Justin Wateridge, Managing Director of Steppes Travel recalls taking a wonderful family trip to Cape Town
Eyes wide, my seven-year-old son gushed over the freebie that South African Airways had left on his seat: ?Wow. There is so much cool stuff ? eye masks, socks and glue.? His inability to identify a miniature tube of toothpaste, notwithstanding, the omens for this family holiday to Cape Town were good.
A busy arrival
Already by mid afternoon on the day of our arrival we ? two adults, two girls and two boys ? were pedalling through the city with our guide, Skizo in charge of the little cavalcade.
That evening was taken up with Camps Bay market ? trinket heaven for Anna and Isabel, our 10 and 12-year-old girls, and a chance for Charlie and Benedict to run amok, as only seven-year-old boys can. The next morning, we walked along Cape Town?s waterfront and toured Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. The tour guide, a former prisoner, and the acting “inmate” were excellent and kept the children in rapt attention.
Magic mountain, awesome animals
Back from Robben Island, we set off for the iconic, flat-topped Table Mountain, taking the cable car up as the clouds began rolling in from the sea. On its horizontal ?summit? the children roamed with gay abandon.
The following day, we headed into the Winelands, where we adults enjoyed a tasting at the Spier Wine Estate then took the children to a couple of animal sanctuaries ? first the C...