Somewhere in your trip, there's one evening you'll talk about for years.
The sun dropping into the Atlantic behind the Twelve Apostles. Candlelight on a villa terrace. A question you've carried across an ocean. You're here for ten days. We make sure one of them is unforgettable, and you don't lift a finger.
Which one is yours?
Each is a complete evening, designed and set up by us. Pick the one that sounds like you, and we'll shape it around your trip.
The Sunset Proposal
Villa terrace, sheltered beach cove or rooftop, at golden hour
You round the corner of the terrace and the candles are already lit. Lion’s Head is going copper behind the petals. Nobody else is here. She hasn’t noticed yet.
What we take care of
- Styled setup: florals, 40 LED candles, lanterns, rug and cushions, petal path
- "Marry me" letters or a floral sign, your choice
- Alcohol-free bubbles and two glasses on site; the real bottle styled at your villa for after
- Location pick from three settings with you, rules handled
- Decoy plan and timing on WhatsApp, set-up before you arrive, gone before your partner sees us
- Weather backup agreed the day before, moved at no cost
- Clean-up after you leave, every petal
- Photos of the finished setup sent to you
Starting price R8,900about $540 · €480 · £405, everything above includedFinal price depends on the add-ons you choose. Confirmed with you before you pay.
Hold the date with half by bank transfer · the rest 7 days before
Build this moment
The Villa Arrival
Villas, Airbnbs and guest houses, set up before you walk in
Twelve hours in the air, a taxi up the coast road, and the villa door opens on a path of petals, candlelight and a note in your own handwriting. The trip starts right there.
What we take care of
- Rose petals on the bed and a petal path from the door
- 30 LED candles (real flame where the host allows)
- Fresh seasonal bouquet in a vase you keep
- Balloon cluster with your message
- Handwritten note in your words
- Ice bucket and two glasses styled for the bottle
- Access arranged with your host, collection next day
- Photo of the finished room sent before you arrive
Starting price R4,500about $275 · €245 · £205, everything above includedFinal price depends on the add-ons you choose. Confirmed with you before you pay.
Hold the date with half by bank transfer · the rest 7 days before
Build this moment
The Golden Hour Picnic
Sheltered beach cove, villa lawn or Winelands garden that allows it
A low table on the sand of a sheltered cove, linen and flowers and a board of good things, set exactly where the sun will drop. You sit down. It’s the best hour of the day and it’s yours.
What we take care of
- Low table, linen, cushions, rugs and a shade umbrella
- Fresh flowers and candles (LED where flames aren’t allowed)
- Grazing board for two from a Cape Town deli
- Alcohol-free bubbles on the beach; wine at your villa or a venue that allows it
- Timed for the hour before sunset
- Weather backup agreed the day before
- Set-up before you arrive, pack-down after you leave, nothing on the sand
- Photos of the setup sent to you
Starting price R5,900about $360 · €320 · £270, everything above includedFinal price depends on the add-ons you choose. Confirmed with you before you pay.
Hold the date with half by bank transfer · the rest 7 days before
Build this momentThe city does half the work
Few places on earth put a mountain, two oceans, vineyards and a beach cove inside one golden hour. Summer sunsets here run close to eight in the evening, long enough for a slow walk down to the sand, a glass on the terrace, a question. The light goes copper, then rose, then the whole Atlantic turns silver. People fly twelve hours for that light. You'll already be standing in it.
What we add is the part the city can't: the candles already lit when you round the corner, the table already set, the two of you already alone.
Not the flowers. The feeling.
- The moment she realises the path of petals is for her
- Opening the villa door after a twelve-hour flight to a room that's been waiting
- Sitting down at a low table on the sand with the sun exactly where it should be
- Twelve friends walking back from a wine farm into a party they didn't know was there
- Being the person in London who still managed to be at Mum's birthday in Rondebosch
We've styled many Cape Town moments. These are the ones people write to us about afterwards.
From the Alora journal of setups
You dream it from home. We build it here.
Build your moment
Two minutes below: the moment, your dates, where you're staying, how it should feel.
Shanel designs it
Within four hours, 8am to 10pm Cape Town time, you get the design on WhatsApp: the setting, the timing, the backup for the wind, the decoy if it's a surprise, and what it costs.
You say yes and hold the date
Half by bank transfer from anywhere in the world. The rest a week before.
We talk to your host, not you
Villa manager, Airbnb host or concierge. You never explain a thing to anyone.
You walk into it
Set up before you arrive, cleared after you leave. Photos of the finished scene sent to you.
We know where the magic is allowed
Cape Town has rules that trip up visitors: no alcohol on City beaches, permits for anything styled on Lion's Head or Signal Hill, nothing after dark in the national park, a wind that can flatten a picnic in minutes. We've worked inside those rules for years. We know the cove that's sheltered on a south-easter day, the terrace that looks straight at Lion's Head, the garden where the real champagne is allowed.
Curious? The honest guide to beach and park rules, and when to come.
Pick the moment and the date
Choose your moment, your date and what to add. Shanel designs it around your trip and replies within four hours. Nothing to pay until you love it.
So you can book without worrying
Alora Events styles one evening of your Cape Town trip for visitors from the UK, Europe and the US: a sunset proposal, a villa that welcomes you home, or a golden hour picnic for two. You plan it with Shanel on WhatsApp from home, hold the date with a bank transfer deposit, and arrive to it finished. Everything is included, from flowers and candles to clean-up and a weather backup. Starting prices are under each moment above and in the questions below.
Travelling with a crowd, or from afar?
The Villa Celebration
Twelve of you, a rented villa, a birthday or a hen weekend. You go wine tasting; you come back to a party.
See the Villa CelebrationThe Far Away Surprise
You're in London or New York. Someone you love is in Cape Town and it's their day. Be in the room anyway.
See the Far Away SurpriseVow renewals and elopements
Say it again, in a Winelands garden or on a terrace above the sea, for two or for twenty. Designed per couple.
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