South African Museum

I'm a museum kinda guy. There is always something new to discover even if you have been to it so many times before. My favorite museum to go to is the South African Museum in Cape Town. Its the oldest museum in sub-Saharan Africa and was established in 1825 by Lord Charles Somerset. It is both a … Continue reading South African Museum →

Buildings along the Company Gardens

As I have mentioned in my previous post, several Cape Town's most significant historical buildings can be found along the Company Gardens as one walks down Government Avenue.At the bottom entrance to the Gardens are Church Square and the Slave Lodge. The Slave Lodge was built in 1679 by the Dutch East India Company and housed thousands of slaves during … Continue reading Buildings along the Company Gardens →

The Company Gardens

The greenbelt that is the Company Gardens, stretching through urban downtown Cape Town, attracts both locals and visitors in their droves. People go there to admire the historic buildings, sight see, play in the park, feed the squirrels, read a book, sit in the shade and relax or just to get from the one end to … Continue reading The Company Gardens →

Cape Town War Memorial

As you would know I am always on the lookout for something interesting to photograph, doesn't matter if its natural or historical. As far as historical attractions go you tend to find some kind of war memorial in just about every town and city around South Africa and Cape Town was no different. In actual fact … Continue reading Cape Town War Memorial →

Feeding squirrels in the Company Gardens

You may not find it on all the tourism guides being printed about Cape Town, but one of the popular things to do for visitors to the Mother City is to go and feed the squirrels living the the Company Gardens. Most of the vendors around the area sell bags of peanuts and you can … Continue reading Feeding squirrels in the Company Gardens →

Groot Constantia

The very first wine estate in the Cape I got to visit years ago was appropriately also the oldest wine estate in the Cape. Groot Constantia was established in 1685 by Simon van der Stel who was the then Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The farm was used to grow fruit and vegetables, farm cattle and … Continue reading Groot Constantia →

Groot Constantia gate

Somebody asked me if anything has happened because they don't see any new blog posts other than on PEDP. But don't worry, I haven't been abducted by an alien race from another planet. I've been away at Tourism Indaba in Durban for the last week or so and didn't have time to do any forward posts for … Continue reading Groot Constantia gate →

Kalk Bay Harbour

Compared to big city harbours the fishing harbour at Kalk Bay really has something special to it and when visiting you won't get stopped by security at the gate, except if the parking lot is full. Kalk Bay Harbour is primarily a fishing harbour so that is what you will see. Fishing boats leaving pre-dawn and returning … Continue reading Kalk Bay Harbour →

Swartberg plaashek

Suid-Afrika bied inwoners sowel as besoekers 'n ongelooflike verskeidenheid van landskappe om te verken, geniet en foto's van te neem. Hierdie foto is geneem oppad na die Swartbergpas vanaf Oudtshoorn.

South African Navy Museum

Taking a walk around Simon's Town after our train ride from Kalk Bay during our summer holiday in December we "stumbled" upon the South African Navy Museum . The museum is housed in and around the original Dockyard Magazine / Storehouse which dates back to 1743. After 1810 when the Royal Navy moved its headquarters from Cape … Continue reading South African Navy Museum →