SA Curated Experiences

12/12/2024

Travel with us and explore South Africa through a special lense. We take time to curate unique experiences and handle all travel administration on your behalf. You just need to pay and show up for a time of your life.

Authentic and premium experiences by SA Curated Experiences. Send a Whatsapp for a travel consultation and more info on our travel deals.

19/11/2024

Tourism Star Grading 🌟 of accommodation and events venues is one of the services that we offer. Our Director, Mpho Molema, is a qualified Tourism Grading Assessor with the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa.

To apply to get graded, contact us on 0718663517 and we will take you through the process. If you feel like your establishment is not ready for star grading as yet, worry not - we will do a pre-assessment consultation for you at a fee and walk the journey with you until you can put those stars to your business name. We have the pleasure to grade all over South Africa but our main base is Western Cape and Northern Cape.

Please share, someone might need this service to take their hospitality business to the next level.

13/10/2024

Friends of No Modern Slave by Kgosi came together to witness the talented Gift and his San/Tswana costume exhibition at the Hazendal Festival Soil Edition event curated by another talent

This is Gift's artistic imagination of how the San and Tswana people of the soil would be dressing up had they not experienced deep dispossession of their identity during the colonisation era. Our Director Mpho Molema, as a Motswana/Herero woman, can definitely relate to these black beauties' style. She cited that she would rock these costumes as her daily outfits and some at royal celebrations and tourism events she attends around the world. Well done to Gift Kgosierileng, a native of the Northern Cape.







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30/09/2024

We kicked off Tourism & Heritage Month by honouring the invitation of going on a **Museum Safari** hosted by the Karoo Development Foundation. We were treated to attend the South African Museums Association National Conference held at the SA Armour Museum at the TEMPE Military Base in Bloemfontein, Free State. As part of the week-long programme, besides listening to interesting presentations by scholars and players in the field, we also visited the War Museum, Naval Hill, Die Raadsaal, City Tour and Oliewenhuis Art Museum - a good glance of Bloemfontein really.

We have somewhat had a problem with how tours of museums can be so dull, long and boring for an average tourist, but yet understanding the importance of including museums in our curated tours because no other information hubs exist like museums. Special pieces of history are kept in these huge and small buildings called museums.

This has certainly inspired us to think about new ways of preserving our history. We might not be museums curators per se, but we are definitely Tour Curators and please be on the watch out for the next Museum Safari (or something similar) where we will now intentionally take experience seekers to go see different types of old and living museums across the Northern Cape, Western Cape and other parts of South Africa.

Thank you, Professor Doreen for inviting Mpho Molema and Kagisho Molema - The Mindset Writer on this learning adventure

04/09/2024

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26/08/2024

YARD SALE! SPECIAL!!
Small business owners and start-ups are invited to go buy second-hand and brand-new business equipment at a lower price. Things like coffee machines, conference chairs, wooden tables, pizza ovens, blankets ditjale, enamel crockery, laundry equipment, art paintings, etc. Invest in small business assets and increase your earnings and income. Everyone is welcome!

THURSDAY 29 August 2024 from 8am to 6pm, The Workshop ko Kasi, Mothibistad, Kuruman (300m from Mothibistad Caltex Garage enroute Magojaneng).

NB: Prices will be available only on the day. Bargains!

21/08/2024

"When the sun goes down and you’ve kept your eyes on the ground the whole day, it’s time to look up, beyond South Africa, beyond this planet…it’s time to give the universe a good gander. Because you see, at Sutherland in the Northern Cape, you’ll get one of the best views of the universe this world has to offer.” Reviewed by SA Tourism.

In this Karoo dorpie, besides SALT the largest Telescope in the southern hemisphere, there is a planetarium where the world’s best star gazing happens and not only do you get to learn about the science of the stars but also about the African or cultural narration of the stars 🌟🌠💫 Once you’ve been to Sutherland, you can say you’ve also been to Jupiter, Venus, and the Milky Way.

We will also visit a creative bar & restaurant that is kaalvoet (barefeet) friendly, and enjoy the best lamb in the whole of Africa known as the famous Karoo Lamb. WAIT! Did we tell you that it also snows in Sutherland? ☃️❄️ Yes, it is the coldest place in South Africa that can reach -16°C but luckily, we'll be visiting in the warmer temperatures.

Visiting Sutherland is a bucket list item on any wanderluster's list of places to visit. It is an engineering and artistic wonder that will blow your mind. Everything around you has been created for humans or by humans, therefore WE ARE WORLD CREATORS.

This Tour is a much needed break from crowded cities and stressful lives and will be taking place during the school break in September. It will be our utmost pleasure to have you on board with us to create this memorable experience in Sutherland from 27-29 September 2024.

TO BOOK, please Whatsapp SA CURATED on 0718663517 or visit www.shotleft.co.za and search for us.

15/08/2024

A few people have asked for writing advice or mentorship from Kgosi. Molema - The Mindset Writer.

This Writing Workshop is for those who have been feeling the urge to write a book, or you've already written something, but you have no idea what to do next.

Gift yourself with this Workshop to learn practical ways of putting your name on a published book that is recognised by the National Library of South Africa.

This might be the key you've been waiting for to tell your story and open a new chapter of your life as an Author.

