Luxury Cape Town and Botswana Safari

One of Cape Town’s oldest, and most arty, suburbs, Woodstock has some of the city’s most striking street art. Guided by experts from the Zabalaza Art Faktory, a local art collective, you’ll visit contemporary art galleries. Learn how South Africa’s political history and culture has shaped street-level art and view bold murals and installations. You’ll meet local creatives, spending time with a longstanding antiques dealer, a glass sculptor and a blacksmith.

Robben Island’s complex history spans half a millennia. After a ferry ride, you’ll be driven by a private guide to sites that existed when the island was a leper colony. Visit Lime Quarry, where prisoners were forced to work, and spend time in Nelson Mandela’s cell, where former political prisoners will share their stories. You’ll then return by ferry for a bespoke city tour, including a cable car ride up Table Mountain for city and Atlantic views.

Exploring the Delta on foot allows you to focus on the smaller details that might otherwise be missed. On this nature walk, track the footsteps of elephants and big cats and look for tiny frogs and insects. Your local guide will point out birdsong and share their deep knowledge of life in the Delta.

When the water levels are high enough, navigate the channels of the Delta in a traditional dugout canoe or mokoro, captained by a guide who will point out painted reed frogs, crocodiles and birds. You can also explore the canals and lagoons by motorised boat, looking for hippos, elephants and red lechwes.

Catch and release fishing here is serene, unhurried and soundtracked by birdsong. A guide will take you to quiet channels to try to catch fast-moving tigerfish and barbel, which often swarm in high numbers. Or fish in clear channels for tilapia and African pike, taking in the rhythms of the Delta.

The Delta provides habitat for nearly 500 species of birds, with resident species joined by migratory birds in the wet season from November to March. With a guide, you’ll look for breeding colonies of egrets and storks, along with beguiling residents including lilac-breasted rollers and carmine bee-eaters.

It’s hard to comprehend the region’s vastness from the ground. This helicopter flight takes you above the patchwork of channels, islands, wetlands and plains for a sense of its scale. You’ll also view wildlife from a new perspective, seeking wading elephants and herds of zebras and Cape buffalos.