REGION: Boland Kontrei
PLACES: Paarl, Wellington, Slanghoek valley, Worcester, Rawsonville
Day 1: Cape Town to Nuy Vallei Guest Farm. DBB
You will be met at your Cape Town accommodation or airport in the Fairest Cape region and drive through Paarl and Wellington, two of the oldest towns in the Berg River valley in a region of the Western Cape Province called the Boland.
Paarl is the only place in the world with such a prominent monument erected for a language. The Afrikaans language monument was built to honour Afrikaans, the youngest language in Africa.
We start our visit to Paarl with a conducted tour of the Afrikaans language monument.
Driving down Main Road of Paarl is an architectural tour in itself because the main designs in South Africa are represented here.
We drive through Wellington to interact with a private wine and brandy cellar master. We drive via Bain's Kloof Pass, completed in 1853 by Andrew Geddes Bain, the engineer who built most of the mountain passes in the Western Cape Province. This one is special because of the use of gun powder for blasting.
Coming out of Bain's Kloof we enter the Breede River valley where we turn into a scenic hide away valley of Slanghoek - a wine producing area where lunch can be enjoyed on a working wine farm.
We drive to Worcester to visit a well known art gallery and experience the art of brandy at a local distillery.
Arrive late afternoon at Nuy Vallei to settle down and enjoy a guided walkabout on the farm. Dinner at the farm restaurant.
Day 2: Nuy Vallei DBB
Select the experiences from the list:
Conradie family Wines, hiking and birding, horse riding, horse cart day trip visiting other wine cellars and an olive farm, biking.
Local cuisine at the farm restaurant.
Day 3: Nuy Vallei - Cape Town via Rawsonville and the scenic Du Toit's Kloof pass
We drive via the scenic Du Toitskloof pass, built by Italian prisoners of war, to Paarl. En route visit a fynbos farm to see the sustainable harvesting methods...
... and arrive late afternoon in Cape Town.
