Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Blogs

Woooooozy wine....
Nov 26, 2008 (6 photos)

... on the other! Another beautiful day weather wise so lovely to be able to drive down this stretch of beach road. We were at Stellenbosch for about 9:30am and lucky for us we could check in and dump our bags. We'd arranged to meet a wine guide called ...

Stellenbosch and Le Quartier Francais
Nov 27, 2008 (7 photos)

... around Wedgeview is very green so it was akin to lying in a sunny park - very pleasant. We decided to drive into Stellenbosch for some lunch and a mosey round. Stopped off at "Oom Samie Winkel" that old fashioned shop that sell everything from dried ...

Wining and dining
Dec 8, 2006 (4 photos)

... had been systematically excluded from education, land ownership, and opportunity for so long that even after a decade of a free South Africa, a huge economic chasm lingers. How to realistically fix this toxic legacy is the real question. Adapting one of ...

The Winelands
Feb 6, 2008 (15 photos)

... the best restaurants I've ever been to! Tokara (www.tokara.com) was set on a wine farm (figures) overlooking the entire Stellenbosch valley with a sunset to die for.  The food was delectable and the dessert was amazing!  My first ice cream since ...

Stellenbosch
Dec 8, 2005 (3 photos)

... sick! The countryside and mountains surrounding the vineyards is stunning, and the winereys really are set in gorgeous gardens, as Stellenbosch is a student city its really vibrant and we ate out and had a few drinks in a really happening pub called ...

Let there be wine
Dec 16, 2007 (3 photos)

We drive via the so called Garden Route (the coast line south of South Africa) to Stellenbosch, THE wine region of the country. We booked a B & B: Jonckershof and I have no idea where we found it nor can I find it on internet. But, that is OK, I do not ...

ONE YEAR ON THE ROAD - I'll drink to that
Sep 16, 2008 (32 photos)

... this, as the town itself is adorable and quaint, and really just as a college town should be.  (If you're not American then I suppose it's just what a university town should be...)  South Africa is proving to be an incredible place. Erin

Time to fly in a bottle of fizz
Jan 8, 2007

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Thank you for your tension!
Mar 3, 2006 (6 photos)

... . Thank you so much. There really is a real world out there!" And with that he was gone. Bam! What a moment! Life here in South Africa is so different that I just don't try and explain it to the people back home. I think that they would find it hard ...

And then there WAS wine: lots !
Dec 17, 2007 (12 photos)

We arrive at our first winery before 10: Simonsig and start with a dry sparkling wine, as you do at that time of the morning. And are immediately hooked; the Kaapse Vonkel. Greta buys 2 bottles of them for 'our' Christmas eve. AND 2 bottles of red. After ...

Stellenbosched
Dec 8, 2008 (3 photos)

Stellenbosch is beautiful university town that looks like Clifton village, all street side cafes, chai lattes and shops selling expensive souvenirs. We had come to explore the area and spend a second day on the CooperTrooper wine tour ...

Sicky
May 19, 2003 (5 photos)

After all was said and done I was quite impressed with how I spent my time in Cape Town. I really thought that I would sit around doing a whole lot of nothing because I was feeling pretty lazy and tired. I try to take it easy whenever I land in a new ...

Still Sicky
May 21, 2003 (38 photos)

... the more I watched the more I noticed that colors kinda stick to their own here. I am not used to this at all. Stellenbosch is a university town which seems pretty rich compared to some of the other parts I have seen so far. I don't feel unsafe here ...

Backwards
Jun 6, 2003

Getting some serious deja vu. Haven't I been here before? Ah yes. But fate has brought me back obviously deciding that I didn't get enough of this place the first time being laid up in my sick bed. There were plenty of reasons for me to come back here for ...

First week in Stellenbosch
Apr 22, 2007

Hey Everyone, I've been here in South Africa for just under a week, last Sunday at this time I was getting  in the car to go to the airport. It feels like I've been here a lot longer and at the same time a lot less than a week. It has been all ...

