Clare Travis
Seventy in Swellendam
This May my Mom turned 70! Even though she still looks like she's 55. I decided to take her out of town for a long weekend and she chose...
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Clare Travis
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Zandrivier Exploring
School and public holidays are here! I decided to take a day's leave after Human Right's Day, to make a long weekend, since hubby was...
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Clare Travis
- Jan 8
- 4 min
Peace at Proteaceae
Part 1: Summer Holiday '23/'24 2023 was not a great year for us and we didn't travel much, hence no new posts for a while. I was...
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Clare Travis
- Jan 27, 2023
- 3 min
Ranging in Rangers Reserve
Part 6: Summer Holiday '22/'23 Last stop for this trip, Rangers Reserve, outside of Touws Rivier and back in the Western Cape. What a...
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Clare Travis
- Aug 13, 2022
- 5 min
Meijer's Rust(ic) Farmstay
Last long weekend until December holidays! We decided to travel a bit further and found a very secluded cottage at Meijer's Rust farm....
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Clare Travis
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Porcupine Hills Weekend Getaway
During one of my previous accommodation searches I came across Porcupine Hills, outside of Botrivier, unfortunetly it was a little over...
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Clare Travis
- Jul 10, 2022
- 2 min
Stunning Stellenbosch
It's not often that we will stay somewhere closer than 2 hours from Cape Town, but on a race weekend it is a bit easier to stay in the...
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Clare Travis
- Feb 28, 2022
- 4 min
Cozy Country Cabin
These days it's quite difficult to find a quiet, decently priced, dog friendly place within 2 hours of Cape Town. So the Country Cabin in...
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Clare Travis
- Feb 17, 2022
- 5 min
Matjiesvlei New Year
Part 3: Summer holiday 21/22 Last stop of this trip, our New Years place. We have stayed a few times in Calitzdorp and always driven past...
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Clare Travis
- Feb 8, 2022
- 4 min
Bonniedale the 3rd
Part 2: Summer holiday 21/22 Our second stop after Xmas '21 was one of our favourite spots, Bonniedale Holiday Farm. Since the drive was...
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Clare Travis
- Jan 20, 2022
- 6 min
Eagle Falls Xmas
Part 1: Summer holiday 21/22 Finally the holidays arrived! My workplace was very slow to let us know when we would be off over the...
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Clare Travis
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Why Pampoenfontein?
I'm not sure where the name comes from, as it's a protea farm (not pumpkins), but Pampoenfontein is a lovely place for a weekend...
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Clare Travis
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Fancy Franschoek?
Edit September 2022 - Sadly this place has put it's prices up by more than 25%, so I can no longer recommend it as a budget stay. It...
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Clare Travis
- Aug 30, 2021
- 5 min
A Wild (Flower) Weekend
This year we finally got ourselves together to go see the wild flowers and we grabbed an opening at Enjo Nature Farm a weekend. The farm...
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Clare Travis
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
A Wintery Weekend in Ceres
In hopes of seeing snow on the mountains we decided to escape the city for a weekend. Sadly no snow, but we had a wonderful time anyway....
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Clare Travis
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Most Beautiful Farm - Bokrivier
What a gorgeous find! I was looking for somewhere not too long a drive from Cape Town and saw this place advertised on Instagram....
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Clare Travis
- Apr 13, 2021
- 4 min
Easter Weekend Bliss
What a long wait until the Easter long weekend! Desperately needed to escape the city and found the perfect place, Buffelshoek farm in...
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Clare Travis
- Jan 17, 2021
- 13 min
Western Cape Wanderings
At the end of such a strange year I decided to plan a shorter holiday than last summer and since we couldn't know what was going to...
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Clare Travis
- Dec 16, 2020
- 5 min
A Berry Nice Weekend
Berry season is here! It's a short season in the Western Cape, being only November and December, so we grab the opportunity to go picking...
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Clare Travis
- Nov 10, 2020
- 5 min
Weekend break at the foot of Soetmuisberg
We took a little weekend break to check out this spot my mom had read about. The dairy farm, Grashoek, is near Breadasdorp in the...
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