Bo Kaap Art & Cultural Tour: This tour is a fantastic introduction to Cape Malay culture for our bespoke Artroute Tour seekers. Starting the tour walking through the brightly coloured Cape Dutch and Goergian houses of the Cape Malay Quarters. As a member of the community Yusuf and Toufiek knows all the beautiful old stories …
By Carol Brown Last year Palestinian farmer Salman al Nabahin, in an attempt to see why his olive trees were not rooting , dug into the ground and unearthed a colourful mosaic depicting birds and other animals, which dates from the fifth to seventh century. This became global news and, together with other recent excavations …
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These tours have no set agenda or structure. Here our vision is to educate and expand your taste in the investment in art when you are a new art investor. Should your taste already be distinguished, our art consultants will be your right hand to source the art that suit your profile and compliment your …
By Penny Grimbeek The Salt River Street Art Tour was initiated in 2017 as the first of the annual International Public Arts Festivals (IPAF), organized by Baz-Art, an NGO dedicated to community building, social transformation and cohesion through art. As I wander the streets of Salt River today, I feel the pride of a community …
By Dominic Dear Every day, thousands of visitors descend on the winelands primarily to taste the great variety of cultivars on offer. Most of my days are spent facilitating this and after 13 years of living and working in Franschhoek, I interact with winemakers and specially select farms to visit that are small, exclusive, off …
You can live your entire life in and around the city and not know the history that lies in every single brick you pass by, street you walk on and entrance doors you pass. Rewind about 12, 000 – 15,000 year ago, the ground we walk, commute and cycle on today was inhabited, nourished and …
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The colourful heart of Cape Town stands tall along Buitengracht Street creeping up the Eastern slopes of Signal Hill. The multicolour painted homes of this beautiful community represents their multi-dimensional culture and history. The colours mark a statement signaling freedom and independence after slavery in the Cape has come to an end. Some of these …
Named ”New Home” in Xhosa, Khayelitcha is one of the fastest growing townships in South Africa. This is not a tour for the faint hearted as you are confronted with so much of the hidden realities of the poor and neglected areas of Cape Town. However, that said, the tour is designed to inspire visitors …
There is a certain love ad sense of satisfaction that steps into your mind when you are settling into an adventure of shopping. Retail therapy has sone science behind it when you go shopping for the main purpose of making yourself feel better. We are equipped and suited up to take you on a shopping …
NO need to FOMO in cashing in in the opportunity to know more of the gems South Africa holds in understanding the origins of humankind based on where you live in this country. There is enough to see and much to be learnt in both the Western Cape and Gauteng. CAPE TOWN: On this 2-hour …