Cape Town

It was the beginning of June, as 10 travel agents and journalists boarded a BA747 (along with the Welsh Rugby Team, who were in Club Class!) bound for Cape Town. Whilst landing in broken cloud, the first sight of Table Mountain was awesome.

It was late autumn in South Africa but you wouldn't have known, as the temperature rose to over 70 degrees during the day.

Not a big city, the suburbs do sprawl as you would expect in a country of wide-open spaces, but almost every attraction is within 15 minutes of our central downtown accommodation, Mandela Rhodes Hotel - in particular Victoria & Alfred Waterfront and the iconic Table Mountain

A day trip to the Winelands of Stellenbosch proved a very worthwhile experience, and this was combined with Quad Biking and an evening at the Spier Hotel with African Entertainment and time with the Cheetahs.

In the south of Cape Town, is Constantia, a leafy suburb with Newlands Cricket Ground, home of test cricket. Here are Cape Town’s own wineries, and excellent they are too - bought some bottles to bring home!

Our last day in Cape Town saw the "tablecloth" lift from the most-famous Mountain, and our opportunity to ride to the top by cable car, was not to be missed - WOW!!

The view from the top of this flat-roofed mountain was incredible, particularly looking down on Camps Bay to the west (beach-retreat suburb) the city, its Harbour and Robben Island in the distance to the north, and my favourite view south to Cape Point.

I'll never forget Cape Town - you should try it!