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Still making waves

Twenty-nine years on, Café Orca in Melkbosstrand remains a place of continuity and excellence thanks to the hands-on owners, half-brothers Ricky Douglas and Jason...
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A perfect storm of smooth

There’s a gin out there that smells faintly of sea spray, citrus zest and adventure. It’s called Seekat West Coast Dry Gin, and it...
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Dam fine getaway

Close to Melkbosstrand, there’s a pocket of tranquility where the loudest sound is a frog auditioning for the evening chorus while ducks glide by...
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Hooves meet Healing

A peculiar magic happens when you climb into a saddle. Your heartbeat syncs with the rhythm of hooves, the air smells faintly of hay...
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Atomic peace & pedal power

Cycle or hike flat roads where game and tortoises have right of way. It’s not every day you pedal past a nuclear reactor and feel...
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Just breathe ….

There are places that whisper their virtues. Die Hut, on Ebenhaezer farm in Moorreesburg, is one such retreat. The lawns are cut to meditative...
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Food worth craving

Forget Paris: the Swartland now has its own Poilâne—and it comes with bread, scones, bagels and pizzas worth the detour. Moorrees Eatery is the kind...
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Make a pop!

There’s something almost ecclesiastical about the moment a cork loosens from its prison with a small thunderclap. Org de Rac’s La Verne Chardonnay/Pinot Noir...
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From chalkboards to chisels

After shaping young minds for decades, a Swartland artist is now shaping art in clay, stone, bronze and paint. Moorreesburg may be famed for wheat...
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The Breadbasket Chronicles

Discover the story of the golden grain that shaped the Swartland. Step into Moorreesburg’s Wheat Industry Museum and you are, quite literally, entering South Africa’s...
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