http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25022 recommends a couple of low-key tours led by locals and I opted for a tour which included two days being shown around by a local girl and a
night's stay in a typical shack. I got on so well with my guide that we went out drinking in the evening and I slept on her shack floor instead of in my own place. On the Sunday we cooked lunch all together and I let her daughter and nieces highjack my camera for a while -
they managed to take far better photos than I could have done!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25022 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25021 plants from many parts of the world, but also have areas dedicated to local fauna, such as the heather-like ericas and highly diverse feynbos. My favourite were the enourmous, woody stemmed proteas, a heavy bunch of which you can also pick up on the side of the road near
the entrance for the equivalent of a few pounds.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25021 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25020 If travelling alone make sure to board a coach with other people already on it, and avoid taking the train when it is dark in the evening.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25020 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25019 the engaging Charlotte 'Nomthunzie' Swartbooi, a local resident. The tour is extremely good value and you get to see a side of Cape life
somewhat different to the upmarket areas of Cape Town. The other residents are fairly friendly and happy to for you to take photos,
especially the children, who clamoured to play with my camera and see the photos.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25019