Golfing in the Winelands of South Africa

Planet

This tour is an opportunity to enjoy golfing in the beautiful Winelands region while also being mindful of the environment and local communities. Carefully planned to minimize environmental impact and maximize benefits to local communities, this tour features prestigious GEO certified golf courses such as Pearl Valley, Devonvale and Stellenbosch Golf Club which have implemented sustainable practices in areas such as water and energy conservation, chemical usage reduction, wildlife and biodiversity protection, and sustainable resource management. Accommodations have been fully accredited by Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa, ensuring ethical and sustainable practices in all aspects of the business. In addition to these measures, we also encourage responsible travel by promoting sustainable transportation options and supporting local businesses and communities. By taking this tour, you can be confident that you are not only having an enjoyable experience, but also making a positive impact on the destination you are visiting.

People

We are a small and highly personalised private travel planning company: as such, we never build or conduct the same journey twice. Thus, while this golfing holiday comes with an itinerary, this is entirely open to changes. We can include rest days, ethical wildlife encounters, more (or less) focus on wine tasting, ethical tours of particular areas of interest (architecture, flora, history, and more) and several other modifications. All of our journeys are private and built exclusively for you.

We are a registered business but we operate as a "not-for-profit". This means that once our overheads have been covered for any given year, 100% of the profits for the company are donated to needy organisations that operate in our area.

We support St. Paul’s Primary School, a school in the Cape Town City Bowl that caters for children who live in some of the poorest districts of the city. The school has a particularly high success rate despite the challenges that many of the children face in their communities. We offer two full scholarships (uniforms and fees) every year to some of the neediest children.
Within St. Pauls there is a division of the Shine Centres, a literacy intervention project located in several schools in Cape Town. They assess all the children in the school each year and conduct specific literacy interventions to fast-track reading ages so that children can re-enter the mainstream classrooms. We donate our time in training teachers and supplying stationary to the project.
Cape Town has a particular problem with homelessness for children and young adults. As such, we support the work of the Haven – a series of night shelters for the homeless and indigent across Cape Town with clothing, food and financial donations.

Coming from a family of dancers, we always pay attention to the needs of Zama Dance School, a grassroots dance school located in one of the most deprived areas of Cape Town. Other journeys we offer visit the school and there is a chance to interact with teachers, the founder and pupils alike.

We support the work of Pack for a Purpose – we encourage our clients to donate some space in their luggage to bring items with them that are needed locally. If the journey is equipment specific, such as cycling or hiking, we ask our clients to donate boots or helmets to local development initiatives which Pack for a Purpose redistributes for us.