Cape Town - ah, but your land is beautiful!

I recently travelled to Cape Town on the world’s most luxurious train - Rovos Rail. The train stopped at a siding 5km in the middle of the Great Karoo, and some of us walked through a golden Karoo dawn to the historic little town of Matjiesfontein where Olive Schreiner lived and worked. From Cape Town I travelled to De Hoop Nature Reserve at Cape Agulhas, where I watched over 100 southern right whales breach and blow in De Hoop bay - a never-to-be-forgotten experience.

De Hoop is one of the Cape’s best-kept secrets, with accommodation to suit all pockets from a glorious manor house to an 1872 cottage. The reserve is home to endemic animals such as bontebok, eland and grey rhebok, and has some of the world’s finest fynbos. Try to avoid public and school holidays, book early, and you’ll have a unique experience. I did.

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