Activities

Your guide to Christmas and New Year in Somerset West: carols at Vergelegen, festive lunches, New Year Eve options, a Stellenbosch day out and what is...

Find the best sundowner spots Somerset West offers: Strand, Gordon’s Bay, Clarence Drive, Kogel Bay and wine terraces, with drive times.

Plan a Hermanus day trip from Somerset West: 1 hr 15 drive, the cliff path, Old Harbour, whales until November and a Hemel-en-Aarde wine stop.

Hiking Table Mountain: Platteklip Gorge, Skeleton Gorge, Maclear’s Beacon and the Pipe Track, with times, difficulty, cableway tips and SANParks safet...

Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West: hiking trails from easy to epic, fynbos, birds like sugarbirds and sunbirds, duikers, picnics, hours and f...

Cape flowers near Somerset West: where to see fynbos, proteas and red disas, when they bloom, and the sugarbirds and sunbirds that feed on them. ...

Scenic train trips near Somerset West: the vintage train to Elgin Railway Market, the coastal line to Kalk Bay and the Franschhoek Wine Tram.

Stellenbosch wine farms as a day trip from Somerset West: Rust en Vrede, Spier, Jordan and Tokara, the Vine Hopper, lunch and picnic tips.

Things to do in Somerset West when it rains: wine tastings, a spa, cafés and galleries, plus the aquarium, V&A shops and Museum of Illusions in C...

Scuba diving near Somerset West: Gordon’s Bay reefs, Simon’s Town kelp forests and seals, wreck dives, courses, seasons and water temperatures. ...