Cape Country Routes Blog

It’s the harsh beauty of the Karoo, the open spaces and the unique sparkling skies that touch your heart and encourage you to “just be”. The beauty of “Nothingness” invites to reflect and truly appreciate the present moment with all thoughts and senses.

The members of Cape Country Routes, a group of owner-managed accommodation and activity providers situated along the most scenic routes South Africa’s Cape regions have to offer, wish to use this time of year to say…THANK YOU!

“Inspiring. Functional. Unique”…

…these are the requirements many scouts are after when identifying locations for their film- or still shoots.

During the extraordinary times we find ourselves in, production companies have been more open to new ideas and new locations. Shooting in the countryside with wide open spaces, surrounded by nature and the most scenic country settings, has become much more appealing than the ordinary city studio or urban production set. These extraordinary times call for new initiatives.

Over the last couple of months the entire tourism industry has been holding its breath. There are moments that entices one to think that one can catch a breath of fresh air, but it’s only temporary…no calm, energising and harmonious breathing in-and-out as yet.

While we keep holding our breath, we have that clear goal in front of us, that keeps us going – the goal to rebuild our tourism industry in a responsible, safe, diversified and sustainable manner for a better, and stronger future.

Recent studies have identified certain travel trends for the post pandemic travel phase. While some are talking about “revenge travel”, survey results confirm that the global vaccine rollout seems to boost consumer confidence. So while we are waiting for our future guests, we follow travel experts who all seem to agree that there are specific trends that we should all be preparing for. Cape Country Routes have taken note off these trends and put them into our planning.