WALKING IN THE CAPE WINELANDS
Enjoy hiking with a difference. All you carry is a light daypack and we
transport your luggage to the next stop. Walk at an easy pace and enjoy
the scenery as you discover hidden treasures. Stop and taste the wines
and olive products produced in this fertile valley. Local guides, fully
accredited and well versed in the history and culture of the area, will
accompany you.
The Cape Winelands region is the source of many legendary Cape wines,
the produce of row upon row of grapevines, many of which were first
planted hundreds of years ago.
Its classic Cape-Dutch homesteads, mountainous surrounds, grand heritage
and sumptuous restaurants have earned the Cape Winelands the right to
call itself South Africa’s culinary capital.
Fynbos
is the major vegetation type of
the small botanical region known as the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Only five other floral
kingdoms are recognised in the world, and these cover huge areas such as
the whole of Australia and most of the northern hemisphere. The Cape
Floral Kingdom is both the smallest and the richest floral kingdom, with
the highest known concentration of plant species: 1 300 per 10 000
km2! The nearest rival, the South American rain forest has a
concentration of only 400 per 10 000 km2.
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