UNIQUE FLAVOURS
From the windswept slopes of the Cape to the kitchens of world-class restaurants, South Africa's Fynbos herbs are rewriting the rules of modern cuisine. These rare and ancient botanicals carry flavours found nowhere else on Earth.
TASTING, STROLL & LUNCH
A captivating discovery of original flavours from the richest floral kingdom on Earth - the Cape Floristic Region at the southern tip of Africa - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Within a private Wellington estate in the Cape Winelands, this intimate tasting translates ancient flavours for the contemporary kitchen.
A TASTE OF SOUTH AFRICA
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BOTANICAL IMMERSION
Enter the world's most extraordinary plant kingdom where rare botanicals and archaeology converge to tell one of the most compelling stories of our time: the emergence of human consciousness.
The South African Fynbos® ORIGINS RETREAT returns you to an elemental beginning of humankind through a curated luxury immersion in the sensory landscape of origin at the southern tip of Africa.
Over four days, wander a dual terrain: the wild, ancient earth beneath your feet and the evolving inner world shaped by taste, scent and perception.
You are invited to explore the extraordinary flavours and fragrances of Fynbos, actual lithic evidence of early human life and a mind-shifting natural phenomenon that once ignited the imagination of our earliest ancestors - reframed today as a catalyst for creativity, reflection and renewal.
THERE ARE FEW LANDSCAPES THAT FEEL SO PROFOUNDLY ALIVE
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VISITOR COMMENTS & REVIEWS
KNOW YOUR EDIBLE FYNBOS
HONEYBUSH - Cyclopia species
Honeybush is a sweet herb adding a delicate honey-blossom flavour to sticky marinades, onion soup, casseroles, butternut and sweet-potato wedges, sago pudding, milk-tart and cup-cake icing. Toast lightly and sprinkle over oven-roasted veggies.
ROOIBOS - Aspalathus linearis
Rooibos herbs are fruity with notes of caramel and rosehip. Pair with caramelised onions, cherry tomato sauce, sweet potato mash, roasted butternut, gruyere omelette, breakfast eggs, crispy chicken, tomato-bredie and add Rooibos salt to olive oil splashed vanilla ice-cream.
BUCHU - Agathosma betulina
Buchu is the most sensational of all the Fynbos herbs, transforming everyday flavours into mouth-watering experiences. Pair with seared picanha, braaied line-fish, tray-baked chicken, lamb shank, flambéed chicken livers, salmon sushi and tomato salsa.
KNOW YOUR EDIBLE FYNBOS
RHINO BUSH - Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis
Rhinobush is piney adding a delicate resinous flavour to grilled rib-eye, Karoo lamb, picanha and pork kebabs. Add to wok-seared chilli-garlic cabbage, grilled mushrooms, arancini, risotto, bitterballen and croque monsieurs. The delicate piney resin melts into seared food.
SNOW BUSH - Eriocephalus africanus
Woody Snow bush has a wild rosemary flavour with a hint of pepper and adds incredible depth of flavour to a creamy mushroom sauce, Karoo lamb meatballs, tzatziki, confit garlic potatoes, puy lentil salad, yoghurt carrot salad, beef carpaccio, prawn orzo and feta focaccia.
CANCER BUSH - Lessertia frutescence
Cancer bush is a bitter herb with a hint of stevia-like sweetness and notes of pea. It is ideal for adding depth to vegetable dishes like grilled baby marrow, Rösti and smoky bacon-green-bean salad. Use sparingly as the herb is really bitter, but it's great for experimental cooking.
KNOW YOUR EDIBLE FYNBOS
ROSE PELARGONIUM - Pelargonium capitatum
Irresistible Rose pelargonium is intensely fragrant and adds a distinctive spicy rose flavour to syrupy koeksisters, sticky malva pudding, scones and clotted cream, Moroccan rice, nutty buckwheat salad, rose marmalade and strawberry ice-cream.
MINT PELARGONIUM - Pelargonium tomentosum
Cooling Mint pelargonium adds a minty-geranium vibrancy to zucchini fritters, lentil-feta salad, cucumber ribbons, bulgur mushroom salad, goat’s cheese couscous, pear and walnut salad, cream cheese brioche, cocktail rissoles and white chocolate truffles.
CAPE MOUNTAIN SAGE - Salvia chamelaeagnea
Cape Mountain Sage is herbaceous with strong notes of sage. It pairs well with lemon-butter kingklip, creamy walnut tagliatelle, grilled haloumi burger, butternut lasagne, onion lentil loaf, brandy infused chicken liver pâté, ground pork stuffing and blue cheese gnocchi.