Sometimes called ‘Eikestad’ (Town of Oaks), Stellenbosch is the oldest town in South Africa immediately after Cape Town, a forty five minute drive away. Founded in 1679 by governor Simon van der Stel, the Stellenbosch Wine Route is the country’s earliest and arguably the most acclaimed. Having been set up in 1971, today it offers 106 cellars in the wonderful Jonkershoek valley.

It is a good idea to set yourself targets, if you want to reach a goal. However, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about this. For example, if you are a size 14 and you spend a fair bit of money on some gorgeous size 8 dresses as motivation, you will probably feel quite cheesed off if you are not wearing them a month later.

Year after year usually in the winter time of June and July in South Africa, one of natures great occasions comes about. Countless small sardines leave their breeding waters of the Agulhas Bank found in the southern waters of South Africa where the cool Atlantic Ocean and warm Indian Ocean meet. It is the coming together of these 2 oceans which make the waters perfect breeding grounds since they are loaded in nutrients.