Finally, a lazy morning. We’re moving over to the nearby town of Franschhoek to spend a few evenings. After a leisurely breakfast we fetched an Uber for the 30-minute drive. No wine tastings today. Franschhoek (Afrikaans for ‘French Corner’) is a small town originally settled by French Huguenot refugees fleeing religious persecution. They brought with…
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A short drive north of our lodging in Stellenbosch is the Paarl wine region, the 2nd largest in South Africa. We’re touring Paarl today. It’s another early pickup by Taryn. Our first stop is at Lazenou Vineyards, a small, 5 hectare organic winery run by Xavier Bavoud. Xavier was originally from the French speaking part…
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Taryn is the owner of “The Wine Specialist” and she will be our driver and guide for many days of wine touring. Our guidance to Taryn when planning this part of the trip was to focus on smaller, boutique wineries known for the quality of their wine. She has been running wine tours for many…
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This is our final morning at Bushman’s Kloof before heading into South Africa’s wine region. Our morning rock art drive is to the Brandhoek shelter. We have another couple joining us on the drive along with Nigel and Allison. The walk to the site is pretty cool with fantastic rock formations. Brandhoek is a small…
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