View from the lake onto the campsite There's a moment, somewhere around your second cup of coffee on the deck, when you realise you've not heard a car in hours. Just birdsong, the wind moving through the fynbos, laughter and Siena trying to befriend the mongoose. The 30-second verdict Camp Canoe is a glamping stay on the upper slopes of Boschendal Wine Estate, about 45 minutes from Cape Town. Seven private tents, each with a wood-fired hot tub, fireplace, and kitchen, sit abo

Sunrise views over Southern Drakensberg Sipping rooibos & dunking rusks while staring at that view. Drakensberg, South Africa in May does this thing where the air turns crisp and the sky goes a clean, endless blue, and the peaks in front of you look surreal. Siena is well travelled and not easily impressed, yet she couldn't stop saying the mountains looked like a fairytale painting. Whether glorious at sunrise, sprinkled with sun or covered with mist - I won't stop talking ab

The 30-second verdict Boschendal is a 330-year-old working wine estate between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek that has quietly turned itself into one of the most family-friendly wine farms in the Cape Winelands. The draw for parents is The Tree House, a free play area open year round. Best of all they offer a proper holiday camp for ages 4 to 12, with morning, afternoon and full-day sessions during South African school holidays. Add night markets under fairy lights, an excelle