Places to go
Type of Activity |
Activity & Area |
Sport/Adrenalin |
✓Strand/Somerset West - Play a round of Golf at Strand Golf Club, Somerset West, or Erinvale Golf Course ✓ Gordons Bay - Surf at Bikini Beach or Koeel Bay ✓ Gordons Bay - Go Deep Sea Fishing ✓ Gordons Bay - Hike the Danie Miller Hiking Trail up to the GB sign ✓ Gordons Bay - Rent a bicycle & cycle around our Village ✓ Gordons Bay - Go Scuba Diving ✓ Kogel Bay - Hike up to Crystal Pools (permits required) ✓ Sir Lowry’s Pass - Go Horse Riding at Journey’s End ✓ Somerset West - Rent a Harley Davidson and take a scenic drive ✓ Somerset West - Go HIking at the Helderberg Nature Reserve ✓ Sir Lowry’s Pass - Paraglide from Sir Lowry’s Pass Lookout Point (seasonal) ✓ Sir Lowry’s Pass - Spend the day at Blue Rock where you can Cable Water Ski, Wake Board, Fufi Slide, Play Paint Ball, swim in the Badi or have a picnic ✓ Somerset West - Hit a couple of balls at the Vodacom Golf Driving range ✓ Somerset West - Mountain Biking at Schapenberg located atOngegund Lodge ✓ Somerset West - Spend the day at Helderberg Farm where you can Mountain Bike, Hike one of their Trails, try the 4×4 Route, play Laser Games or go Gravel Carting ✓ Somerset West – Play Paintball at Helderberg Farm ✓ Grabouw - Go on a quad biking adventure ✓ Grabouw/Stellenbosch - Go on a Segway Adventure ✓ Strand - Rent a surfboard from Son Surf School at Strand Beach & learn to Surf ✓ Gansbaai - Go Shark Cage Diving ✓ Betty’s Bay - Go Sand Boarding |
Sight Seeing/Other |
✓ Gordons Bay - Take a scenic drive up to the Steenbras Water Treatment Plant ✓ Somerset West/Sir Lowrys Pass - Tour the Helderberg Wine Route ✓ Lwandle - Visit the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum ✓ Somerset West/Strand - Visit our famous Bird Watching spots ✓ Somerset West - Go shopping at Somerset Mall ✓ Somerset West/Gordons Bay - Visit one of our local Craft Markets ✓ Gordons Bay - Take a scenic drive along Clarence Drive to Hermanus ✓ Betty’s Bay - Visit the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens ✓ Hermanus - Go whale watching (seasonal) ✓ Western Cape – Do the Brandy Route |
Family Activities |
✓ Gordons Bay - Spend the day at one of our beaches✓ Gordons Bay- Have a picnic under the Milkwood trees ✓ Somerset West - Have a picnic at the Helderberg Nature Reserve ✓ Somerset West - Go to a Summer Sunset Concert at Helderberg Nature Reserve (seasonal) ✓ Somerset West - Visit Monkey Town ✓ Somerset West - Visit the Cheetah Outreach Centre where you can now Take a Cheetah for a walk on the Beach ✓ Strand - Spend the day at Strand Waterworld with water slides and putt-putt ✓ Strand - Spend the day on Strand’s 5km beach ✓ Somerset West - Spend the day at Helderberg Farm’s picnic spots, petting zoo or go strawberry picking ✓ Klapmuts/Paarl - Visit Butterfly World ✓ Cape Town – Visit the Two Oceans Aquarium at the V&A Waterfront ✓ Betty’s Bay - Visit the Stony Point Penguin Colony |