Private Winelands Experience
Just 45 minutes from Cape Town — Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and the Cape Winelands.
The picturesque Cape Winelands are a plethora of historical wine farms, quaint towns and vine-covered hills, and are home to some of South Africa's leading restaurants and boutiques. Granite and sandstone, mineral-rich mountains, and a Mediterranean climate provide the many microclimates that are ideal for world-class wine production.
Combine that with a rich history of winemaking — thanks to the late-17th-century French Huguenots and the steady refinement of methods ever since — and a new generation of winemakers continues to produce outstanding wines that suit every palate, year after year. While touring, your private guide marries your specific palate and interests with the right estate and restaurant, recommending and visiting anything of artistic, botanical, historical or cultural significance along the way.
Signature day tour
Full-Day Table Mountain & Winelands Tour
A fully customised Winelands tour built around your interests and preferred varietals, paired with a gourmet lunch. The day can also include a ride on the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway for views over Cape Town and the peninsula.
Highlights
- • A full day touring the Winelands, tailored to your palate and preferred varietals
- • Two to three wine tastings with standard wine pairing
- • Local activities and points of interest across the Winelands region
- • Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, weather permitting
Includes
- • Pick-up and drop-off from your accommodation in and around Cape Town
- • Private guide and vehicle for the full day
- • A guide who marries your specific palate with the right estate and restaurant
- • Visits to places of artistic, botanical, historical or cultural significance
The Table Mountain Cableway runs weather permitting. Should it not be possible on your Winelands day, those funds are used for an alternative activity.
The experience
Tastings, Pairings & Quiet Luxury
Unhurried days among the vines — celebrated cellars, long lunches, and the kind of welcome that makes each estate feel like your own.
Some of Our Preferred Wine Estates
A starting point only — your day is tailored to the estates and styles you most want to explore.
Stellenbosch — Helshoogte
Delaire Graff
A destination devoted to beauty in its many forms — flawless hospitality, cuisine, wine, art and spa. Its vineyards of Bordeaux reds and Chardonnay benefit from a combination of maritime and mountainous terroir.
Franschhoek
La Motte
A historic Franschhoek estate pairing acclaimed wines with a working farm, museum and the renowned Pierneef à La Motte restaurant — a refined showcase of the valley’s French Huguenot heritage.
Franschhoek
Rupert & Rothschild
This Franschhoek estate celebrates elegance and excellence while moving to its own serene, steady rhythm — a place that honours time and space, stillness and sunlight, and invites you to savour each moment unhurried.
Stellenbosch — Simonsberg
Tokara
Nestled on the upper slopes of the Simonsberg, the vineyard and olive grove overlook False Bay and Table Mountain. Its unique location produces award-winning Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, with unparalleled views and fine dining.
Swartland
Mullineux & Leeu
A highly focused family winery near Riebeek Kasteel in the Swartland, hand-crafting a select range of wines from the granite and shale-based soils of one of South Africa’s most beautiful and wild wine regions.
Stellenbosch — Banghoek Valley
Oldenburg
Set in an elevated valley of outstanding beauty and surrounded by a spectacular mountain amphitheatre, Oldenburg’s distinctive terroir reflects the confluence of oceans, mountains, cool winds and ancient soils.
Franschhoek — Simonsberg
Babylonstoren
One of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, set at the foot of Simonsberg, famed for its remarkable fruit and vegetable garden, fine food and wine, and an enduring sense of wellbeing.
Where to Stay in the Winelands
Make a few nights of it. Our preferred Winelands properties put you among the vines, with detailed lodge pages coming soon.
Franschhoek
- • Leeu Estates
- • Le Quartier Français
- • La Fontaine Boutique Hotel
Stellenbosch
- • Oude Werf Hotel
- • Spier Wine & Country Estate
Let's Plan Your Winelands Day
Tell us your favourite varietals and we'll craft a private Cape Winelands tour around your palate.
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