SEAPONT PROMENADE Cape Town has a feeling about it that can't be described! The city oozes life, and it's beauty makes you want to spend every minute out soaking it all in. Every morning in Seapoint, we walked out onto onto the promenade with the sunrise, picking up a coffee and a croissant on the way. It's busy, even at that hour: runners, swimmers, dog walkers, old men on bicycles, prams, a whole city already out and moving. It is an outdoor lifestyle city, and the sooner y

The 30-second verdict Boschendal is a 330-year-old working wine estate between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek that has quietly turned itself into one of the most family-friendly wine farms in the Cape Winelands. The draw for parents is The Tree House, a free play area open year round. Best of all they offer a proper holiday camp for ages 4 to 12, with morning, afternoon and full-day sessions during South African school holidays. Add night markets under fairy lights, an excelle

View from the lake onto the campsite There's a moment, somewhere around your second cup of coffee on the deck, when you realise you've not heard a car in hours. Just birdsong, the wind moving through the fynbos, laughter and Siena trying to befriend the mongoose. The 30-second verdict Camp Canoe is a glamping stay on the upper slopes of Boschendal Wine Estate, about 45 minutes from Cape Town. Seven private tents, each with a wood-fired hot tub, fireplace, and kitchen, sit abo