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On Sundays there are evening concerts (5.30pm), so the queues to get in are actually busier late afternoon than earlier.

If you cant be bothered to organise a picnic, you can always have lunch at the Tea Room (near the Plant Centre and Gate 2). We sat outside beneath the parasols and feasted on the excellent Thai calamari salad with a couple of ice-cold Windhoek lagers.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25728 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25727
You don't even have to drive the 40 minutes or so to Stellenbosch to visit world-class wineries. Instead, take yourself down the M3, past Kirstenbosch, and head for the Constantia valley, the birthplace of South Africa's wine industry, where you'll find the Groot Constantia, Kleln Constantia, and Buitenverwachting ('beyond expectation') estates. We took the excellent winery tour at Groot Constantia, marvelled at the avenue of huge oak trees planted by Simon van der Stel in the late 17th century, and meandered around the manor house and former wine cellar. For lunch, we walked all of 20 metres from the winery to Simon's, a laid-back, modern barn of a place where you can sample some of Groot Constantia's wines (along with those from many other estates) with a sirloin steak, or kingklip served with pesto butter. We visited on a damp Monday, but tables were busy with local business people as well as tourists.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25727