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Wineland Ballooning offers a unique adventure in the beautiful area of the Boland, about an hours drive from Cape Town. Hot-air balloon flights take place in the scenic Berg River Valley, outside of Paarl in the direction to Malmesbury. A gentle ascent takes you well above tree-top level and with a light breeze you fly away over the fields, vineyards and orchards.
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Great White Shark cage diving is one of the “must do’s” for any tourist when visiting Cape Town. There is no better way to see the great white shark in their own natural environment, than to cage dive with these super predators. False Bay is famous for the great white “flying sharks”, a term used for their highly athletic breaching and hunting behavior by great white sharks.
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From July to December whales can be seen at the shores of South Africa. Approximately an hour and a half away from Cape Town is the seaside town of Hermanus. A popular holiday destination for tourists and locals alike, Hermanus is hailed as offering the best land based whale watching in the world.
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South Africa's premier new sporting residential development situated among orchards and vineyards on the outskirts of two of the Cape's most famous wineland towns, Franschhoek and Paarl. Pearl Valley is the latest addition to the Jack Nicklaus’s repertoire of signature-designed courses worldwide.
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HIKING & MOUNTAIN BIKING IN PAARL MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE |
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Paarl is particularly known for its mountain or "Paarl Rock". The huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Paarl Mountain and is the second largest granite outcrop in the world and forms part of the Nature Reserve. Few towns have been blessed as Paarl has with an area of unspoiled natural beauty at its doorstep.
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AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE MONUMENT |
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The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Completed in 1975, it commemorates the semi centenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch.
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The home of Fairview wines is a 300ha farm on the south-west-facing slopes of Paarl Mountain, a granite rock outcrop in the heart of the Paarl wine district, viticulturally among the most historic and influential areas of the Cape Winelands Winemaking on the farm can be traced back to 1699, not quite a half-century after the first European settlers arrived in southern Africa. But its wines entered the modern era with the first bottling under the Fairview label in 1974 by the Back family, owners since 1937.
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Le Bonheur croc farm is situated in the Winelands, 40 minutes from Cape Town centre . We’re a CITES registered commercial farm with more than 200 crocodiles on show. Guided tours of our croc ponds are conducted every half hour, and we’re open 7 days a week. You will have an opportunity to touch a baby croc!
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Butterfly World, the largest free flying park for butterflies in Southern Africa, opened its doors to the public in November 1996. The concept originated in the UK and such enclosed parks can be found in countries throughout the world. Each year these parks are visited by thousands of visitors and now thanks to the initiative taken by two Capetonian women, South Africans have the opportunity to experience nature at its best.
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Enjoy a quiet moment in the 45 hectares of paradise with its 140 different species of birds. Paarl Bird Sanctuary attracts a wide variety of waterfowl. Together with the waterfowl the reserve is also home to a number of species associated with the thicker vegetation growing on the northern and western sides as well as a number of local and national rarities. Set in the heart of the Cape Winelands, this reserve area offers a mixture of wetland and mountain bird-watching. The higher ground and its scrub hold interesting species such as the ground woodpecker, jackal buzzard and the often difficult to find Protea canary.
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