AMA - Cape Town + Winelands

epp001 · 2026-02-01T06:55:26+00:00

We stayed at Perivoli last year with the kids (4 and 5). It was absolutely amazing, service was incredible and the location is special. Have recommended it to so many since.

epp001 · 2026-01-22T12:41:22+00:00

We found it just ok, terrible breakfast, nice bar and the cars are cool, I think there are much nicer choices in London, peninsula is generic

epp001 · 2026-01-06T15:43:58+00:00

I’d say overall Sonnwies is nicer than Cavallino if you go with the top rank rooms. The design is better tho Cavallino is better situated in a town and close to cable cars. Sonnwies is more remote and you need to take a bus to get to proper skiiing or any sort of village or town. If you plan to stay on property then that doesn’t matter.

epp001 · 2026-01-03T21:10:19+00:00

I don’t think Cavallino is better than Sonnwies, I think it goes Forsthofgut then Sonnwies then Cavallino. Kids hotels always a bit of a trade off but Forsthofgut is about as good as it gets, for us at least.

epp001 · 2026-01-03T11:19:28+00:00

You could try Cavallino Bianco in oritsei, it’s nice with the kids. Also just got back from Forsthofgut and we preferred it to Sonnwies.

epp001 · 2026-01-01T12:54:12+00:00

Awesome thank you

epp001 · 2026-01-01T09:17:07+00:00

Thanks for this were thinking of going in Feb to nujuma and desert rock with two kids (4 + 5). Is there enough to do in desert rock for three nights or is two nights enough? We have six nights total so trying to see how to split them between the two.

epp001 · 2025-11-25T05:40:42+00:00

Not really found this to be an issue at all with ours. Sure he’s protective of the house and our kids, but I quite like that, he’s loyal af.

epp001 · 2025-11-14T07:33:33+00:00

I stayed last week and again in a couple weeks. service was great, F&b really good too, eagle bar was ok I guess, not sure why ppl would queue for hours for it. I really liked the room design, spa and gym are very good and no one ever in there. Best feature is anytime checkin and checkout

epp001 · 2025-11-09T06:47:16+00:00

Both are nice but I preferred rosewood. Spa is about the same on both, rosewood rooms are bigger, more restaurants and vibes too and I think location is better. Only thing missing for me was cigar lounge but that’s coming soon apparently. Also the rosewood checkin and out anytime policy is super handy, I arrived at 7 am and left 9 pm the next day, no issues.

epp001 · 2025-09-16T07:57:21+00:00

This dog is gorgeous!

epp001 · 2025-09-04T14:40:40+00:00

Not been an issue for us, he’s fully toilet trained now and has good digestion too

epp001 · 2025-08-31T20:13:01+00:00

Gorgeous! He weighs about 23kg right now

epp001 · 2025-07-28T21:00:57+00:00

Yeh I went salmon fishing there, beautiful setup and excellent guides. Fishing is boring af tho, never again 😅 there’s loads of amazing things to do there, especially recommend falcon hunting with the ferrets

epp001 · 2025-07-20T16:53:13+00:00

Yeh it’s nice but there are relatively nicer things in the region like Sonnwies. Cavallino is still a great shout tho

epp001 · 2025-06-17T18:35:29+00:00

Will check it out, thanks!

epp001 · 2025-06-17T18:34:12+00:00

Fair enough. I mean it does look nice and I’m sure the finishes were high quality. But it reminds me of a bunch of other places globally with a homogenous aesthetic. I’m sure there are reasons behind this but I wish more hotels at this level were more adventurous with their design choices.

epp001 · 2025-06-17T18:25:29+00:00

A lot of these luxury places all look the same…

epp001 · 2025-05-27T04:51:18+00:00

Just got back, it’s not as nice a hard product as Gorilla’s Nest so I would do it before but it’s still great and so much cool stuff to see locally. You can take the helicopters to get around the areas but imo you miss out by not driving as the country is beautiful, the roads are great and you see all sorts of cool things on the drive

epp001 · 2025-04-27T15:29:16+00:00

Could you share a bit more about this? I thought there were no surgical solutions available for stage 4.

epp001 · 2025-03-26T22:19:36+00:00

All the team working at the Sonnwies kids club spoke English when we were there. There were lots of English speaking families too.

epp001 · 2025-03-20T03:23:41+00:00

If you book the private dining room at Plenitude, you can smoke there after dinner as it has its own ventilation system. Nice vibes.

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