Cape Town, the Winelands, Walker Bay and the Kruger
Art above the harbour, a valley of vineyards, the whale coast and the bushveld.
- 10 nights
- Four stays
- South Africa
- City, wine, coast, safari
South Africa in four movements: three nights in Cape Town, two in the Franschhoek Valley, two on the cliffs at Hermanus, and three on safari in the Greater Kruger.
- Length
- 10 nights
- Pace
- Four stays
- Style
- City, wine, coast, safari
- Route
- Cape Town to Franschhoek to Hermanus to The Greater Kruger
- Cape TownThree nights
- FranschhoekTwo nights
- HermanusTwo nights
- The Greater KrugerThree nights
01
Days 1 to 4 · three nights
Cape Town
Met at Cape Town airport. The Zeitz MOCAA, with its collection of contemporary African art, below the hotel, and Table Mountain and the harbour from the windows.
Where you stay
The Silo Hotel
The Silo stands above the Zeitz MOCAA museum at the V&A Waterfront, with rooms that look from Table Mountain to Table Bay harbour.
02
Days 4 to 6 · two nights
Franschhoek
By road into the Winelands, for the wine estates and restaurants of the valley.
Where you stay
La Residence
La Residence occupies a 30-acre estate in the Franschhoek Valley, ringed by mountains and planted with vineyards and plum orchards, with interiors of French antiques, silks and colour, at their grandest in the Great Hall.
03
Days 6 to 8 · two nights
Hermanus
Along the coast to Walker Bay. Between June and November, southern right whales pass close beneath the cliffs.
Where you stay
Birkenhead House
Birkenhead House is a small hotel on a headland between two coves in Hermanus, with 11 rooms across three houses, the sea-facing ones with large balconies.
04
Days 8 to 11 · three nights
The Greater Kruger
A flight to Hoedspruit or the lodge's own airstrip. Drives with a guiding team known for its trackers.
Where you stay
Royal Malewane
Royal Malewane is in the Thornybush Private Nature Reserve, part of the unfenced Greater Kruger, with suites raised on decks above the bushveld.
Ways to make it yours
This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.
Made around you
Most travel is bought. This is designed.
Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.
The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.
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