Visitors to Africa  ·  February 2027

The Cape,
Privately

Ten days for twelve guests, hosted in person, built around moments that cannot be booked in the ordinary way.

Around this journey sits everything you would expect of a great trip to the Cape. What follows is the part that makes it unrepeatable.

Twelve guests. Private houses taken whole. Two Russian-speaking guides and me, from the moment they land until the moment they leave. No queues, no coaches, and nowhere that anybody else can be.

The ten days

Our sample departure leaves Russia on Friday 5 February 2027 and lands in Cape Town on Saturday 6 February. The group flies home on the evening of Monday 15 February.

Day OneSat 20 Feb Arrival Met at the aircraft door, and over Table Mountain twenty minutes later. Day TwoSun 21 Feb The Peninsula from the air An hour over the coast, the city on foot, and a private table on the summit at sunset. Day ThreeMon 22 Feb The Peninsula on the ground Chapman’s Peak, swimming with penguins away from the crowds, and Cape Point. Day FourTue 23 Feb Constantia, and the Atlantic by sea Three estates linked on foot, then the whole seaboard by boat as the light goes. Day FiveWed 24 Feb A wine of their own The farm my great-grandfather named in 1928, and the estate whose name caused it. Day SixThu 25 Feb Down the whale coast Into the fynbos, a cave where people sheltered 70,000 years ago, and a braai under the milkwoods. Day SevenFri 26 Feb Walker Bay Bareback through the surf at Pearly Beach — and otherwise, nothing at all. Day EightSat 27 Feb The end of the continent Champagne at the southern tip of Africa, then north over the mountains into the Karoo. Day NineSun 28 Feb The Karoo, and the sky Game drives at either end of the day, and an astronomer brought out to the reserve. Day TenMon 1 Mar First light, and home The best hour this reserve has, and a case of their own wine sent on to them.

The rate

From $19,100 per person, net.

An introductory rate for February 2027, for a party of twelve sharing twin or double rooms. It covers everything on these ten days: accommodation in exclusive use, all aviation and ground transport, Russian-speaking guides throughout, every experience described here, and my hosting in person from arrival to departure.

It excludes international flights. Rates are based on current supplier pricing, with 2027 rates to be confirmed in writing before anything is sold.

What runs through all ten

Hosted personallyI travel with the group from the moment they land until I see them settled at Sanbona, and the trip guide takes them home from there. Days Four and Five exist because of where I grew up.
In Russian throughoutGuides who came to South Africa and qualified here, with the party from arrival to departure.
Exclusive usePrivate houses rather than hotels. Private vehicles, private boats, private tables.
GuestsUp to 12
Duration10 days, 9 nights
Sample departureSaturday 6 February to Monday 15 February 2027, flying out on Friday 5 February
BasesClifton · Walker Bay · the Karoo
Best monthFebruary — harvest, and the calmest weather of the year
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