Walking South Africa is hungry work and if you’re planning on walking around the Stellenbosch then you’ll find that your stomach won’t stop rumbling from all the delicious food on offer. The Stellenbosch isn’t just the wine capital of South Africa, but also a gastro-lover’s paradise offering fresh local produce and gourmet restaurants. Here are a few things that you must do while walking the Stellenbosch:

Visit the Stellenbosch Fresh Goods Market

Every Saturday, Oude Libertas is transformed into a haven of local goods and fresh produce. All the products sold at the market are grown, raised, caught or preserved by the producers themselves. You’ll find a range of high-quality food producers and local and regional farmers, all offering delicious seasonal and home-cooked dishes. With so many mouth-watering stalls at the market, it can be hungry work walking around them all. However, we recommend stopping at the Fish Deli to buy a South African speciality, snoek, which tastes wonderful barbecued and served with apricot marinade from the nearby stall, Oded’s kitchen. If you need something to get yourself going while walking South Africa, then try an espresso from Espresso Urself before you leave.

Take a Wine Tour

Walking South Africa’s wine region just isn’t complete without a specialty wine tour and there are many different ways you can choose to tour the area. One local operator specialises in cycle tours, while another offers shuttle safaris. With such a variety it can be hard choosing the perfect Stellenbosch wine tour, but it’s often the classic tours run by knowledgeable guides that are the best. A typical wine tour takes you around five different wineries, where you’ll taste the best wines that each has to offer, before stopping for lunch at one of them. It’s not always just wine-tasting that’s on the agenda; cheese, chocolate and olives are often sampled alongside the wines in order to bring out some of their subtler undertones.

Eat at an Award Winning Restaurant

Terroir is owned by the chef behind London’s Michelin starred restaurant, Le Gavroche, and the food here is just as delectable. With a focus on classic French country fare, slow-roasted pork belly and sous-vide lamb are typical dishes served at this establishment. After walking South Africa’s most scenic landscapes, a nice relaxing meal should be top of the agenda, This cellar-door restaurant provides hearty servings and local acclaimed wines by both the bottle and glass and there is even the option to sit on the garden terrace with its scenic pond and garden views.

Attempt to Catch Your Own Food

Stellenbosch offers some of the best local produce that South Africa has to offer, but if you don’t want to purchase it from expensive food markets, then why not try your hand at catching it yourself. Stellenbosch is a popular fishing destination and some of the wine estates even have their own fishing lakes teeming with trout and bass. Many fishing companies allow you to keep what you’ve caught and if you’re lucky enough to catch yourself a trout, we recommend cooking it in traditional Stellensbosch style – grilled on the braai with Riesling.

Author Bio: Tony Maniscalco is the Sales and Marketing Manager for Ramblers Worldwide Holidays. They offer over 250 guided group walking holidays in more than 90 different countries. Whilst walking South Africa with Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, you can walk the most scenic locations & landscapes at the best value prices.

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