafting, hot air ballooning, elephant safaris, skydiving.