Glamping amongst the daisies

When we started planning our Namaqua flower trip someone said, ‘You have to visit the Bidouw Valley – it’s the perfect place to see the Cape’s wildflowers between August and September. And you have to stay at Canvas Collective Africa’s pop-up camp’. So we did! Driving through the old farm gates of Enjo Nature Farm […]

The perfect romantic getaway in Wolseley

As you drive through the gates of Palmietvlei, an export blueberry and pear farm and home to Riverstone’s CouplesPod, you immediately feel the peaceful atmosphere one only finds on a farm. But Riverstone’s CouplesPod is not your average farm-stay. Riverstone aims to offer guests a tranquil country getaway, without having to compromise on their creature […]

Get your gypsy on</strong

After watching that magical dance between Vianne and the handsome gypsy in the movie Chocolat, I seriously pondered becoming a gypsy for some time. Our recent stay in one of the Gypsy wagons at Treedom Villas and Vardos had me feeling all gypsy-ish once again. A vardo (also wag(g)on, living wagon, van, and caravan) is a horse-drawn wagon traditional used by British […]