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A date with a touch of South Africa.

South Africa offers many different landscapes. For a date, choose somewhere locally accessible and safe, from a market to a city park.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

Go out and taste something

  1. Market and lunch

    Walk around a daytime market and each choose one small lunch item to share.

  2. Rooibos blind tasting

    Brew two kinds of rooibos tea and try to guess the herbs or additions by scent without looking.

Try two new things

  1. Botanical garden

    Visit a garden open to the public and find three plants together that neither of you knows.

  2. A sunset view

    Choose a familiar viewpoint that is easy to reach and bring a small picnic.

Try two new things

  1. Market and lunch

    Walk around a daytime market and each choose one small lunch item to share.

  2. Botanical garden

    Visit a garden open to the public and find three plants together that neither of you knows.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in South Africa. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Dream garden at the plant shopBrowse a plant shop and each choose three plants for an imaginary garden.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A charity shop giftEach find something small in a thrift store that suits the other person.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Mini herb gardenPlant two culinary herbs in pots together and give them a permanent spot.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Hot chocolate taste testMake two kinds of hot chocolate and give each other a blind tasting.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Plant cutting swapEach swap a small plant or cutting and give it a name.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Tea three waysBrew the same tea in three ways and taste how time and temperature change it.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Discover a public gardenVisit a public garden and each find a plant you didn't know before.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Photograph the sunsetFind an open view and each take one photo as the sky changes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Façade shape bingoMake a bingo card with arches, balconies and other façade details.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Watching a lockFind a public spot by a lock and watch how boats pass through.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE One special treeChoose a tree nearby and take a close look at its shape, bark and surroundings.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Show the other person around your neighbourhoodTake each other on a short video call around one favourite place.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Parallel grocery missionLook for the same unexpected ingredient in two places.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Coffee with time to lingerAgree on half an hour to start with and see whether you'd like another stroll.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Market breakfastEach buy one ingredient at a market and make breakfast together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Coffee in an unfamiliar neighbourhoodTake the bus or cycle to a neighbourhood where you've never had coffee together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Flea market missionEach find an object with an unexpected story at a flea market.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sunrise breakfastHave an early breakfast together somewhere you can watch the sky slowly brighten.View the idea
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