Join a public tour, programmed throughout the year – some one offs, others repeated. These have a loyal, local following but are open to all.
Contact kate@cultureconnectsa.com for more.
Foraging, fun feast, near Cape Point, Sat 5 Dec, 11am – 3pm
Escape for a day of enjoyment, exploring and education, with the passionate and brilliant Roushanna Gray of Sea & Veld. She is creating a special event for us - tracking the edible landscape and a healthy feast with botanical bubbly, in her beautiful glasshouse...
Ellerman House: art & dinner, 4 Nov, 6pm – 9:30pm
An exceptional opportunity for an art tour and dinner, exclusively for Culture Connect. This is one of South Africa's top, small, luxury hotels. Many say its South African art collection is one of the best in terms of its breadth, quality and depth. It tells the story...
Delaire Graff: fine art and cuisine, Fri 30 Oct 2020, 10am – 2pm
Luxury, beauty and nature - enjoy a special morning seeing art of the highest quality, followed by an exquisite Indo-Asian lunch at one of the finest wine estates in South Africa, Delaire Graff. Our host, Tessa Blompot, will be joined by Hanlé Hill independent art...
Cape Malay Supper & Demo/Chat, Tues 13 (& 27 Oct 2020), 5:30-7:30pm
Be inspired and enjoy Fayruza Abrahams' cooking, tips and stories. She'll show us how to make samoosas, we'll then have a chance to fold our own before we cook them to eat there, and/or take home afterwards. We'll also mix her special sambal and learn her surprising...
Mount Nelson – exclusive tour while temporarily closed, Sat 10 & 17 Oct 2020
Join Culture Connect for a unique opportunity to visit Cape Town’s esteemed hotel, Belmond Mount Nelson,, while it is temporarily closed to the public. We’ll be able to pop behind the scenes and into a few of the bedrooms, guided by our hosts Gaby Palmer who heads up...
See Cape Town differently – walking history tour, Sat 24 Oct and Fri 6 Nov 2020
First Nations to democracy: three centuries of stories about the shaping of the Cape Town as we know it. Hugely knowledgeable and experienced, Lesley Cox, is leading this new walking tour. We start by the main yellow gates of the Castle of Good Hope, 9:30am and finish...
Bo-Kaap Walk & Lunch
Bilqees Baker, Bo-Kaap resident and activist, will lead her popular Culture Connect Bo-Kaap walking tour, including going inside South Africa's oldest mosque and the kramats/cemetery. We'll stop by community projects, the coloured houses and spice shop. Commentary...
Street Art, Salt River, mid (tbc) Nov 2020, 10am
Salt River is transformed every February by the annual International Public Art Festival, which creates over 100 new murals. Exclusively for Culture Connect, our street art walking tour is led by Jason Redman, aka Dfeat, who hails from Woodstock and now lives in...
Prof Clingham’s Lady Anne Barnard
Lady Anne's watercolours, diaries and letters provide unparalleled insights into Cape Town during the beginning of the British occupation, despite being here for only four and a half years (1797 - 1802). Former director of the Press and Professor of English emeritus...
Parliament, with ex MP Peter Soal and Lila Komnick (Artworks)
Parliament's art and architecture speak to South Africa's colonial history, mining prosperity, Apartheid and democracy. For this exclusive Culture Connect our, Lila Komnick is our host and guide. She has worked for Parliament for over three decades - starting as a...
Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden Tour
Internationally acclaimed sculptor Dylan Lewis leads Culture Connectors on a serene and stunning sculpture garden, just outside Stellenbosch. Date: tbc Time: 10am - 12pm Cost: R700 with lunch afterwards | Half price for the tour only Venue: Dylan Lewis Sculpture...
The Company’s Garden Walking Tour (date tbc)
Landscape architect Clare Burgess provides a walking tour of Company’s Garden along with the esteemed arborist, Riaan van Zyl. Lunch thereafter includes fynbos flavoured meals by Ansia Jonck on your own account. Date: likely to be in Sept 2020 Venue: Heritage Shop...
Dinner with art doyen, Penny Dobbie, in her home (date tbc)
Art collector and dealer, Penny Dobbie, hosts and cooks a delicious, freshly made feast in her phenomenally beautiful Victorian home where she has lived for approaching 50 years. She continues to develop both the house and garden with her glorious, imitable style and...
Vergelegen Wine Estate Tour – date tbc
Join us as we visit the centuries-old Vergelegen Wine Estate situated at the foot of the majestic Helderberg Mountains in Somerset West. This Culture Connect tour is lead by Alistair Tite who has propagated hundreds of the estate's much-feted camellias. He is joined...
Cape Town’s creativity – mosaic and fine art beading studios, Thurs 8 Oct 2020
A rare opportunity to go inside this beautifully converted warehouse, full of creativity, talent and learning. It is the home of the Spier Arts Trust and Academy. Afterwards there is option to go to the Swan Cafe for lunch and meet its founder, Jessica Rushmere, and...
Art Deco Tour in Central Cape Town
[cycloneslider id="art-deco-tour"]Led by heritage architect, Dr Andre van Graan, our Art Deco tour focuses on outstanding examples of "moderne" architecture in Cape Town's centre. We'll visit a range of buildings, from Mutual Heights (the tallest building in Africa...