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Arts and culture
Featured Discoverer Theodore Yach
He’s one of South Africa’s most accomplished ultra cold-water swimmers, has done the Robben Island
Tsitsikamma Treetop Canopy Tour
Travel through an indigenous rainforest
Cape karoo lamb
When you dine in the Cape Karoo you get the feeling you’re back at your grandmother’s house and you also get the feeling that a lot of feeling is put into each and every dish.
The post office tree
In today’s digital age, we rarely send a letter. It’s sad to think that this romantic, personal, tradition has been somewhat lost amongst the email, whatsapp and Skype messages.
Plettenberg bay
The Plett wine industry started 14 years ago when Peter Thorpe planted the first vineyard.Discover trails and tails of bubbles, wine and slackpacking in plett
Ghost stories in the Cape Karoo
Cards that shuffle and stairs that squeak, an unmarked grave on a mountain and toll-keeper who demands his toll, these are the ghosts of the Cape Karoo.
Louis leipoldt
Leipoldt was an important Afrikaans writer and poet, a medical doctor, a botanical explorer and a cook.
Stanford open air market
Stanford is the place to be every last Friday of the monthElgin valley wine route
Elgin is proof that all good things require a little patience. This is a place where nobody is in a hurry, no deadlines, no ‘needs to be done yesterdays’, where grapes are left in ...
Breede river by pontoon
Have you ever heard of a pontoon? No?
Ryan Sandes
Ultra trail runner, extreme sportsman and born and bred Capetonian, Ryan Sandes is the ultimate Discoverer and this is his inspiring story.
Arts & Theatre
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Theatrical stories make us access an emotional journey, they give us a type of catharsis and move us to tears, move us to laugh and move u...
