Kuilsriver
Kuilsriver is one of Cape Town’s diamonds in the rough and has started gaining increasing prominence in recent years. Located a mere 30 minutes from Cape Town’s inner city centre, Kuilsriver was originally discovered as far back as the 1600s by the Dutch East India Company and was used as a cattle fold; later on it was utilised as a staging post en route to wine-producing paradise of Stellenbosch. Today, Kuilsriver has become a much-loved residential enclave within the Mother City as its old-fashioned rural existence has become immensely popular with people looking for a simpler, less congested lifestyle while also being in close proximity to the many bright lights of city life.
Kuilsriver has access to the major highways of the R300, the N2, and the N1, but as these do not run directly through the town, it has been mercifully spared from too much commercialisation. Kuilsriver, though, remains a curious combination between rural and urban influences as there are many farms, cow crossings, and smallholdings in the vicinity, while manufacturing giants Coca Cola and Nampak both operate out of Kuilsriver; it is this intriguing relationship that really accentuates the colour and personality of this northern suburb.
Kuilsriver has a terrific location within Cape Town giving travellers and residents easy access to many of the city’s most sought after destinations. These include the local international airport, the Stellenbosch Wine Route, the Rondevlei Nature Reserve, the Durbanville Wine Valley, and the Tygervalley Shopping Complex which is one of Cape Town’s favourite shopping and entertainment centres. Kuilsriver itself has much to see with its old-world architecture being one of the main highlights.
