Waterford Estate
A Stellenbosch estate offering a 'wine safari' — a drive-and-taste through the vineyards.
Trip Role
Ideal stay
Our take
An estate that turns a tasting into a morning.
An estate that turns a tasting into a morning.
- Trip Role
- Day Trip
- Ideal Stay
- Half day
Why it's worth your time
The wine safari (tasting at stops around the estate in a Land Rover) is the experience; the wine holds its own. A good estate to bring people who don't just want to sit at a bar.
What we love
The drive, the chocolate-and-wine pairing, and the silence of the Helderberg.
What to know
The 'Wine Safari' — a Land Rover drive to three tasting stations through the estate — was invented here and has been copied across the Cape. The estate sits on one of the most prized red-wine slopes in Stellenbosch.
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