PH Travel | Zebra House

City Hideaway!

Zebra House is set behind a pepper tree down the cobbled De Waterkant hill – a rare example of authentic Cape heritage architecture. It was for the owner a conscious decision to leave the original features in place – ‘I wanted to preserve its personality – details like the teak beams with their natural curves and colours and the lower-than-usual lead paned teak doors leading to the inner, ivy-clad courtyard. I often imagine how people have been ducking through that door for 200 years and love the fact that we still have to do so today.’