Whatever you plan to do this year, make Waterfront Charters part of your equation! If it’s romance you’re after, 14th February Valentine’s Day cruises are the perfect opportunity to pop just about any question…
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Very Like a Whale
Guests aboard the Waterfront Charters boats are regularly sighting orcas on our various cruises. Obviously no sighting is guaranteed, but we know they are here, and the exclamations of delight from guests when the orcas make an appearance puts smiles on the faces…
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Atlantic Reflections In a New Decade
As 2019 wound up to a final flurry before segueing into the next decade, at Waterfront Charters all systems were – and are – operating at full tilt.
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Sparkling in Dawn’s Early Light
There is no better way to celebrate all that is phenomenal about a Cape Town summer: a luxury catamaran anchored off Clifton, one of the most beautiful (and trendy) beaches on the planet, with the opportunity to dance, relax, swim and sip.
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The Elastic Scattering of Light, as Viewed Through a Flute
Sunset, at it’s most prosaic, can be defined as the disappearance of the sun over the westerly horizon. That horizon can be any geographic feature – from mountains to African plains to oceans. Waterfront Charters Sunset Champagne Cruises: the perfect way to witness Nature, Science, Scattering, Refraction and Effervescence.
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‘Tis the Season to be Jolly…
It is less than a month to Christmas Day, and there is very little doubt than any person in South Africa (or the bulk of the world, for that matter) is not aware of this fact. From late October the shops and malls take on the decorations and baubles that signify this special day, and Boney M and other warbling singers start belting out songs about Little Drummer Boys over the ubiquitous tannoys that are obligatory to every shopping centre on the planet.
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An Historic Bank where Needles Meet
The Agulhas Bank, the stretch of shallow sea that lies offshore from Cape Agulhas, has a history that impacts directly on those of us who live here in the Cape Peninsula.
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Nothing Bleak About This Black Friday
The fourth Friday in November has become known as Black Friday, and there is quite an intriguing background to this phenomenon. In its current form – the shopping extravaganza that overtakes most of the world – it has only been around since November 1951.
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A Race Without Equal
The Clipper Race is an annual event, and was the brainchild of Sir Robin Know-Johnston, the first man to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world, a feat achieved between 14th June 1968 and 22nd April 1969.
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A Ghostly Boat and a Shiny Schooner
Waterfront Charters beloved schooner Esperance has been missing in action for a couple of months. Unlike the Flying Dutchman, she has not been caught in a time warp; she has been undergoing an upgrading exercise.
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