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    Travel Review: My Best West Coast Picks

    2 December 2017 - By 

    The West Coast region is arguably one of the most beautiful stretches in the Western Cape… With azure waters, great game viewing, seasonal flower and whale watching and untouched beaches – what’s not to love? So, with this in mind, here are my best West Coast picks: Thali Thali Guest Lodge At Thali Thali Guest Lodge, situated outside Langebaan, they let the farm and its wild life speak for it – and they make a strong case indeed. This three-star-rated game farm offers wonderful manor house, self-catering cottages and luxury safari tents, a restaurant, splash pool, bar, wooden deck (perfect…

  • Café Review: Hearts 4 Coffee, Yzerfontein

    23 July 2017 - By 

    (Please Note: From what I understand, Hearts 4 Coffee as a cafe has sadly closed – but you can still find their foodtruck at various events and markets in the West Coast Region and beyond.) Whenever possible, any time I know I will be going away on a trip, I do thorough research of the area and its best activities and eateries… usually, we don’t get to half the stuff I earmark but, for the ones we do, they always seem to live up to my expectations. I would say the same was true for Hearts 4 Coffee… except it…

  • Market Review: Sunday Fun at Pre-Spring Groote Post Country Market

    4 September 2015 - By 

    Having kindly been invited – along with my parents – to attend the ‘Groote Post Country Market’ some two weeks ago, I had been looking forward to a fun, family-orientated market. I was really excited for the  Groote Post’s pre-spring market* – held on what looked like a truly beautiful, yet homely Cape farm, nestled in the midst of the Darling Hills – and to be heading to the charming West Coast countryside. *(Except in the winter, the market is held on the last Sunday of each month). So it was that we arose bright and early on Sunday morning,…