Cheapest wine on earth
May 14, 2009 (13 photos)

... ostrich, and kudu.  When in Rome.  For dessert JB and Lindsey got the malva pudding, which is a favorite in South Africa (similar to bread pudding).  Amy wanted the chocolate mousse, while I wanted to stick with a liquid dessert and ordered ...

Cape Point and a Sunday Constitutional
May 18, 2007

... Most of the vegetation here is Fynbos (literally "fine bush"). Fynbos consists of four major plant groups - Proteas (South Africa's National flower); Ericas, heath-like, low growing shrubs; Restios which are reed-like plants; Geophytes  ...

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Nose, Taste and Finish
Aug 10, 2009 (13 photos)

... one of the bigger ones called 'Simsonsig' where we got a brief tour with explanations on how the wine industry came about in South Africa and various other interesting facts. We also got a few tips on how to taste the wine properly which includes the nose ...

Wine tasting in Stellenbosch
Sep 19, 2009 (6 photos)

Quite a fun day, where the group visited 4 wineries and tried the fantastic wines.

Brazilians and the Wine Country
Mar 24, 2007 (10 photos)

... walked around Stellenbosch just to see what there was to see and ended up having a great time, got into a University of Stellenbosch rugby match free because Luciano told the gaurd there were there from Brazil to take pictures for Brazilian TV.  These ...

From wineries to tents!
Nov 21, 2005 (15 photos)

... Perth is our guide... she can't be too bad with a name like that, Laurence our driver and Nicholas our cook both from South Africa. Our fellow passengers are Dom from the UK who we've actually spent the last week stalking around our hostel. Liz Taylor ( ...

Winelands
Aug 8, 2006

... , and then went to the Winelands (their Napa Valley), which is really nice and peaceful. We played golf at one of South Africa's top courses (very windy along the mountain, but still great course), and I was horrible then visited a few wineries in ...

Blast from the past ... the Patagonia high road ..
Jan 19, 2008

... holiday ... this time there is great excitment as a protest takes place at the entrance ... for fair treatment of employees ... Stellenbosch has become a much more corwded and noisy place since I've last been here ... We head to Spier where we purchace ...

Wine tasting
Mar 31, 2007 (15 photos)

We crossed the border into South Africa and headed through some amazing scenery to Stellenbosch. This is a town in the middle of the mountains and surrounded by vineyards. It was a beautiful place. We went on a wine tasting day which was great fun. We had ...

Wine and Cape Town
May 7, 2007

... like Lovelace the guru penguin, with tufty yellow bits above their eyes and red eyes), these penguins aren't indigenious to South Africa, they come from a long way away, Antarctica in fact, but get washed up along the coast and cannot be ...

Severe Weather Warnings and Afternoon Tea.
May 22, 2007

... -titles that belonged to "T" (short for Thando, which is short for Luthando) a Namibian girl, who is originally from Pretoria (capital of South Africa) but is down here in Cape Town for a while, she was in the Cat & Moose last weekend and will be ...

Wee World Cup Update
Jan 18, 2007 (9 photos)

... Gals vs Australia 0 to 19.... Don't think we need to say anymore about those ones.... Okay so day 2... We started off against South Africa which didn't turn out to be our proudest game. Lacking pace and concentration we were beaten 5 to nil. However, it ...

Wine tasting in Stellenbosch & Franschoek
Aug 28, 2008 (8 photos)

... mean! I am also vegetarian! Almost! I eat chicken and fish but it is so hard to find food here...". Franschoek is South Africa's gourmet capital by the way!   Had lunch in Stellenbosch and visited a few more vineyards. Dull, rainy day so ...

Another week's gone by
Apr 29, 2007

... been a charming place, even more beautiful than today, when the oak trees have reached their full glory. Stellenbosch is the second oldest city in South Africa. It received it's name from Simon van der Stel who discovered the area in 1679 and named it ...