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Events to perk up Mother City’s low season

Arts festival, design conference aimed at encouraging Cape Town's winter appeal.

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Trove hunters cache in on fun

Treasure hunters are bound for the Western Cape, but there won’t be a gang of bedraggled pirates digging for buried coins...

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A majestic and tranquil resort

Tintswalo Atlantic provides guests with a private, luxury retreat and an awe-inspiring panorama of picturesque Hout Bay.

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Verlorenvlei, near Elands Bay on the West Coast, is a twitcher's paradise and one of the best spots for water birds in the province.

Birds of a feather…
March 5 2013 at 07:48

Twitchers need twitch no more – there are classy B&Bs for them, writes Jim Freeman.

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Wilderness Manor is rated as one of the top establishments in its category in the country. Pictures: Jim Freeman

Pictures: birds of a feather
March 5 2013 at 07:48

If you’re going to attract bird-watching visitors, it makes sense to build places that cater for them after a hard day’s “twitching”. Pictures by Jim Freeman

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Pied kingfishers. Pictures: Karen Watkins

A Canooze on the Berg River
March 3 2013 at 10:13

Karen Watkins takes on the mighty Berg River and paddles 30km from Hopefield to Velddrif.

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An aerial view of Cape Town stadium.

The dark side of Cape Town
February 28 2013 at 08:30

Detlef Berg swaps the dazzle of Cape Town for the confines of prison life on Robben Island.

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AT HOME: An agama lizard in the Cederberg Mountains. Pictures: Christopher List

Pictures: on the scenic way home
February 26 2013 at 07:55

After a gravel road booby-trapped with thick pockets of sand and the full-frontal attack of the sun, Melissa Andrews and Christopher List were woozy with exhaustion when they had ridden into the Cederberg a few days earlie... View Pictures
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RUSTIC: Oudrif's distinctive straw-bale cottages. Picture: Christopher List

On the scenic way home
February 26 2013 at 07:56

Frustrated and delirious with heat exhaustion, Melissa Andrews and Christopher List are finally on their way home after a cross-country journey.

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RUSTIC: Oudrif's distinctive straw-bale cottages. Picture: Christopher List

Day at the museum
February 23 2013 at 08:13

The SA Museum in Cape Town offers many wonders for wide-eyed visitors, writes Nerine Dorman.

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RUSTIC: Oudrif's distinctive straw-bale cottages. Picture: Christopher List

Somefin I’ll never forget
February 19 2013 at 08:02

Plunging into the sea with sharks reinforced Sam Bradley’s respect for the graceful creatures.

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Even though Whale Coast Hotel is above a shopping centre (which turns out to be a nice little mall), there were more advantages than disadvantages.

Coasting along
February 18 2013 at 08:02

Adrian Rorvik has a whale of a time in Hermanus.

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Sanbona wildlife reserve is home to the Big 5.

Spot the Big 5 from your boat
February 15 2013 at 13:00

Sanbona Wildlife Reserve has launched its new boat safari experience.

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