Weekend Getaway

A weekend of doing NOTHING in Wolseley

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It’s not often that we go away and do NOTHING, but this was The Husband’s lucky weekend because that’s exactly what we did. No spontaneous adventures, no things to do, no bra (😄) and a lot of sleeping!

Here’s the summary:
1. We headed off to a farm just outside Wolesley for a whole lot of nothing.


2. Pear trees have the most beautiful blossoms in Spring 🌺


3. This is what a butternut farm looks like.


4. We’ve been dying to try out a wood-fired hot tub and we had our own private one for the weekend 😍


And that’s a wrap!

As much as I’m all about the adventure and doing all of the things, sometimes a whole lot of nothing can do a whole lot of good.

A weekend getaway to Tulbagh

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I’m such a sucker for a small town and the Western Cape ones are my absolute favourite! Send me away for the weekend to somewhere with old houses, farmlands and wine and I’m happy as a pig in mud. My husband and I booked a last-minute getaway to Tulbagh and here are some of our highlights. It’s only 1,5 hours from Cape Town too, so perfect for a weekend.

The architecture here is beautiful. Cape Dutch style buildings are the trademark, including our guest house – Cape Dutch Quarters. Don’t mess around here – book an Executive Suite. Breakfasts are served on Spode china too 🙂

 

Yep – we will ALWAYS find a trail. This one is in Waterval Nature Reserve. Take this walk to a waterfall.

 

Wine tasting in the old courthouse jail! Drostdy Hof is an interesting visit, complete with a museum tour.

 

Olive tasting at Oakhurst Olives

 

You must visit Krone for FREE bubbly tasting with this view. They’re also open the latest on a Saturday, until 4pm

Olive-a-twist at Rhebokskraal Olive Estate

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Oh, you KNOW how much I love my weekend getaways! This time, the lucky recipient of our company (LOL) was Rhebokskraal Olive Estate in McGregor. We decided on a last-minute getaway (the best way to decide these things) and looked up farm stays within 2 hours of Cape Town. Rhebokskraal grabbed our attention immediately as they have private cottages (with indoor fireplaces) on a working olive farm in one of the prettiest towns in the Western Cape. We love olives, so this one was a no-brainer.

This was our little home for the weekend – “Volkshuisie”.

Volkshuisie

 

Volkshuisie Fireplace

The olive farm is active and family-run and comes with it’s own unique story that captures your free spirit immediately. This is the view from a short walking trail around the property, which we used as a slow jog route in the warm morning sunshine 🙂

Trail Rhebokskraal

What’s unique about this particular stay is that you have the option of a tour of the farm with the owner as she talks about the history of the farm, the curating processes, cultivars etc. (complete with her own songs too), ending off with an olive tasting and olive platter at the Village Farm Stall in the town.

Singing Rhebokskraal

Different

Olive Tasting

If you’re brave enough, you can even try olive hot chocolate…

Olive Hot Chocolate

Rhebokskraal Olive Estate have a winter special on at the moment for R500 per night for a minimum stay of 2 nights and the olive tour is R250 per person (including the olive platter meal). Please contact them to confirm prices and specials.

There’s no reason to be bored and cold, just because it’s winter 😉

 

Little Greece in South Africa, or Paternoster

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Some images from my recent West Coast road trip adventure. Paternoster’s ‘Santorini in Africa’ style town stole a piece of my heart.

 

 

See Kat Paternoster
Felt like the Med, I swear
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Just gorgeous
Paternoster Crayfishing
Careful of illegal crayfishing, though… don’t buy crayfish off the boats or the streets!

Weekend Getaway Pick: Studio in the vineyards at Muratie, Stellenbosch

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I LOVE old stuff, I really do. I love to take my imagination back to a time so long gone, that our current lifestyle, the way we live, what we do, the way we speak, seem bizarre.

It’s with this sentiment in mind that I introduce my latest Weekend Getaway Pick – GP Canitz Guest Cottage in Stellenbosch. It was originally used as an art studio by renowned Stellenbosch painter and late farm owner George Paul Canitznow and now boasts a truly authentic vineyard guest house. It is not often that you find a guest house that manages to maintain (what I imagine to be) it’s original personality and I really felt like I was still in that time. A gander through the old books on the bookshelf and the art on the walls solidifies the experience.

I wanted to lock myself up inside with the fireplace roaring, a good ol’ book and a bottle of Muratie’s iconic wines, after a long soak in this big ol’ beautiful bath. So I did.

Muratie Bath

The best news is that it’s now officially off-peak season, so you can get this little winter hideaway for a steal (R750 per night).

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