
AWOL tour’s painting the town ‘GREEN’ this Valentine’s day
AWOL Tours has thought out of the box to help Capetonian couples including visitors to rekindle their love by hoping on a funky old-fashioned Dutch bicycle and pedal their way from the V&A Waterfront along the beach front on this

Pride of Table Mountain
Whilst hiking up Kasteelspoort on Table Moutain yesterday, guests Mark and Hazel from the UK commented that the Cape Floral Kingdom must be amazing in Spring! On pondering the response I said: “ Just the contrary – Due to mild

Tagesausflug ans Kap der guten Hoffnung
Vor gut zwei Wochen bin ich in Kapstadt gelandet, um nach einer kurzen Eingewöhnungsphase mein fünfmonatiges Praktikum bei AWOL Tours anzutreten. Bereits an meinem ersten Tag hatte ich das Glück einen deutschen Touristen davon überzeugen zu dürfen, einen Ausflug ans

AWOL’s Noordhoek Beach to Table Mountain 3 day Hiking Trail
A three day hike from Noordhoek beach to Table Mountain is a must-do for local and international hikers alike! I had the privilege of hiking with two clients recently and the experience was nothing short of spectacular. AWOL`s two guests,

Cycle the Peninsula the relaxing way
Heike phoned from Germany in a panic just a few days before flying into Cape Town for one week arriving on New Years day without any travel plans. She is a business owner working long stressful hours and never found

Travel tips to survive Cape Town’s Cape Doctor
In summer a romping South Easter blowing in from False Bay means that Table Mountain will don her famous tablecloth and ruin all your holiday plans. The Table Mountain Aerial Cable car stops operating when the winds reach 45km/hour, Robben Island

Family friendly Cape Town cycle tours
Having escaped the snow storms in Sweden, the Mlynarczyk were happy to be out getting some exercise cycling around Cape Town with clear blue skies overhead and Table Mountain looming above. Kitted out on the comfortable OV fiets we hitched up

AWOL Tours pedals into the V&A Waterfront
This week AWOL Tours descended on the V&A Waterfront, bicycles in tow. Having been approached by the Waterfront to provide bicycle rental and tours for the some 22 million tourists who hit the area every year, the AWOL team sprung

Camping in the Kalahari
A log in the fire crackles, sending a spray of glittering sparks up into the cold, star lit Kalahari night. A little dust devil stirring behind us sends a shiver up my spine and I shift closer to the comforting