Cape Town, the city we love
As the oldest city in South Africa, Cape Town is ingrained with a rich history and cultural idiosyncrasies which are often overlooked. The Mother City was established in 1488, Bartholomeu Dias and his crew. They were the first European travellers to discover Cape Town. The San Khoikhoi also know as Bushmen had been hunting and […]
Huguenot Fine Chocolates – Gift of Perfection
Discover Huguenot Chocolates, an added regional favourite, offering Callebaut’s Belgium Chocolate enhanced with a sparkling South African flavour – also experience a variety other handcrafted speciality chocolates and confectionary. Chocolate base crafted in one of Belgium’s oldest cocoa roasteries and made from the best, sustainable cocoa beans of West Africa, Callebaut’s Finest Belgian Chocolate is […]
10 Most Iconic Attractions in Cape Town
Cape Town – The Mother City Cape Town is consistently voted as one of the best destinations in the world, which isn’t surprising to anyone that’s had the opportunity to visit the Mother City. It is special in so many ways. In fact, there’s an air of magic about it, a sense that just about […]
African Tails – saving one pet at a time!
We all know that many animals in South Africa face terrible hardships. This is caused by not only social and economic problems, but the over-breeding of pets. When there are simply not enough good and sustainable homes for these animals; it leads to suffering, cruelty and neglect. Furthermore uncontrolled breeding leads to the spread of […]
Celebrate Mother Africa
Tanzanite: The essence of Africa Mount Kilimanjaro, known as the White Mountain, ‘mountain of greatness’ formed by massive tectonic activity over 585 million years ago in the northern part of Tanzania, brought prosperity and fortune in many ways for its people. One reason being, that it is home to a rare and exquisite gem called […]
Encounter a truly luxury South African Excursion
The South African Select Discover the art of diamond cutting and the rich history of diamonds and gold in South Africa. The Diamond Works Cape Winelands, offers two niche facilities nestled in the heart of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. Experience the institute’s Sparkling Tour paired with a unique teaser wine tasting with premium Deetlefs Wines. Then […]
Gift of Sight – The making of a Diamond
Life can sometimes be really hard. Therein lies the making of a Diamond. Marinda de Vos’ story began Jan 2013 as she left for India on a Tourism Roadshow. In Jan 2014 she woke up virtually blind after a massive haemorrhage behind both eyes. No sight in her right eye and 20% blurred sight in […]
Tanzanite: The essence of Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro, known as the White Mountain, ‘mountain of greatness’ formed by massive tectonic activity over 585 million years ago in the northern part of Tanzania, brought prosperity and fortune in many ways for its people. One reason being, that it is home to a rare and exquisite gem called Tanzanite. Legend has it that […]
For the Love of Diamonds
Splinters rained from the sky like tears from the gods, diamonds have been associated with purity, strength, wealth, virtue, power and most importantly love. In all their beauty, diamonds, precious stones from the earth; rough, raw and found in assortment have become an eternal token of endearment. For thousands of years, mankind has been infatuated […]
History of Gold in South Africa
Diamond and gold discoveries played an imperative part in the development of the early South African history. The first recorded discovery of gold was to have been found on the banks of Witwatersrand by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1886; a defining moment in South African history. Gold, more so than diamonds; revolutionized South Africa […]