Tulbagh hosts the most charming and memorable of country weddings. The valley’s natural scenery, relative seclusion and its quaint, old-world village atmosphere all conspire to provide a beautiful backdrop for country weddings.
Accommodation ranges from four-star guesthouses and three-star bed and breakfasts, self-catering cottages, geo-domes as well as luxury tree houses. Stay in the village or near the surrounding mountains on working fruit farms or family wine estates. A range of lodgings in the old village clustered around historic Church Street are also available.
Art and craft browsing and pub culture are equally enticing as well as visiting the many museums. Taste olives and dried fruit. Gourmet restaurants ranging from Cape Country Cuisine, Continental cuisine and Mediterranean Cuisine will delight the culinary senses. Craft beer on tap and chocolate pairings will entice the visitor to linger longer. Picnic baskets filled with scrumptious treats can be made to order. Bird watching, horse riding, hiking, mountain biking, fishing and scenic drives are but some of the pleasures awaiting nature lovers! Experience a scenic tractor trip up the Oudekloof Pass (the forgotten highway). Visit an Animal Rehabilitation Sanctuary and feed the animals. In the surrounding area you can go on a zipline adventure, do a paired cider tasting or visit a big five private game reserve.
Tulbagh’s Wine Route has never been more exciting. The route is dotted with both the gracefully old and the conspicuously new estates that have been home to generations of the same family and are institutions in the local industry and market, are interspersed with architecturally designed state of the art new cellars belonging to outside investors, as well as a handful of micro-producers and boutique wineries – proof that Tulbagh’s terroir has been earmarked by those in the know.
Tulbagh has various events throughout the year – Tulbagh Vintage & Vine Faire in May, Christmas in Winter in June, Kuns op “n Rondte & Tulbagh Show in September and Witzenville Faire in December.
