Destination weddings in South Africa

The winelands an hour from Cape Town are the region's most photographed wedding landscape, and for good reason: estates that host weddings every weekend of the season, a supplier base deep enough that you can compare four quotes for anything, and guest accommodation on site. Away from the Cape, the Drakensberg does mountains and the Garden Route does forest and coast. Peak season is October to March; a February wedding is a hot wedding, and the ceremony belongs after five.