Olive Valley Walks

Olive Valley Walks

walking across buchu fields with a panoramic view of the wine lands

Explore the valley on foot and learn more about olives, wine, buchu and about yourself.

We offer different short itineraries where you can enjoy a morning or evening in the olive valley, walking and or swimming out your stress.

Our latest offering is fynbos-focused “Not an Olive Experience”—a sensory adventure that starts with nature and ends with something delightfully unexpected.

After the walk, the fun begins. Watch, learn—and get hands-on—as we teach you to extract buchu essence and press the oil-rich marzipan into art:

Buchu marzipan: Bold and aromatic
Honeybush marzipan: Sweet with floral notes
Rooibos marzipan: Smooth, warm, unmistakably Cape

Book the Workshop

This walk to workshop can be booked for 2 to 6 guests, all we need is a fairly clear morning, easy walking shoes and a half day of no meetings and distractions. Please inquire on WhatsApp 067 785 0855 for possible dates.

To download the scheduled walks, click on the button below

Walk Week Itinerary.

Itinerary

Hike and Rejuvenating Swim

Tuesday Morning

Few things are as invigorating as an early morning walk and swim. Drop off the kids and join me for a hike past the waterfall up the mountain and across buchu fields. When we reach the fresh water dam you may opt to go around or through it.

2 hour walk - mid morning - 1 to 6 participants [R200 pp]

Usually available in Autumn and Spring

Hike and Sunset Swim

Friday Evening

After work on a Friday afternoon we start a mountain hike past the waterfall and through the forest. Enjoy the view over Paarl and Wellington before we start the descent through olive groves and swim into the sunset.

Revitalised by the water we walk the last stretch back to Cascade to toast on our journey with a glass of sparkling wine.

4km walk - 200m swim (optional) - 1 to 6 participants [R290 pp]

Usually available in Summer

Ashia - Nederburg Walk

Wednesdays and Sundays

Explore the area as local or as tourist. Walk with us from Cascade to Ashia Cheetah Sanctuary and end the day with a wine tasting at Nederburg Estate. A guided walk through olive groves and vineyards lead you to the wildlife animal welfare operation of Ashia. Here you learn about the conservation activities and walk along the enclosures of the resident cheetahs and those that will be re-wilded. A further 1.8km is the home of South Africa’s most awarded wine brand: Nederburg. Your tour ends with a tasting of a range of their wines. You may also choose to stay for lunch and get a shuttle back to Cascade.

5km walk - half day experience - 2 to 6 participants [R550 pp]

with lunch and shuttle: [R900 pp]

subject to availability at Ashia and Nederburg

Fynbos Family Walk

A spring experience for little feet and curious minds

Discover the fynbos’ textures and smells. Capture the colours and shapes of its unique flowers and descend the adventure steps to the waterfall where you can compare your favorite fynbos finds. It is a hike, but a short and slow one.

Suitable for anyone that can walk or be carried by a parent.

1 km hike - [R600 per Family of up to 5 including small picnic]

Can be booked ad-hoc and is usually available July - October

Walk to Workshop

Not only an Olive Experience

If you’ve swiped past olives your whole life, this is your moment. Introducing our fynbos-focused “Not an Olive Experience”—a sensory adventure that starts with nature and ends with something delightfully unexpected. After a leisurely 4km walk the workshop begins. We get hands-on with the igredients that transform into Marzipan.

Buchu marzipan: Bold and aromatic
Honeybush marzipan: Sweet with floral notes
Rooibos marzipan: Smooth, warm, unmistakably Cape

Discover how humble almonds transform into creamy confections, enriched by South Africa’s treasured botanicals.

To read more about this morning experience for 2 to 6 guests, you can follow the link to www.olivevalley.co.za or WhatsApp up on 067 785 0855