Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek offer the traveller scenic beauty, wine tasting and history. All are uniquely South African. An experience to remember.

Cape Town features the V&A waterfront, the Castle, Table Mountain, city restaurants and history. A city fast becoming more peacefully racially integrated than any other in the world. All of this is an easy day's trip from your base at Abelia 12, Somerset West.

False Bay: The warm, scenic False Bay coast runs from Strand past Muizenberg, Kalk Bay, with its quaint shops and restaurants, Fish Hoek and Simons Town (historic naval base).

Cape point Nature Reserve provides a refreshing expererience. Enjoy the splendour of the nature reserve and the sheer cliffs surrounding it, leading to the lighthouse at the wind-scarred, southernmost point of the Cape Peninsula.

The Overberg: The unspoilt Overberg (over the mountain) region lies an easy 30-minute drive from Somerset West, leading through the wheat-growing Caledon district to many fascinating, historical and typically Cape towns such as Greyton, Grabouw and Hermanus.

Fly fishing: Fly-fish in the Helderberg and Boland mountain streams and dams. Tranquillity that has to be experienced.