Private and Group Tours in Cape Town, Since 2001

Cape Peninsula & Cape Point

Where two oceans meet, and history hides in plain sight.

Quiet coves where fishing boats have launched for generations, and at Boulders Beach, one of the world's few land accessible African penguin colonies. Thousands of birds have made themselves entirely at home among the holiday houses of Simon's Town since the 1980s, and wooden boardwalks bring you close enough to watch them at eye level without disturbing a single nest.

At the Cape of Good Hope, you stand where early sailors long believed the Atlantic and Indian Oceans collide.

Table Mountain & the City Bowl

A mountain older than the Alps.

Table Mountain is estimated at around 260 million years old, older than the Atlantic Ocean itself. The cloud that spills over its summit on a southeasterly wind has its own name: the tablecloth.

Below it, the city tells a more complicated story of trade, resistance and reinvention. We walk you through it at a pace that leaves room for a proper conversation, not just a photograph.

The V&A Waterfront

A working harbour beside the yachts.

Named for Queen Victoria and her son Alfred, who tipped the first load of stone for the breakwater in 1860, the Waterfront remains one of the few harbours where a working fishing fleet still docks metres from private moorings. It is a contrast that tells you something honest about Cape Town itself.

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

A garden growing only what belongs there.

Established in 1913 on Table Mountain's eastern slopes, Kirstenbosch protects the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest of the world's six plant kingdoms and one of the richest. The Boomslang canopy walkway offers a view over the garden that few photographs do justice.

The Cape Winelands

Cape Dutch gables, granite peaks, three centuries of history.

Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and the valleys around them hold some of the best preserved 18th century architecture in the Southern Hemisphere. Franschhoek takes its name from the French Huguenots who settled the valley in the 1680s, fleeing persecution in Europe, and their surnames are still stitched through the region today.

Oak lined avenues, mountain passes turning gold in autumn, and small towns where the pace of life hasn't much changed.

Hermanus & the Whale Coast

Whale watching from the shore, no boat required.

Each year between June and December, southern right whales move into Walker Bay to calve, often within a few hundred metres of the cliffs. The sightings are so reliable that Hermanus appointed an official whale crier, a role that still exists today.

The Garden Route

Six hours east of Cape Town, an entirely different South Africa.

Oudtshoorn, in the dry Klein Karoo, built its fortune on ostrich feathers in the late 1800s, and its feather palaces still stand not far from the limestone cathedrals of the Cango Caves. George, at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains, is the region's gateway. Wilderness follows, with its lakes, rivers and endless beach. Knysna sits around a tidal lagoon guarded by two sandstone cliffs, the Knysna Heads. Plettenberg Bay offers some of the finest beaches on the coast, and the Tsitsikamma Forest holds ancient yellowwoods, some over 800 years old.

For guests with time to linger, we also travel Route 62, one of the great scenic roads of the world through the mountain passes of the Klein Karoo, and the Western Cape's hot springs route, with natural mineral springs tucked into the mountains.

• The Cheetah Project: a close, ethical encounter guided by real conservationists.
• Quad biking through dune fields and forest trails.
• Horseback riding along open beaches and forest paths.
• Zip lining in Grabouw: a canopy tour through indigenous forest along the way.

The Cederberg Mountains

Sandstone, San rock art and truly dark skies.

Dramatic red rock formations weathered into arches and towers, ancient San rock art tucked into overhangs, and some of the clearest night skies in the country. A landscape for travellers who want silence and scale.

West Coast Wildflower Season

A desert that blooms once a year.

Each spring, typically August through September, the West Coast and Namaqualand burst into carpets of wildflowers. We track the season closely so your journey lands exactly when the display is at its best.