Bianca's house and her family were lovely and welcoming. Our family (me, my husband, 2 kids and my parents) had a great stay there. Bianca was really helpful and kept in touch throughout our stay, she even booked a restaurant for us for a date night whilst my parents babysat. A couple of minor and unforeseeable problems we encountered were rectified quickly and easily. The kids loved the play room and it was hard to get them out of it (so much so that my usually keen swimmers preferred the play room to the pool when we got back from a day out!) Bianca's home is very eco friendly. Cape Town is currently experiencing a drought and Bianca told us how to use water collected from buckets when showering to water the garden. This brought home how much we can take for granted in the UK and was also a great way to teach my kids about the environment. They also loved our daily bucket trips to water the garden! The scenery around the Hout Bay Area is fantastic. It was a 5 minute drive to Llandudno beach which is so beautiful. Camps Bay is also only 10 to 15 minutes drive away and we got a taxi back from there one night at a reasonable rate. Noordhoek is also not far and there is a dramatic beach there with a lovely walk to a shipwreck. The farm village there also has a great weekend atmosphere. We ate at Cheynes in Hout Bay which was lovely fusion tapas and also got a tasty Thai take away from Kitima. The Woodcutters Arms was welcoming for a couple of post dinner drinks. Whilst it was only about a 30 minute walk to most of the restaurants we did find, as Bianca had advised us, that the South African way tends to be to drive. Although my husband and I managed a couple of early morning runs to the beach and back to work off all the lovely food we were eating! Hout Bay Harbour market on the weekend is a must, lovely atmosphere, great stalls, fab food and live music. We were very comfortable in Bianca's home. I only wish we had had more time to spend there as we tended to be out exploring most days and only managed a couple of chill out days at the end of our stay. There is so much to explore on the Western Cape! Just a word of advice for those who haven't visited the Western Cape before, I would say to not be surprised by the amount of security in homes. Whilst it may seem strange to us it is just an accepted part of normal life in South Africa and we quickly got used to setting and un-setting the house alarm (after we'd set it off a couple of times- oops! :) ) Finally, a huge thank you to Bianca for advising us of the need to bring your children's full birth...