Sure, the Western Cape scenery is grandiose. But looking at one's feet is often the best way to discover gems. These were found on an aborted walk above the Constantia Nek. Clouds...

So you have gone the touristic route up one of the world's most impressive natural wonders. You are standing at the top of Table Mountain, the city of Cape Town sprawled at your...

In 1488, when Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias rounded a spectacular Southern African cape in his effort to establish a route towards the Far East, he named it Cape of Storms...

Once in a while - not so often, sadly, but enough to make it addictive - we find ourselves in a place that completely overwhelms our senses and suddenly, a sharp dividing line is...

A few kilometers down from the Stanford house, on a very narrow sandy track through dry vegetation, we found an isolated section of the Walker Bay Nature Reserve. The beach was...