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We offer the following: Hiking. Winelands, City Highlights and Hidden Gems Walking Tours, Cape Peninsula to Cape Point

14/02/2025

Thursday 13 February 2025 City Tour with Christoph & Kirsten from Germany visiting Cape Town for the first time

01/02/2025

Friday 31 January Cape Town City walking tour with Nektarious & Christiana visiting Cape Town from Germany

01/02/2025

Thursday 30 January 2025 Cape Town City walking tour with Ana, Klaus & Nina visiting from Austria for a 2nd Time and Pascal & Sabine from Berlin visiting for the first time .

27/01/2025

Saturday 25 January 2025 City Tour with Fabienne, Phillip, Nancy & Walter Visiting Cape Town from Belgium.

27/01/2025

Friday 24 January 2025 Visit to Capaia Winery:
The Capaia Winery was created in 1997 from practically nothing, in what was then an “oenologically undeveloped” region. On the site of a former wheat farm, and after in- depth soil analysis, Alexander Baron von Essen and his wife Ingrid Baroness von Essen, together with the best winemakers in the world, began to build Capaia. And so, on these unique and uncontaminated soils, surrounded by spectacular nature, a winery was born that today produces some of the best wines in South Africa. Some wine connois- seurs even claim: the best wines in the world. We are delighted by this – and we hope that after a glass (or two) you’ll agree. Where the Capaia winery now stands was formerly a wheat farm, before Alexander Baron von Essen and his wife Ingrid Baroness von Essen recognised the great viticultural potential of the land in 1997. Together with the then-owner of the Tuscan winery Ornellaia and his winemaker Tibor Gál, they realised their vision of a completely new winery on three slate hills in South Africa’s prime location, inspired by Ornellaia’s viticulture. 2003 celebrated the first harvest of Capaia and to make this even more memorable, we received Wine Magazine’s 5 star award for this maiden vintage. Capaia is located in the relatively young wine growing region of Philadelphia, about 30 km from Cape Town, and was declared an estate in 2005 based on the château principle. Capaia’s terrain covers more than 140 hectares and stretches across the northeast flank of Olifantskop. Today, the estate is run by second-generation Mariella Baroness von Essen and her son Nick, and is managed on site by General Manager Bernabé Strydom. One of the most innovative vineyard owners and winemakers of our time is also a partner: Comte Stephan von Neipperg, whose entire family has been cultivating wine of the highest calibre for 850 years – and not just in the Bordeaux growing region. In addition to Capaia’s sensational wines, you can enjoy one of the most beautiful views in the entire region: over picturesque hills and the Atlantic Ocean to Table Mountain. Here is the perfect interplay of wine, nature and cuisine. A place where there is plenty to eat and drink – but never too much to see.

18/01/2025

Saturday 18 January 2025 Cape Town City walking tour with Julia & Remo visiting from Switzerland

18/01/2025

Thursday 16 January 2025 City walking tour of Cape Town with Wolfgang & Martina visiting from Germany

18/01/2025

Wednesday 15 January 2025 = City walking tour with Sean & Sofia visiting Cape Town from Amsterdam

09/01/2025

Monday 6 January 2025 City tour with Alex and Jesse on their honeymoon visiting Cape Town from New York

09/01/2025

Tuesday 31 December 2024 City tour with Mathew, Julie, Lucas & Charlee visiting Cape Town from New York

30/12/2024

Sunday 29 December 2024 In and around Cape Town with Ralf, Barbara and Mia visiting from Austria

30/12/2024

Saturday 28 December 2024 - Market Day with Jorg and Conny visiting Cape Town from Germany

30/12/2024

Friday 27 December 2024 - City Tour with Ralf, Barbara and Mia visiting Cape Town from Austria

21/12/2024

Saturday 21 December 2024 - Tour Group visiting The Heart of Cape Town museum.
Dr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
3 December 1967
On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint Theatre at Groote Schuur Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to perform the nine hour long operation. The recipient was Louis Washkansky, a fifty three year old grocer with a debilitating heart condition. Washkansky received the heart of Denise Darvall, a young woman who was run over by a car on 2 December and had been declared brain dead after suffering serious brain damage. Her father, Edward Darvall agreed to the donation of his daughter's heart and kidneys. The operation started shortly after midnight on a Saturday night and was completed the next morning just before 6 a.m. when the new heart in the chest of Louis Washkansky was electrically shocked into action. After regaining consciousness he was able to talk and on occasion, to walk but his condition deteriorated and died of pneumonia eighteen days after the heart transplant. Groote Schuur Hospital has set up the ‘Heart of Cape Town Museum’ which honours those who played a leading role in the surgical feat. Theatres A and B are the orginal theatres and have been recreated to display an authentic representation of the ground breaking operation.

19/12/2024

Wednesday 18 December 2024 -Exploring the East Side of Cape Town with Rachelle, Kevin & John

16/12/2024

Sunday 15 December 2024 Hike from Melkbos to Koeberg with the Bosvark Team

13/12/2024

Wednesday 11 December 2024 City tour with Andrea & Michael visiting Cape Town for the first time from Germany

01/12/2024

Saturday 30 November 2024 Private tour to visit The Heart of Cape Town Museum.
The Heart of Cape Town Museum honors all those who played a major role in the surgical feat that pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical era. An era in which it became possible to transplant the symbol of the essence of life, the human heart. Find out more about the behind the scene moments of the first human heart transplant.
First Human Heart Transplant
The drama of the world’s first successful human heart transplant, led by Professor Christiaan Neethling Barnard, played out within the walls of the Charles Saint Theatre at Groote Schuur Hospital on the 3rd December 1967. This museum offers a insightful look into the day the first successful heart transplant took place.

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