Finn & Erin

We're so excited to celebrate our wedding weekend with you!

The Plan

Dates: 8-10th March 2024Location: Boschendal Wine Estate, South AfricaGetting there: Boschendal is a 45-60 minute drive from Cape Town International Airport. There aren't really public transport links available so you can either hire a car from the airport or arrange a taxi transfer.Accommodation: We would love to have everyone spend the full weekend together, and so have provisionally booked all of the Estate's cottages for the Friday and Saturday nights. When you RSVP there will be an option to book this accommodation. Cottages are R2000 (~£90) per person per night for a double room - everything else for the weekend is covered.ItineraryFriday 8th March
Checkin to your cottage from 14:00. There will be volleyball, lawn games, and swimming at the Orchard pool for the afternoon. Friday night dinner is a braai on the Retreat lawn.Saturday 9th March
Breakfast is served anytime between 7-11am and then take your pick of activities for the morning. There will be an optional group hike, or chill by the pool, do a wine tasting, go mountain biking, or walk through the farm gardens.The ceremony will be in the afternoon at the Olive Press which is on the other side of the estate. We're running shuttles as it's quite far to walk in the heat. The ceremony will be outside on the lawn, followed by receptions drinks and canapés, and then dinner and dancing inside the Olive Press itself. Last shuttles back to the Cottages at 2am.Sunday 10th March
Same again for breakfast (7-11am) and checkout for the cottages is then at midday.A more detailed pdf of the itinerary is available here.

RSVP

Please let us know if you're coming as soon as you can so that we can finalise numbers with Boschendal!Wedding Date: 8-10th March 2024Location: Boschendal Wine Estate, South Africa

Holidaying

If you've not been to the Cape before and you're making a holiday of it, we've included a few of our favourite recommendations below for places to stay and things to do:

Cape Town
Cape Town is an amazing city made up of loads of separate areas - where you stay will have a big impact on your experience. We prefer staying outside of the centre - our favourite area is the quiet fishing village of Kalk Bay. Great spots closer to the centre include Mouille, Green, or Sea Point. Constantia is great if you want more suburban space. The Inside Guide has some really good lists of things to do and is worth browsing. In no particular order, the following are also all fun:

  • Surf at Muizenburg

  • Relax in Kalk Bay

  • Walk around Bo-Kaap

  • Sea Kayaking trips from Sea Point or Hout Bay

  • Waterfront and Watershed for shopping. The Zeits MOCAA museum for contemporary African art is also next door

  • Day hikes (see lower down)

  • The various food markets around town (we particularly like Oranjezicht and Cape Point Vineyards markets).

  • Beach days (we'd recommend Llandudno, Clifton, or Kalk Bay)

  • All the amazing restaurants - good lists here and here

  • The Constantia Wine Farms for tastings and picnics - we particularly like Buitenverwachting and Beau Constantia

SafariIf you are looking for the full safari experience and the big 5 then we recommend that you fly up to the Kruger or adjacent national park areas. You can fly from Cape Town to Johannesburg and then drive for ~5hrs, or fly directly to Skukuza on a daily flight from Cape Town that takes you right into the Kruger and Sabi Sands areas. If you want to avoid more flying and are happy with seeing slightly smaller game, we've also included some bush lodges closer to Cape Town further down.Big 5 Lodges

Closer to Cape Town

HikingThere are loads of really beautiful short day hikes to do in and around Cape Town. There's a great list of the Top 20 here. We haven't done them all, but the ones we have done have all been awesome - Skeleton and Lion's Head are particularly popular.If you want a multi-day or overnight hike then there are some useful suggestions on the Afri Trails website. We haven't done many of these but our friends and family have particularly recommended the Green Mountain Trail and the Cape Point Overnight Hike.

All Done!

We're so excited that you're coming and can't wait to celebrate with you. You'll receive a payment link in the next few days to complete your accommodation booking.

All Done!

We're so excited that you're coming and can't wait to celebrate with you.

All Done!

Sorry you can't join us but thanks for letting us know. We'll miss you!