Learn to Make Biltong and Discover Afrikaans Culture in Cape Town
Description
In this hands-on demonstration, we'll teach you the basics of making your own biltong sticks - how to select your meat, cut, marinade, season, cure, and store it. We offer vegans a surprisingly good alternative and bet you'll become addicted, too! Find out how an English 'Soutie' like me married an Afrikaans 'Boeremeisie' and how we combine our distinct and different cultures. Learn about the origin of the Afrikaans language (the only European language born in Africa!) We'll teach you a few expressions over a strong 'moerkoffie' served in a tin mug along with a piece of Soutie's homemade Karringmelkbeskuit. We create a fun, relaxed atmosphere with Boeremusiek (folk music) and some catchy Afrikaans songs to showcase our rainbow nation's authentic, warmhearted hospitality. Be prepared for tall tales, snippets of history, and a few classic Afrikaans sayings to spice up your conversations during this unique cultural experience.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Reviews(13)
A great experience. We were welcomed in to their home and learned many things about South African culture and cooking. We went as a family and thoroughly enjoyed our 2 hours.
It was great sharing our unique experience with you!
Lovely experience with lovely people. They have a lovely home where you’ll work with both of them to sample snacks and make biltong. It was interactive and fun and you learn a lot about the South African culture in a not so typical way. They also send you home with a little to go package. Lovely couple - would recommend to anyone.
Ahh, thanks for your lovely review. We enjoy every minute we spend with our guests, and we have so much fun together while we enjoy our favourite Cape Town 'vleisvreter' cuisine! May your biltong box alway be full!
We had a great experience. Greg was a great communicator and very accommodating. We enjoyed learning about biltong, Afrikaans history and culture in such an intimate setting. It was a unique and fun activity, one that we will certainly remember.
You're right, we also enjoy every minute we spend with guests. And, of course, we get to taste and talk about all the things we love! Thanks for choosing to spend time with us. It was so 'lekker'.
Lindie and Greg were very warm and welcoming. My husband and I really enjoyed the experienc, we learnt a lot about biltong in a fun way, we did biltong tasting and made our own biltong, the meat was so fresh that we actually tasted it raw after marinading it (optional). I highly recommend this experience as biltong is one of the most important foods in South Africa.
Hi Lima. Thanks for the great review. It was great having you and Chris joun for the experience. We had loads of fun. Dit is n feit soos n koei. Safe travels. May your road be paved with geelvet biltong. Regards, Soutie and Boerenooi.
We really enjoyed our biltong experience- it was fun, informative, and completed in a wonderful friendly setting. 10/10
Hi Chris. Thanks for your awesome review. We had lots if fun with you guys. Please send me pics of your biltong. Regards, Greg
It was fantastic experience to visit here! If you looking something fun and experience real South African culture then here is the answer😊 Thank you for making memorable day!!
We had loads of fun eith you guys.
Greg and Lindi provide a friendly environment to learn about the history and making of billtong. It's in their home, which is nice and intimate. They provide some good tastings and you get the chnace to prepare some biltong sticks. They provide some of the recipes to you during and they have since sent me the photos and another recipie at no extra cost. if you're a meat lover its a good experience. It lasted 1.5hours. they offered thsirt to buy at the end however I would have liked to be offered to purchase some billtong or some seasonings.
Hi Tom, thank you so much for your enthusiastic participation in our cultural session. We also appreciate your advice and will ensure we have biltong and spice to sell in the future. Hope you continue to make lots of 'butt strips' to enjoy with your friends and family!
We had a good time with Soutie & Boerenooi, sharing with us their stories about history of biltong, the Africaan language and more, with tasting of different biltongs, sweet snacks, brewed chicory coffee.... They made it fun and interactive.
Dear SauYi, it was such fun with you and your fellow traveller and we enjoyed your sense of humour and willingness to try new things. We trust the rest of your trip went well and hope to meet you again one day. All the best!
Being a big biltong fan, this was a great short course with many cultural insights. Lots of my questions answered amd know I'll be improving my own biltong making with the many takeaways from this experience:)
Scotty, it was great meeting another 'vleisvreter' (Afrikaans for meat gobbler) and we learned from you too. Hope you think of us every time you smell crushed coriander seeds!
Totally brilliant!!! Worth every cent. Rich in history and culture. A definite must-do. Even my kids were crazy about it.
We agree, tasting biltong is a great way to spend time with family and friends! Hope somebody bakes some Karringmelkbeskuit so you can have it with your Boerekoffie. See soon again.
