GETTING THERE
Best Of South Africa Travel (bestofsouth africatravel.com, 01233 802727) specialises in tailor-made itineraries. A six-night holiday costs from £4,409pp, including return flights from Heathrow, transfers, two nights’ allinclusive at Sabi Sabi’s Earth Lodge with game drives and walking safaris, and four nights’ B&B at Cape Grace Hotel in Cape Town in a luxury suite. When Eddie studied the menu in restaurants he would point out wines for £20 which would easily cost £80 a bottle in Britain.
ON THE spur of the moment, one day we decided to hike up Table Mountain, which t ook about two-and-a-half hours. We were warned that it could be very windy at the top, but fortunately the weather was really warm and sunny during our jaunt.
On another occasion, our concierge service again came up trumps by securing a table at the trendy and very popular Shortmarket Club restaurant in the city centre. The restaurant serves modern food with a South African twist.
We’d been looking forward to a round of golf since our arrival, as South Africa has some famous courses. We had an excellent round at the Steenberg Golf Club. The fairways and greens were well manicured and the course had amazing views. A good round of golf was followed by a great meal in the club’s fine bistro, where we had a glass of sublime local wine. The whole holiday was perfect and at the end I said to Eddie: ‘I don’t want to go home!’ When we left for the airport, I had tears in my eyes, and that doesn’t happen very often. I really want t o go back and next time I’ll take Betsy, because I think she will love it. And Eddie is keen to go diving with sharks. I think I’ll give that experience a miss… perhaps I’ll go shopping with Betsy that day instead.