Day One:

Arrival and transfer to Constantia Uitsig Country Hotel

Cable car ride to top of Table Mountain for spectacular view of cape peninsula

Day Two:

Breakfast

Walking tour of Cape Town, museum and market

Lunch at waterfront shopping mall

Ferry to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned

Dinner at Bakhara (landmark Indian cuisine)

Day Three:

Breakfast

Visit magnificent Kirstenbosch Garden

Lunch at the home of Margo Ratcliffe for true South African hospitality

Afternoon at leisure

Dinner at the eclectic Africa Café

Day Four:

Breakfast

Guided tour of the cape, beaches, penguin colony

Picnic lunch

Shopping in Constantia

Wine tasting, cellar tour and dinner at Buitenverwachting

Day Five:

Breakfast

Cooking with Cass Abrahams, the Queen of Cape Malay Cuisine!

Lunch as prepared in lesson

Depart for overnight stay at historic Cape Dutch homestead

Special dinner prepared by host Julian Melck

Day Six:

Breakfast

Tour olive oil producer en route to quaint French Huguenot village of Franscheloek

Lunch at Hildebrand Olive Farm

Check in at the small hotel Le Quartier Francais

Visit local vintner for wine tasting

Dinner at Le Quartier Francais by 2002 Chef-of-the-year Margot Janse

Day Seven:

Breakfast

Bread-making course at Moreson Wine Estate, wine tasting

Afternoon free to explore Franschhoek

Dinner on your own

Day Eight:

Breakfast

Visit wine producer Warwick, tasting and tour

Cooking class at the Institute of Culinary Arts

Return to Franschloek with stop at historic Boschendal for wine tasting and tour.

Private dinner at Boschendal

Day Nine:

Early morning departure for Kruger National Park

Transfer to luxury safari lodge, Tanda Tula (20,000 acres, hundreds of animal species – rhinos, leopards)

Afternoon at the pool

Barbecue style dinner

Days 10 –12:

On safari at Tanda Tula!

Day 13:

Breakfast

Mid-day departure for Mpumulanga Airport and Johannesburg