NB: Space is limited so please send a Whatsapp to book your spot. This is also the very last event we ever get to host at The Workshop ko Kasi before the permanent closure of the facility in Kuruman.

Kagisho Molema. The Author Kagisho Molema Kagisho Molema is a mindset ...

12/08/2024

IMPORTANT NOTICE! Thank you to all our old and new Customers who have witnessed our business grow and become what it is now. We are ready to serve differently.

SA CURATED let's go!!
From local to national.

So much to see and do in South Africa, let us take you on a journey.

27/05/2024

EXPERIENCES WE LOVE:
Moffat Mission Station in Kuruman. A story about a generation of two clans, Batswana and London Missionaries in the 19th century. Our tour tells the story in a narrative that is not usual - from the lense of Mary, missionary wife to Mr Moffat and from the lense of Kgosi. Mothibi, the reigning Chief of the time.

Not so long ago, we hosted the WITS University students of Architecture on a camping trip in Kuruman. The Moffat Mission Station is the first site we took them to, in order to conceptualise the influence of global cultural exchange in Kuruman and to the rest of the African interior.

One of the highlight of the tour was when we got to the sundial, the watch or clock of the 1800s that tells you what time it is according to the sun. Noone understood how it worked except for one of the Lecturer's son, Rudi, who is originally from Seoding Village, the nearby settlement where the Moffat Mission is situated. Once again, a demonstration that Tourism is about the local people and place and can bring about many socio-economic opportunities in communities if harnessed properly.

If you want a special guided tour of this place, be sure to contact us. Otherwise you can visit the tourist attraction anytime on an unguided tour.

19/05/2024

Our company was selected as one of the 7 businesses in the Northern Cape to form part of the programme by Sol Plaatje University's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Incubator. Our Director is thrilled to go back to basics and learn Business101 and enjoy business mentoring and personal coaching. We are grateful for this journey of becoming a top Tour Operator in South Africa. Many thanks to the NC Department of Economic Development and Tourism for making this a reality

13/05/2024

EXPERIENCES WE LOVE:
Visiting the homestead of the late Baba Credo Mutwa in Kuruman, where we are always warmly welcomed by his dearest wife, Mama Virginia Mutwa. We have done these visits countless times but kindly note that the experience is offered STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT. This is her home, so you cannot just invade it as you would a normal tourist attraction. Tours are done with utmost respect, please.

We just want to say thank you so much to MamaVirgi for always opening her doors to our large crowds of different natures. We love her storytelling sessions and how she makes our guests feel special and the wisdom imparted. Of course, the other highlight is to see the incredible artwork of Baba Credo, his sculptures and powerful writings are like no other. To book a visit to the Credo Mutwa Homestead in Kuruman, please contact us.

09/05/2024

EXPERIENCES WE LOVE: Boesmansgat Watercave. This greenery here is concealed water that is 280m deep, that is just over a quarter of a kilometre deep. And we are right on the edge of it, a hectic adventure experience that we have kept calm even to our visitors so that they don't panic. We have done a number of tours to this place, but it is such a dangerous place to visit, professional cave divers have died there 🥵 Everytime we come from hosting a tour there, we realise gore re baRisky and just how much God has protected us. But that is us, The Workshop Experiences, our mission is to take you to interesting places ✌🏽 Re tsamaya le Modimo everywhere we go. ‭‭

Jeremiah 9:23-24 NIV‬‬
[23] This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, [24] but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

30/04/2024

Hellooo there! As per the communication received recently about our facility in Mothibistad being up for sale to a lucky Buyer, we thought we should give possible Investors and Business Owners more access to information about the Property. If you would like to submit an OFFER TO PURCHASE, for this business property, then kindly follow the link below:

https://forms.gle/otgeNBrukKi63KkY6

There is no set price. Hence, you can submit your own offer not only based on rand value but also the impact you'll have on the community. In determining your offer amount, it is worth noting that the property has a great business location, an excellent solar system, water borehole, functional buildings, and a blooming garden. Let's go!!

31/03/2024

It doesn't cost a thing to smile. When you smile, the world smiles back at you

08/03/2024

Recently, we were invited to exhibit at MEETINGS AFRICA 2024 at the Northern Cape Tourism stand for a full 3days and had the platform to present our business offering to hundreds of people. This tradeshow is all about business events, conferencing, incentive travel, team building activities and hosting business meetings in Africa.

We invited the world to come host their business events in the NC because we have the best and unique [large and small] conference centres and meeting spaces far away from the busyness of the cities, we have airports for easy accessibility, and excellent national roads leading to the province with the first nation - our dear Bushmen people - and home to the longest river in South Africa, the Orange River. We also met with Sis Vicky of Resemeletse Motlopi Coffee which is produced in Tsineng Village in Kuruman NC, we will travel with her coffee everywhere we go to give people this local taste.

We are your convenient event planners in the province that will have you mixing business with leisure experiences for utmost revitalisation. Contact us at [email protected] or send a Whatsapp on 0812892662 for your event needs and we will provide options on where to go as a company

04/03/2024

Hosting New Zealanders for some African lunch. This is probably one of the last few groups we will host at our establishment in Kuruman that will soon attract a new buyer. It is always a pleasure to tell and show people from all over the world about our culture.

PS: We have been doing site visits around the Northern Cape and what amazing spaces we have to take you guys to. Watch the space for our upcoming tours, only for those who love authentic adventures