{"id":16606,"date":"2022-08-24T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/?p=16606"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:20:28","slug":"waanzinnige-rondreis-naar-zuid-afrika-en-mauritius-deel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/waanzinnige-rondreis-naar-zuid-afrika-en-mauritius-deel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredible tour of South Africa and Mauritius \u2013 part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Incredible tour of South Africa and Mauritius \u2013 part 2<\/h2>\n<p>In my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/waanzinnige-rondreis-naar-zuid-afrika-en-mauritius-deel-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous blog<\/a> let me take you through the beginning of our mad round trip to South Africa and Mauritius; the destination choice and planning at the destination! In this blog I will take you through the first moments in South Africa (Cape Town) and I will share the <em>places to be &amp; to stay<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cape Town International Airport<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We landed late in the evening at Cape Town airport with KLM. Or, in South African: Kaapstad Internnasionale Lughawe \ud83d\ude09. Collecting our hire car via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunnycars.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunny Cars<\/a> went very smoothly. Our flight was the last that evening so because of that it was quite quiet at the airport and everything was dealt with quickly. The advantage of flying business class is of course also that you are first to reach customs and your suitcase is also the first on the baggage carousel\u2026 Nice additional benefits!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Drive safely!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Soon we were on our way to our hotel. Always a bit exciting, not only driving on the left, but also arriving safely at your destination. Along the way in South Africa you have to take all sorts of things into account: people who \u201ccan't\u201d drive, cars and roads that are sometimes poorly lit, beggars along the road who suddenly appear next to your car at a traffic light, etc. etc. Especially when you drive past the miles-long townships you have to be somewhat on your guard. It is not for nothing that large LED signs indicate not to stop because of high crime rates.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/road-cape-town.jpg\" alt=\"Waanzinnige rondreis naar Zuid-Afrika en Mauritius!\" width=\"994\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/road-cape-town.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/road-cape-town-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/road-cape-town-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/road-cape-town-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the journey went without a hitch and after about 35 minutes we were standing in front of the hotel. It was already late, however immediately the doorman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pod.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POD Boutique Hotel<\/a> at our car to assist us. We are always surprised once again by the enormously friendly people of South Africa. Fortunately without servility, but simply genuine. Wherever you go, people just exude a warm welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Soon we were checked in and up in the room. What a wonderful hotel it is: intimate, personal and fully equipped. Highly recommended in Camps Bay for the business traveller. Less suitable for (large) groups, as the hotel has only 17 rooms. For a small group of about 30 people, definitely recommended! After enjoying a glass of wine from Stellenbosch, it was time to go to sleep so that the next day, as the weather forecast predicted, we would wake up to a clear blue sky and an ocean view. Marvellous!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Waking up with a view of Cape Town's icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>And sure enough, when I opened the curtains in the morning, I looked out onto Table Mountain on the left and the ocean on the right! When it is summer here, it is winter in South Africa, so the temperature was around 18-22 degrees that day. Which we think is a lovely temperature to start with! After a truly fantastic breakfast (everything fresh), we set off. The two days we had there were devoted on the one hand to a few activities, such as climbing Table Mountain and Lion\u2019s Head and a visit to the botanical gardens and V&amp;A Waterfront. And on the other hand to a number of business visits.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Top hotels in Cape Town<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>So we visited a number of restaurants in Camps Bay and at the V&amp;A Waterfront, as well as several hotels. After all, we have a number of groups travelling to South Africa in the coming months, so a pre-check is a must.<\/p>\n<p>This way we visited both established and new hotels and restaurants. Such as the One and Only hotel, the Marriott Waterfront, The Rockefeller, the Radisson RED and the very special Silo hotel. The relatively new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroyalportfolio.com\/the-silo\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Silo Hotel<\/a> is well worth a visit (the interior is truly fantastic!). You don't necessarily have to go into the hotel, you can also visit the Zeitz MOCAA museum where you get a great impression of The Silo hotel.<\/p>\n<p>A visit to this building is truly an experience. When you see the building you are impressed, but inside you are drawn in by the play of natural light, the bright colours and the striking materials. Here you imagine yourself in an environment of pure luxury and top-tier service. The manager of took us through the history of the building, while we were just looking around us and upwards. It is a truly high-end hotel. Travellers and groups looking for this will certainly not be disappointed. It is a TOP hotel in a TOP location.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16609\" style=\"width: 1013px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-silo-2.png\" alt=\"Waanzinnige rondreis naar Zuid-Afrika en Mauritius: The Silo hotel.\" width=\"1013\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-silo-2.png 1013w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-silo-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-silo-2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-silo-2-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroyalportfolio.com\/the-silo\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Silo Hotel Cape Town.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next to The Silo lies the trendy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radissonhotels.com\/en-us\/hotels\/radisson-red-cape-town-va-waterfront\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radisson RED Hotel Cape Town V&amp;A Waterfront<\/a>. Something completely different, but certainly just as good. Trendy, different, but very hospitable. This hotel is also located in the best (and safest) neighbourhood in Cape Town, bordering the V&amp;A Waterfront. This area has a lively shopping mall on the waterfront and there is a very extensive choice of restaurants. In fact, apart from Camps Bay, there is no better neighbourhood to choose your hotel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16614\" style=\"width: 1013px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/radisson-red.png\" alt=\"Waanzinnige rondreis naar Zuid-Afrika en Mauritius: Radisson RED V&amp;A Waterfront hotel Cape Town. \" width=\"1013\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/radisson-red.png 1013w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/radisson-red-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/radisson-red-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/radisson-red-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radissonhotels.com\/en-us\/hotels\/radisson-red-cape-town-va-waterfront\/services#overlay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radisson RED V&amp;A Waterfront hotel Cape Town.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was great to be able to (and allowed to) visit all our regular suppliers in this area again. You could still feel the traces of Corona everywhere. Cape Town has had a hard time, as it largely depends on tourism and trade. But Cape Town has bounced back and everyone is trying their utmost to make up for those two years. In any case, we are able to send a few lovely groups that way and thereby contribute to a recovery there.<\/p>\n<p>After all those visits and doing a bit of shopping, we headed back to Camps Bay for a delicious lunch. Two restaurants were lined up for this, so we had held back at breakfast because there was going to be a lot of tasting again. Fortunately, only one restaurant was scheduled for inspection in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/waanzinnige-rondreis-naar-zuid-afrika-en-mauritius-deel-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next part<\/a> I will take you to those restaurants and our visit to the wine region of South Africa: Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, among other places! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/waanzinnige-rondreis-naar-zuid-afrika-en-mauritius-deel-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are you reading along?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waanzinnige rondreis naar Zuid-Afrika en Mauritius \u2013 deel 2 In mijn vorige blog nam ik u mee in het begin van onze waanzinnige rondreis naar Zuid-Afrika en Mauritius; de bestemmingskeuze en planning op bestemming! In dit blog neem ik u mee in de eerste momenten in Zuid-Afrika (Kaapstad) en deel ik de places to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiratiereizen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16606"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16622,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16606\/revisions\/16622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gomice.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16606"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}