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16/09/2026

Yep. Cape Town is grey, cold and miserable. 😶‍🌫️
The Atlantic is freezing, it’s windy and the penguins are a nuisance.

Definitely don’t come back in December when the days are long, the beaches are packed and sundowners somehow turn into dinner.

Nothing to see here. 🌧️

There are worse ways to end a Cape Town day. 🍷If I’m in Noordhoek around sundowner time, Furny’s Fine Wines is one of my...
14/09/2026

There are worse ways to end a Cape Town day. 🍷

If I’m in Noordhoek around sundowner time, Furny’s Fine Wines is one of my favourite places to stop. Grab a table under the old milkwoods, order a glass of something local and add a few of their tapas-style plates to the table.

The food is honestly half the reason to go. It’s made for exactly this kind of afternoon: a couple of smaller dishes to share, a good bottle or a few different glasses, and no particular reason to rush off anywhere.

And with 70+ wines available by the glass and more than 400 local wines in the shop, “just one quick sundowner” is a fairly flexible concept.

Save this one for your next Peninsula day. 🥂

12/09/2026

Cape Town is a lot bigger than it looks on Google Maps. 🗺️

Boulders, Cape Point, Chapman’s Peak and the city all look close enough to squeeze into a day. Technically, you can. I just wouldn’t plan it down to the minute.

There’s always something that slows us down. Whales in False Bay, a troop of baboons next to the road, a beach that’s too good not to stop at, or guests deciding they want another half hour with the penguins.

And that’s usually the good stuff. 🐧

You can race around the Peninsula ticking off stops, but I’d rather do fewer things properly and have time to pull over when something interesting turns up.

Cape Town locals, where do you always end up stopping longer than planned?

Why did the San people use these strange, tree-like plants to make quivers for their arrows?The answer is partly in the ...
10/09/2026

Why did the San people use these strange, tree-like plants to make quivers for their arrows?

The answer is partly in the plant itself. The branches of the quiver tree can be hollowed out, and their tough outer covering made them useful for creating lightweight containers for carrying arrows. It’s this traditional use by San people that gave the quiver tree its English name.

And despite appearances, it isn’t actually a tree. The quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum, formerly Aloe dichotoma) is a large succulent, related to the aloes you’ll find across southern Africa.

Everything about it is suited to dry country. Its fleshy leaves store water, while its pale, smooth bark helps reflect the intense sun and reduce heat absorption. Even the name dichotomum describes what you can see above you in this photo: the branches repeatedly split into two.

They’re particularly at home in the arid landscapes of Namibia and South Africa’s Northern Cape, where a mature quiver tree is pretty difficult to mistake for anything else.

If you’ve swum on both sides of the Cape Peninsula, you’ll know there’s a pretty big difference. 🌊Camps Bay can make you...
05/09/2026

If you’ve swum on both sides of the Cape Peninsula, you’ll know there’s a pretty big difference. 🌊

Camps Bay can make your feet hurt within seconds, while over in False Bay you can actually stay in the water without immediately questioning your life choices.

But it’s not because you’ve crossed from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean.

The Atlantic side is heavily influenced by the cold Benguela system, with upwelling bringing cold, nutrient-rich water to the surface. False Bay is more sheltered and relatively shallow, allowing it to warm considerably in summer, while warmer water from the Agulhas system also influences the wider Cape region.

That temperature difference probably helps explain one of Cape Town’s most persistent myths: that the two oceans meet at Cape Point. They don’t. The official boundary is at Cape Agulhas, about 150 km further east.

So the temperature difference is real. The meeting point isn’t.

📍 Cape Point, South Africa

03/09/2026

Clifton has a way of making the Atlantic look almost tropical. 🌴 -Almost.

The water here is famously cold, thanks to the Benguela Current bringing cold water up the west coast of Southern Africa. On a warm Cape Town evening though, with the Twelve Apostles behind you and the sun dropping towards the Atlantic, it’s surprisingly easy to forget what you’re about to get yourself into.

Until your feet hit the water. 🥶❄️

In Cape Town you’ll often be reminded that you are in one of the most botanically extraordinary places on Earth.This is ...
31/08/2026

In Cape Town you’ll often be reminded that you are in one of the most botanically extraordinary places on Earth.

This is a pincushion, part of the Proteaceae family and one of the many plants that make our local fynbos so distinctive. While South Africa’s national flower is its much larger relative, the King Protea, the Cape is home to an incredible diversity of Proteaceae, many of which occur naturally nowhere else in the world.

The Cape Floristic Region is the smallest of the world’s six recognised floral kingdoms, yet it contains thousands of plant species, with exceptionally high levels of endemism. It’s one of the reasons I always tell guests that exploring Cape Town isn’t just about the views. Sometimes it’s worth looking a little closer at what’s growing beside the road or trail too.

🌿 How many different types of protea can you name?

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28/08/2026

It’s easy to stand in front of the shark exhibit at the Two Oceans Aquarium and simply be impressed. 🦈 But there’s a lot more happening here than giving visitors the chance to see these incredible animals up close.

The Aquarium uses its sharks as ambassadors for their wild counterparts, helping to change the perception of animals that are still widely misunderstood. Their ragged-tooth sharks are eventually tagged and released back into the ocean, contributing valuable information about their movements, growth and habitat use.

And that work extends well beyond the tanks. Through the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, more than a million people have been reached through marine education and training, with programmes ranging from school lessons and community outreach to marine science education (did you know Gabe Town Tours participates in professional development offered by Two Oceans Aquarium #?).

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One of Cape Town’s most famous residents is also one of its most threatened.Boulders Beach is home to one of the few lan...
25/08/2026

One of Cape Town’s most famous residents is also one of its most threatened.

Boulders Beach is home to one of the few land-based colonies of African penguins, giving us an incredible opportunity to see them in the wild. But beyond the postcard views, their situation is becoming increasingly serious.

African penguin numbers have declined dramatically as the ocean they depend on changes around them. Food availability, competition with commercial fishing, pollution, disease and the loss and disturbance of suitable breeding habitat have all put pressure on a species with fewer and fewer places left to thrive.

There are rigorous conservation efforts underway to protect remaining colonies, restore nesting habitat, rescue and rehabilitate injured birds and improve access to the fish they depend on. But conservation can only do so much if their effective habitat continues to shrink.

Boulders is a beautiful place to visit, but it’s also a reminder that seeing African penguins in the wild is something we shouldn’t take for granted. 🐧

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