Vergelegen’s gardens and history

Vergelegen Lourensford Road, Somerset West I Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

With over 1 000 camellias, Vergelegen is an International Camellia Garden of Excellence; it is the only one in Africa. Alistair, our guide who lives close by, helped propagate some...

R400

National Gallery Motherhood

Tour by curator, Andrea Lewis, who has been working on this brilliant exhibition for many months. For this special tour, she will be joined by a few of the exhibiting...

Taste the Mother City

Food walk exploring central Cape Town’s informal and formal economies. Traditional African to artisan-driven culinary destinations, the variety is deliciously wide. The cafes and stalls we visit are started and...

R750

Salt River street art (postponed)

With over 100 murals, Salt River is the place to be if you like street art. The variety is huge - gigantic, tiny, political, pretty, old and new. This tour...

R400

Dr van Graan’s Art Deco walk

Mullers Optometrist 104 Longmarket St, Cape Town

Our popular Art Deco walk, led by heritage architect Dr André van Graan, is back by request - South Africa’s first skyscrapers to architectural detailing in shop and office facades....

R450

Paardevlei social history

Somerset West 25 De Beers Avenue, Paardevlei, Western Cape, South Africa

Next to Somerset West, this area is full history and change. The buildings and landscape are highly maintained in one part, and in another unused and overgrown. Tourist guide, Dr...

R400

Athlone’s heritage and resistance

Monuments, memories and community - this neighbourhood is only 15 minutes from the centre of Cape Town. Yet few have visited. Led by Tony Hartman, the tour explores Cape Town’s...

R400

Taste the Mother City

Food walk exploring central Cape Town’s informal and formal economies. Traditional African to artisan-driven, the variety is deliciously wide. The cafes and stalls we visit were started and run by...

R750

Salt River street art

With over 100 murals, Salt River is the place to be if you like street art. The variety is huge - gigantic, tiny, political, pretty, old and new. This tour...

R400

Vergelegen gardens & house

Spring flowers, fascinating stories, heritage architecture and delicious scones - a new tour by three Vergelegen staff with extensive knowledge and experience. We start at 9h30 with Penny Saunders' walkabout...

Taste the Mother City (waiting list)

Food walk exploring central Cape Town’s informal and formal economies. Traditional African to artisan-driven culinary destinations, the variety is deliciously wide. The cafes and stalls we visit are started and...

R750

Vergelegen’s spring gardens

Spring flowers, fascinating stories, heritage architecture and delicious scones - a new tour by three Vergelegen staff with extensive knowledge and experience. We start at 9h30 with Penny Saunders' walkabout...