LocalPlaces

03/04/2025

The most incredible cultural immersion. A full day of eating exceptional cuisine across Johannesburg. This is the LocalPlaces Migrant Cuisine Food tour. Fast becoming our most popular tour. From Orange Grove to First China Town, Fordsburg, Little Addis (Ethiopian Quarter), Maboneng, Vic Yards and Troyeville. Learn about the incredible communities that introduced such variety of food to the city.

03/04/2025

Legendary LocalPlaces storytelling dinners are taking Cape Town by storm. Four dinners per month on four different Thursday nights and in four different venues, each covering a specific period in history.

Join us on Thursday 10 April for Cape Town's Mesmerizing Middle Story, detailing the development of the city during British times (1795 till 1910). It was in this era that Cape Town grew from a small agricultural settlement to a modern, industrialized city. The storytelling is complemented by the most scrumptious dinner at Four&twenty in the picturesque Chelsea Village - a remnant of the mid 1800s English Cape Town - in Wynberg.

Limited seats available.

31/03/2025

Legendary LocalPlaces tours return!

This autumn and winter, LocalPlaces is bringing back its legendary Joburg Inner-City Viewpoints & Watering Holes tour for booking on a public, per-person basis. While this tour is usually only available for private group bookings, we are making available a series of public dates in May, June and July. Be sure to join us to enjoy some of the most awesome pubs, bars and rooftops in the city, coupled with mesmerizing storytelling by Charlie Moyo on the history and development of Johannesburg.

Dates available:
Saturdays 31 May, 28 June and 26 July (2-8pm).

Cost: Special offer of R600 per person for local South Africans, covers bus transport, guiding and storytelling (R950 per international guest). All food and drink along the way for customers’ own accounts. Limited seating, secure your seat now!

Send a WhatsApp to +27 82 894 5216 or email to [email protected]

30/03/2025

It was an epic Fourth Thursday night of storytelling and exquisite food at Curiocity Africa Kloof Street (pictured). Guests enjoyed a Mesmerizing LocalPlaces Storytelling focused on Cape Town's Contemporary & Future Story, 1990-2025 and beyond.

Did you know LocalPlaces hosts 4 different storytelling dinners per month, each in a different venue and with a different theme.

Join us next at Four&twenty on 10 April for Cape Town's Middle Story, 1795-1910.

30/03/2025

Another stellar LocalPlaces Joburg Overview Tour with Charlie Moyo, visiting his favourite places in the city this past Saturday.

26/03/2025

Our LocalPlaces Cape Town storytelling dinners are growing into something very popular. Four storytellings, covering four different periods, in four different restaurants/venues across the city.

Second Thursday of each month is dedicated to the the story of Cape Town during British occupation and colonialism (1795-1910). A fascinating story of which the construction of the Alfred Basin, in what today is the V&A Waterfront, was probably the most important infrastructural intervention. From here the British Scramble for Africa expanded into the continent.

Hosted at the delightful Four&twenty at Chelsea Village in Wynberg. Book your seats now for 10 April. It is a most memorable and enjoyable night.

22/03/2025

Always grateful for reviews. LocalPlaces maintain 100% 5-stars reviews on TripAdvisor/Viator for both Cape Town and Johannesburg.

21/03/2025

Thank you to Seven Colours Eatery for an absolutely fantastic meal last night at the LocalPlaces storytelling dinner. Telling the Riviting Recent Story of Cape Town, 1910-1990 to a most exceptional audience.

Join us for LocalPlaces storytelling dinners on four Thursdays per month at four different restaurants. Each focused on a specific period in Cape Town/South African history.

20/03/2025

Ready for a LocalPlaces storytelling dinner at Seven Colours Eatery on a rainy Cape Town evening. Delicious food and mesmerizing stories loading.

20/03/2025

Four stories of Cape Town

LocalPlaces hosts four storytelling sessions about the history of Cape Town and South Africa per month - each combined with a stunning dinner at a different venue in the city. Hosted on specific Thursdays and open for booking on a per person basis. Private group dinners can also be booked for any other dates.

"ate" Eatery - First Thursdays - Ancient times to 1795
Four&twenty - Second Thursdays - British times, 1795-1910
Seven Colours Eatery - Third Thursdays - Recent times, 1910-1990
Curiocity Africa Kloof Street - Fourth Thursdays - Contemporary times - 1990 to 2005 and beyond.

Join us for magnificent storytelling and foodie experiences!

LocalPlaces - Johannesburg & Cape Town.
We change perceptions.

20/03/2025

19/03/2025

A night of stories, flavours and connection! Join us and on 27 March for a Storytelling Dinner at CURIOCITY Kloof Street—celebrating Cape Town’s history over a traditional braai.

Limited seats—book now!

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19/03/2025

One of our favourite places in Cape Town is Curiocity Africa in Kloof Street. Stunning spaces and a balcony with simply the best mountain view.

Join us there on Thursday 27 March for our Fourth Thursday LocalPlaces Storytelling Dinner. You simply want to hear Cape Town's Contemporary Story, 1990-2025 & Beyond. Complemented by an international-style/South African fusion braai meal of the most exceptional quality.

18/03/2025

Good morning world! The obligatory morning view before another splendorous day on a LocalPlaces Understanding Cape Town walking tour.

17/03/2025

We saw this photo on a Facebook post. Unfortunately it did not mention the photographer. But reading the comments was shocking. With half the people fighting with the other half as they could not believe this is Soweto. Well this is Jabulani in Soweto and exactly why we love doing LocalPlaces Soweto tours. On a full day tour, there is time to pass through this area. Soweto is a story of hope and extensive parts of it are middle class suburbs today. South Africa and Johannesburg should be proud of the things they get right. Soweto is not perfect but it has grown and improved a lot in the past 30 years. And this is the story we tell on our tours. No time for poverty p**n. Instead come and explore and be astonished. We change perceptions.

17/03/2025

Explore the fantastic spaces, places, people and stories of Johannesburg and Cape Town with LocalPlaces. We change perceptions!

17/03/2025

One of our favourite places in Cape Town is Curiocity Africa in Kloof Street. Stunning spaces and a balcony with simply the best mountain view.

Join us there on Thursday 27 March for our Fourth Thursday LocalPlaces Storytelling Dinner. You simply want to hear that! Cape Town's Contemporary Story, 1990-2025 & Beyond. Complimented by an international-style/South African braai meal of the most exceptional quality.

Book now! R900 per person. Details here: https://www.localplaces.co.za/cape-town-storytelling-dinners/

16/03/2025

Two LocalPlaces walking tours on Saturday morning. Understanding Cape Town and East Town Is Alive (Johannesburg).