My stay with Camryn and her family was incredibly special. I stayed for a month while doing my yoga teacher training, I came there expecting a room and left there with a second family. Not to mention that the room was far bigger than any hotel room I’ve ever stayed in, in-fact it was bigger than most apartments! It had a view of and access to their huge pool, with a backdrop of the mountains. You could see the sunrise from bed everyday and they gave me a kettle, microwave and mini fridge too! I had a whole bathroom to myself. It was pure and utter luxury.
From the get-go they made sure I was safe, comfortable and looked after. Their hosting was truly immaculate, and they have something very special going here. As soon as I got there, they took me to get an SA SIM card, groceries, toiletries, showed me around their village and took me out for dinner with their family. I would recommend their homestay to anyone, especially people my age. Their family are open, warm and loving, as well as incredibly smart and switched on. This meant I was welcomed to join in on everything they did, even Christmas Day! (they are always doing something in the evenings, exploring the whole of Cape Town, perfect if you want to explore too). As well as showing me all the best places they also gave me all the tools, knowledge and security to be able to explore by myself too. Whenever I was worried I would just share my location with Terese or one of the girls and she would keep an eye out and check on me making sure I’m safe. Although they love Cape Town more than anything, they are still incredibly vigilant and made sure I was safe at all times, having three daughters in the house they are more than aware of the dangers of being a solo female traveller. I eventually built up the confidence (while always sharing my location with the family) to walk to my yoga training everyday down to constantia village. The location is amazing, I would walk 15 mins, and half way stop for a coffee at Foxcroft, and then walk 10 minutes more to Constantia village, it was a stunning route as well. I ran in the vineyards (Grot Constantia) down the road most days. During my stay, we baked together, we laughed together, we ate together, we drank together (mocktails for me) and we made some amazing memories that will last a lifetime. If ever I was in a bad situation, perhaps i couldn’t get an Uber home after a night out, I just contacted the family and one of them was there to make sure I was safe. Just such wonderful people, that you only get to meet a few times in a lifetime! I would not recommend highly enough, the best month of my life 10/10 <3