Bloomestate

Activities

• Tour the local Robertson wine estate, stopping for lunch in its excellent restaurants
  
  
• Head for the beach making sure to take in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, one of the country’s top whale-watching locations (mid-June - October)
  
  
• The Breede River flows nearby, where you can fish, canoe or even go rafting in springtime
  
  
• Hike in the Bontebok National Park or in the Marloth Nature Reserve. Both have great trails as well as amazing fynbos flora and fauna
  
  
• Head up into the hills on a mountain bike and, if you’re really fit, to the top of the Tradouw Pass. The Langeberg Mountains are also good for horse riding
  
  
• Take a microlight flight over the Langeberg Mountains, or, in whale and dolphin season, head to the coast for bird's eye sightings
  
  
• Spend a lazy day exploring the old part of Swellendam. Don’t miss the Drostdy Museum which gives an insight into early settler life
  
  
• Spoil yourself with a spa treatment - when we revisited in 2009, I thoroughly enjoyed my massage and facial. You can also try reflexology, or sit and drink bubbly in the outdoor Jacuzzi!
  
  
• While away an afternoon with a good book and a pair of binoculars. You’ll see a lot of feathered activity in amongst Bloomestate’s greenery
  
  
• There's a 9-hole golf course just outside Swellendam