Best places: Gardens in Western Cape

Renowned wine estate with sunset vineyard or cellar tours, themed gardens and upscale restaurant.

👍👍 Worth taking the trip from Somerset West. It's one massive well cared for green experience. The 'guides' patient and very helpful. The cuisine at the restaurant - as kid said - amazing. On the whole a spirit booster like non other.🤩

Tranquil arboretum with a noted collection of old, exotic trees, plus shady paths & picnic areas.

Museum specializing in 20th- & 21st-century South African visual art, with a restaurant & views.

👍 A lovely peaceful spot with some easy hiking trails. Ample shaded areas to rest and picnic. Some benches and a "no frills" rugged little park for the kids. Ponds with carp, geese and other birds and fish. No taps for fresh drinking water, no toilets and no caffe or eateries in the nature reserve. Co...

Valley wedding & dining venue with a tea garden, bistro, contemporary chapel, guesthouse & pool.

👍👍 After 2 weeks in SA, I want to say that it was the best food I had so far! The taste of everything was just amazing. Beer tasting is interesting - 5 nice beers produced there in a brewery. Our waitress was taking care of us really well. Thank you so much for such a great experience!

Serene quarters in an elegant hotel set on a working farm with dining, a spa & an outdoor pool.

👍👍 A real hidden gem in Stellenbosch! I’m so glad I saw an article where someone recommended this place! Take a picnic and a book and go enjoy an afternoon here! The gardens are beautiful- so so well kept and beautiful! Had a lovely afternoon here. It’s R50pp, I’d bring cash as there’s no cellphone sig...

😐 Through the years this has been our "rescue spot" if the kids were bored and needed to get a quick break away from their homework. Taking a stroll through Stodels nearly had the same soothing effect as being out of town somewhere on a farm. "Fresh" air , animals & lots of plants ... you didn't have...

👍👍 Wow this was stunning. The kids loved it, the wife loved it (and even I loved it). So much effort has gone into this amazing place. The detail and the lush plants and greenery really make it such an experience. It’s great for kids although keep your eyes on your littlest ones as mine wanted to touch...

👍 Stodels is a delightful centre with friendly and helpful staff. My only issue with the place comes from the hair salon, The Upper Cut. My issue has nothing to do with the name of the salon, if you can believe that, but with the fact that the staff there smoke in the garden centre, despite it being a...

👍👍 The park is beautiful and clean with picnic areas with benches. There is also a section with plants and other beautiful flowers.

👍👍 It’s a very beautiful garden. Lots of interesting plants, trees and animals. The squirrels were the standout. I didn’t expect to see so many and didn’t realise they would be so friendly. I saw many people feeding them nuts which seems to be allowed here. The biggest downside of this park is that t...

👍👍 Some beautiful views from the tea room. Well worth having a walk too through the beautiful rose gardens. You can pay and pick your own roses, or buy jams etc from the shop next to the tea room. Their carrot cake was especially good - moist and tasty.

👍👍 Stodels is not just any kind of nursey or garden center, when you walk in, you walk into an experience, an amazing experience. You don't just walk through the door, sanitize and shop as if you're shopping for groceries and then mundanely go to the till, pay, leave and then tick it off your list of e...

👍 Beautiful nature space to come relax a while or take a stroll through. Lots of birds to see and in spring time the flowers are in full bloom. R5 entry on an honour system when the gates are not manned. Could do with better maps or marking of the paths to guide you through the space.

👍 If you are looking for stunning garden statues or pizza ovens this is the place to go to. Not to far from Cape Gate. Also reasonable priced items and offer a delivery service at an additional charge. If they dont have what you want in the catalogue they will make it for you.

👍👍 Master Organics was exceptionally helpful and afforded me invaluable advice. Hilda the Horticulturist, was friendly and was willing to part with a plethora of information. I highly recommend this company! THANK YOU MASTER ORGANICS...

Elegant accommodations in a polished guesthouse with picturesque gardens & an outdoor pool.