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Winelands

From the wine country of Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Paarl this catalogue lists 7 courses, from Stellenbosch Golf Club and De Zalze to Erinvale, Strand and the 27-hole course at Paarl; the drive from Cape Town airport is about 30–60 minutes. November to March is southern summer: daytime temperatures in Cape Town are around 25–28 °C and nights around 13–17 °C, with only 2–3 rain days a month (climatestotravel.com). There is no direct flight from Helsinki: you connect via Frankfurt (Lufthansa), Amsterdam (KLM), Doha (Qatar Airways), Dubai (Emirates) or Istanbul (Turkish Airlines); the long leg takes about 11–12 hours and door to door the trip usually takes 16–20 hours with the connection, though there is no time difference to Finnish winter time. De Zalze, Erinvale and Boschenmeer at Paarl, as well as Pearl Valley and Val de Vie between Paarl and Franschhoek, are golf estates whose villas and apartments the owners rent out privately. Read the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs travel advice for South Africa (um.fi) before travelling; it is updated as the situation changes.