Eat & Drink
La Colombe
4.7 (2,841)
Our special-occasion pick. A tasting menu in the Constantia hills, 25 minutes from the house. Book a fortnight ahead.
Silvermist Wine Estate, Main Rd, Constantia, Cape TownDirections
Welcome. We have spent years finding the places we send friends to - here they are in one spot. Anything you need, the front desk is a message away.
Getting here
Above Camps Bay, Cape Town
We are up the hill above Camps Bay, about 20 minutes from the city and 25 from the airport. A transfer is easy to arrange, just ask before you fly. Driving yourself, head up Kloof Road and we are on the left past the second bend.
DirectionsCheck-in & keys
Check-in is from 2pm. The key safe is to the left of the front door, and we send the code by WhatsApp on the morning you arrive.
Pool
Heated, open 7am to 9pm. Towels are in the cabana, so please leave the room towels upstairs.
Parking
One bay per room behind the electric gate. Press #02 on the keypad to open it.
Extras
Late checkout (until 2pm)$25
Keep your room a few hours longer, subject to availability.
Airport transferFrom $40
Private car to or from Cape Town International. Send us your flight and we will arrange it.
Breakfast in your room$18
A full breakfast brought up whenever you like. Order the night before.
Table Mountain sunrise hikeFrom $60
A guided early-morning hike up Platteklip Gorge with a local guide.
Eat & Drink
Kloof Street House
4.5 (6,120)
A candlelit Victorian villa with a garden out back. Good for a slow dinner, and the cocktails are worth lingering over.
30 Kloof St, Gardens, Cape TownDirections
Eat & Drink
Truth Coffee Roasting
4.6 (9,430)
The best flat white in town, in a steampunk warehouse. Walk-ins only, so go before 9am to beat the queue.
36 Buitenkant St, Cape Town City CentreDirections
See & Do
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
4.7 (64,210)
Go up on a clear, still morning. Buy tickets online the night before and check the live cam first, as they close it in high wind.
Tafelberg Rd, Gardens, Cape TownDirections
See & Do
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
4.8 (41,880)
A morning among the proteas under the eastern slope of the mountain. The tree canopy walkway is the highlight.
Rhodes Dr, Newlands, Cape TownDirections
See & Do
V&A Waterfront
4.6 (138,000)
Working harbour, food market and the boats out to Robben Island. The Zeitz MOCAA museum here is worth an afternoon.
V&A Waterfront, Cape TownDirections
Beaches
Camps Bay Beach
4.6 (22,100)
Five minutes downhill from us. White sand under the Twelve Apostles, and sundowners along the strip afterwards.
Victoria Rd, Camps Bay, Cape TownDirections
Beaches
Clifton 4th Beach
4.7 (8,900)
Four coves sheltered from the wind. 4th is the biggest and the most sociable. Bring everything, there are no shops on the sand.
Victoria Rd, Clifton, Cape TownDirections
Good to Know
Netcare Christiaan Barnard Hospital
The nearest 24-hour private hospital with an emergency unit, in the city centre.
181 Longmarket St, Cape Town City CentreDirections