Activities in Stellenbosch and Surrounds

WINE TOURS – Spend a memorable day in the beautiful Cape Winelands. Visit Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek.  Taste the Wine of South Africa, enjoy good food and explore some of the famous vineyards.  Tours are available with both a personal guide or on a group tour. 

TOWNSHIP TOUR – Go on an individually guided Township Tour.  Our local guide, who also lives there, will not only show you around, but bring you in contact with real people as they go about their daily lives.  This is an experience you will never forget.

HORSE AND PONY RIDES – Experience the Cape Winelands on horseback.  There are a number of establishments in the Winelands area that can cater for all levels of experience.
Enjoy a quiet ride through the vineyards or one of the more exciting rides for experienced riders.

MOUNTAIN BIKES – Experience the Cape Winelands by Mountain Bike.  Bikescan be hired in Stellenbosch or book a guided Mountain Bike Tour.

FLY FISHING – Fly fish, or learn to fly fish, for excellent quality large rainbow trout in the scenic Jonkershoek valley of Stellenbosch.  Nestled high in the picturesque Jonkershoek valley the fly fishery dams offer superb fly fishing.

CHEETAHS – Visit a group of hand-raised cheetahs in the care of the Cheetah Outreach Program. Learn more about these animals - You can even enter the enclosures for a closer encounter with these wonderful animals.

MONKEY TOWN – A center that provides refuge and rehabilitation for rescued primates in natural environments.  You walk through enclosed walkways inside the monkey enclosures. Some of the tame monkeys may be touched and interacted with.

BUTTERFLY WORLD – Visit the large free flying park for butterflies.  You walk through a large enclosed landscaped tropical garden filled with free flying butterflies and exotic birds.

BOTANICAL GARDENS – Enjoy these gardens which contain indigenous and exotic plants, from Amazon water-plants, orchids and lilies, to bonsai, herb and desert plants, some of them extremely rare.

STELLENBOSCH VILLAGE MUSEUM – The Stellenbosch Village Museum is a group of four carefully restored and furnished buildings representing the major stylistic periods of the previous three centuries. Here you can move through these time periods in a matter of minutes, experiencing fascinating architecture, and getting a glimpse of life in the early development of the Cape.

HOT AIR BALLOONING – Enjoy an early morning balloon flight over the Berg River Valley. Available daily between November & April.

CAPE CLASSIC – Cape Classic is a set of live classical music concerts which facilitate a cultural exchange between South Africa and Europe, offering a wide range of European classical chamber-, piano- and vocal music performed by artists with a magical appeal.  These performances take place each February/March, when the famous Cape grapes are harvested.  Many of the concerts take place in the wonderful historic setting of wine estates.  Some participating vineyards have been Vergelegen (Somerset West), Blaauwklippen (Stellenbosch), and Nederburg (Paarl).  Other venues have included the open air amphitheater of Oude Libertas (Stellenbosch), Fismer Hall (Stellenbosch), and Moederkerk (Swellendam).  Cape Classic is a charity event whose surplus revenues are used to support social relief projects in the Cape region.

Please contact reception for further information.
We will be pleased to assist you in arranging your activities.