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Two kids ride the Table Mountain cable car free with a paying adult

If you are anything like me, you love a good deal and it’s even better when you get something for free. I also love the allure of the mountain, as you can probably tell from my Gram posts, and during my recent staycation there was a combination of all of these things.  For this trip we substituted our hiking boots for cable car tickets and what made it even sweeter was that my niece and nephew received a free ride.  It’s Kidz Season at Table Mountain Aerial Cableway but hurry because the promotion ends on 24 September 2018 . With one adult return ticket purchased for R250, two kids travel free. They even get vouchers to collect free candy from the shop when you get to the top.  You can check their rates and whether they are open on their website . On the ride up we could see so many Proteas on the face of the mountain.  The mountain is never the same every day, because of the weather, but the 7th wonder of nature is still worth experiencing. ...

Cape Town Ostrich Ranch offers fun for the entire family

Are you always looking for interesting places to go to, new things to try, ways to entertain the kids and some fun for the entire family? Well the Cape Town Ostrich Ranch  might be just the answer. It is about a 20 minute, scenic drive from Cape Town down the N7 to a place called Philadelphia. The ranch offers the most gorgeous views of rolling green hills where it feels like time slows down. Their claim to fame is that they house the world’s smallest ostrich, Tom Thumb, who made it into the Guinness World Records. You can meet Tom Thumb and even feed him if you go on the guided tour. Tom Thumb - the world's smallest ostrich The tour provides great facts about ostriches, some of which are that they are obsessed with shiny objects, they eat stones which help with digestion, they can run about 70 kilometres per hour, the male has black feathers, while the females are a dull grey and their eyeballs weigh more than their brains. Enjoying a guided tour ...

Aquila a great weekend getaway location boasting the Big 5

Waleed and I were fortunate to spend the weekend of 5 to 7 May 2017 at Aquila Private Game Reserve situated in Touws River. We celebrated our 8-year wedding anniversary, which was the  perfect excuse for a local getaway. From Cape Town, it is about a 2-hour drive on the N1, using the toll road. It is an extremely scenic drive where you are towered by the Hawequas Mountain Range, part of the Hawequas Nature Reserve, where the indigenous shrubs and proteas are mesmerising. You pass Rawsonville and Worcester and go through the Hex River Valley. The pass is littered with baboons who often sit in the middle of the road and are unperturbed by oncoming traffic. The Hex River Valley The Hex River Valley is awash with different shades of green as the vineyards shed their late harvest and there are numerous hawkers selling grapes on the side of the road. Caution if you do go this way that there is a sign up to say they use it as a hijacking tactic. Despite the sign, which was an o...