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Cape Winelands

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Cape Winelands

Two mountain ranges provide a spectacular backdrop to the Cape Winelands, whilst the sea and Cape Town, The Tavern of the Seas, form the front-drop. And what better backdrop to a tavern could there be than one of the world’s prime wine-producing areas?

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Victoria Falls

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Victoria Falls

Probably the world’s best-known waterfall. Made up of five separate falls stretching over 1 700 metres, it is the largest curtain of water in the world, with a drop of between 90 and 107 metres. A spectacular gorge below the falls offers rafting for the brave. Everybody else flies above it in the ever-buzzing helicopters and light aircraft.

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Cape Garden Route & Klein Karoo

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Cape Garden Route & Klein Karoo

The Cape Garden Route is South Africa’s Garden of Eden, a combination of long, deserted beaches and tranquil lagoons, lush green forests and majestic mountain ranges....

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Things have come to a Pretty Pass

The two Bains, father and son, built most of the road passes linking the Cape Coast with the interior. Meiringspoort and its dirt road neighbour, the Swartberg Pass, were built by Thomas Charles Bain along with no fewer than 22 other major passes. His father Andrew Geddes Bain built only eight passes but was presented with 'fine cutlery and a candelabrum' for his trouble by grateful colonists. I am sure he was delighted. We can picture him in his road camp enjoying a barbecue by candlelight with silver knives and forks!