Architecture Tour: Description

Explore South Africa’s unique blend of cultures, cuisines, heritage and history.
Enjoy its abundant beauty, endless skies, dramatic landscapes and unforgettable wildlife.

Navigate by natural landmarks as much as by manmade symbols that define the skyline.
See how cutting edge design intersects with traditional and why it’s a cultural melting pot.

Be delighted by its open hearted people and informed by hand picked local experts who’ll open your eyes as they share their space and savviness.

In Cape Town: Voted ‘’One of the World’s Top 20 cities’’ by Condé Nast Traveller, with a deserved reputation as a foodies’ paradise, with a rich sense of history and eye catching landmarks.
Sun drenched landscapes lapped by two oceans, iconic Table Mountain, the bustling Waterfront, an Afro-fusion cultural scene where signature buildings by imperial architects contrast with community focused urban projects, innovative design and hip seafront watering holes.

Around The Winelands and Franschhoek: World class wine tastings among historic homesteads, gabled gems, über-chic contemporary architecture and sculpture-filled gardens on top wine estates. Trace the evolution of the architecturally unique Cape Dutch style, with its mole brown thatch, white-washed walls, symmetry of façade and proud gables. Close by there’s a floral and a whale-watching wonderland near Hermanus with the chance to sight The Big Marine Five.

In Johannesburg: The powerhouse of Africa – a vibrant, cosmopolitan mix, with humble mining beginnings and contrasting cultures and architecture. On this small group Cultural tour a behind the scenes walkabout in a SoHo-inspired urban regeneration project. A significant public art collection and galleries with one of a kind collectibles. A window in time museum that explores humanity’s origins. The Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage site with fossil sites stretching back some 3.5 million years where you’ll have a celebratory dinner under African skies.

In Botswana discover the mystique of untamed Africa on an optional safari of a lifetime.
Luxuriate at two magically contrasting locations to experience the very best wildlife in ‘get away from it all’ camps that are small and intimate where you’ll encounter a slice of Eden.
Zarafa is a traditional style, tented camp bordering Chobe Game Reserve, overlooking abundant plains teeming with game.
Duba Plains is a secluded and wildly remote tented camp on a tree covered island in the Okavango Delta.