Luxury Southern African Travel

We just love these guys!  

Give-it-Bag converts large commercial produce fabric bags into trendy handbags and totes. Bags full of rice, coffee, tea, sugar, and salt all make their way to Cape Town from every corner of the world.  Give-it-Bag collects these empty bags then selects the ones that would make great designed handbags.

Once this is done, the bags are cut and cleaned. No effort is spared to produce the best quality bags and the company is completely committed to keeping it local. Not just the bags, but the labels, stickers and packaging are all made in South Africa. 

This company is feeding into the new awareness from consumers that demand to know where product comes from and how it was produced.

Recycle and re-use!

 

The Diya Travel Team

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A great spring kind of thing to do - once the rain has finally stopped - is to take a trip along the Green Mountain Eco Route.  It calls itself the world’s first biodiversity wine route.  And it incorporates the area around the Groenland Mountain with the villages Bot River, Elgin Valley Grabouw, Houw Hoek and Villiersdorp which is nestled in the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom.   It’s only an hour from Cape Town, which makes it a great weekend getaway. 

The Route’s attractions include wine farms, activities, events, accommodations, restaurants, wedding & conference venues. It offers scenic beauty, natural diversity of terroir and a wide range of wine styles. There is something to do for everyone; crank uphill on your mountain bike, hike through acres of fynbos, experience a unique wine tasting with the winemakers, or enjoy meals made from locally grown produce.

For more exciting tours visit Western Cape Tours.

You will find the following tours and venues along the Green Mountain Eco Route:

Wine tours

Tri Active - Biodiversity Wine Tours

Farm stalls

Houw Hoek Farm stall

Kelkiewyn

Peregrine Farm stall

Thandi Farm Kitchen

Food & Wine

Botriver Hotel & Pub

Goedvertrouw

Kelkiewyn

Villa Exner Exclusive Boutique Hotel***** - Fine Dining

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 Rocking the Daisies music festival started three years ago; 1300 people attended. In 2008, the nearly 12 000 strong crowd took the organisers by surprise.  In 2009, from 9-11 October, it promises to be even better with legends such as Goldfish, Just Jinjer, Prime Circle, aKING, 340ml and Freshly Ground taking to the stage for a weekend of great South African music.  

It is also touted as South Africa’s premier eco-friendly festival.  They partner with Food and Trees for Africa (FTFA) to calculate the event’s output of atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide and then plant the number of trees required to offset their carbon footprint.   Vegetable oil from the participating food venues is used to produce bio-diesel for the generators.  A tented cinema, powered by using a combination of wind and solar power, screens films and documentaries on green issues. 

If you cycle to the venue you receive a discounted ticket.  The venue will again be the Cloof Wine Estate, near Darling which is about an hour from Cape Town, which has ample space for camping and caravans.  There is also a large dam to bob about in if you need to take a bit of time out. But hurry, there’s a limited amount of tickets on sale.

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