Kate Crane Briggs guides you through the Cape Town Art Fair’s highlights, explains its sections, and introduces key gallerists, curators and artists for insider insight on the opening day.
Explore Zeitz MOCAA on a guided tour led by a former member of the museum’s curatorial team. This experience examines the building’s architecture and grain silo transformation before moving through the atrium and current exhibitions, floor by floor. An optional lunch at Vagabond follows the tour.
Spoil yourself with Strauss & Co specialists, myself and a few others at their showroom in Woodstock. Acquired by one family over three generations, these beautiful antiques are a surprising combination of very rare and well-priced.
Explore central Cape Town through its vibrant food scene, from traditional African eateries to artisan-driven cafés. Led by Dennis Molewa, founder of Unexplored Cape Town and mentor to local food entrepreneurs, the tour connects food, culture, economy, and history. Guests sample Somali, Jewish, Lebanese, Zimbabwean, and Xhosa cuisine, meet passionate founders, and discover the city’s design and culinary hotspots.
Historic first-transplant perfusionist Dene Friedmann leads a tour of the Heart of Cape Town Museum, offering first-hand insight into the world’s first heart transplant in December 1967. Inside Groote Schuur Hospital, she shares her memories of Denise Darvall’s treatment and her work with Professor Chris Barnard and his team, giving visitors a close look at a defining moment in modern medicine.
Initially built by Christian missionaries in the mid 1830s, this small, historic neighbourhood has many buildings still used for their original purpose. Officially known as the Audas Estate, some just...
A guided walking tour through Salt River, one of Cape Town’s most visually expressive neighbourhoods. Once an industrial hub, Salt River has evolved into an open-air gallery where large-scale murals,...
Muhammad Ilyas leads the tour with the insight of a sixth-generation Bo-Kaap local. He directs both the Bo-Kaap Tourism Association and the Bo-Kaap Helpers Garden, an NPO that drives community gardening and neighbourhood upliftment.
Explore central Cape Town through its vibrant food scene, from traditional African eateries to artisan-driven cafés. Led by Dennis Molewa, founder of Unexplored Cape Town and mentor to local food entrepreneurs, the tour connects food, culture, economy, and history. Guests sample Somali, Jewish, Lebanese, Zimbabwean, and Xhosa cuisine, meet passionate founders, and discover the city’s design and culinary hotspots.
A guided walking tour through Salt River, one of Cape Town’s most visually expressive neighbourhoods. Once an industrial hub, Salt River has evolved into an open-air gallery where large-scale murals,...
Guided Art Deco walking tour of Cape Town with Dr André van Graan, exploring historic façades, key sites, and original pieces, with refreshments included.
Dr Tim Visser guides visitors through Paardevlei’s lesser-known heritage in Somerset West, a precinct of contrasts—part carefully restored, part overgrown. Drawing on a lifetime nearby, he situates the site within South Africa’s shift from agriculture to industry and beyond.
