The LOREA High Tea Experience concept combines luxurious tea, hospitality, and sightseeing of Cape Town, offering it to guests aboard a specially converted double-decker bus.
This experience invites residents and visitors of the city to discover the Mother City in a completely new way—sitting on a beautifully decorated double-decker bus where premium tea, attentive service, and Cape Town's landscapes unfold simultaneously. The process begins even before guests board the bus.
LOREA departs from the prestigious Rockefeller Hotel in downtown Cape Town (CBD). Guests are met in the hotel lounge there so they do not have to wait outside in the rain, wind, or bad weather of Cape Town. While waiting for departure, visitors can relax and enjoy refreshments as a gesture of hospitality before boarding.
LOREA turns the journey itself into a destination—a moving celebration suitable for tourists, special occasions, corporate groups, and private charters.
Route and Ambiance
Leaving downtown Cape Town, LOREA heads towards the Atlantic coast. Here, the city's architecture gradually gives way to views of mountains, the ocean, and the coastline on the way to Houghton Bay. From the upper deck, guests enjoy the scenery while seated in an interior inspired by a garden and flowers, which resembles a mobile tea room more than ordinary transport.
Depending on the time of departure, the Atlantic Ocean may look bright in daylight or under the warm hues of a Cape Town sunset. The route is designed to be picturesque: Cape Town is not just outside the window; it becomes part of the tea-drinking process itself.
Tea Reimagined in Motion
LOREA's hospitality offering is constantly evolving, providing a more generous and substantial high tea set with a clear principle: each guest receives their own individual three-tiered tray, and trays are not shared. Imagine the top tier, set up for tea, where each guest sits before their beautifully arranged three-tiered selection while Cape Town rushes past the windows.
Savory snacks have also been developed with less reliance on flour and refined carbohydrates, placing greater emphasis on fresh ingredients and protein dishes. Options may include grilled sausages with potatoes, cucumber and salami slices, egg quiche, spinach quiche, salmon with cucumber, pastrami with pickled cucumbers, and chicken skewers, as well as sweet tea desserts.
Guests can enjoy curated selections of teas, coffee, and hot chocolate, signature mocktails, and festive sparkling beverages, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic options. The onboard team delivers this experience in line with LOREA's promise: 'We serve with love.'
The bus accommodates up to 32 passengers and accepts both individual bookings and events such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, corporate hospitality, and private group charters. Private events can also be adapted to the preferred destination and group duration, allowing the bus to function as both a tour attraction and a unique mobile venue.
Miriam Mokoena, founder and managing director of LOREA High Tea Experience, noted: 'We wanted to create something that is unmistakably associated with Cape Town—beautiful, generous, and memorable. With LOREA, you don't wait for the arrival before the experience begins. The journey itself is the experience.'
Booking
Tickets, information on scheduled departures, and requests for private group charters are available through LOREA High Tea Experience. Current public events cost 795 rand per person. Guests and corporate clients can visit the website www.highteabus.co.za or email info@highteabus.co.za to book, get schedule information, and discuss custom charters.
The LOREA High Tea Experience
LOREA High Tea Experience is a mobile hospitality and tour concept based in Cape Town and managed by Tran-Atlantic Projects CC. It combines premium high tea, scenic tours, and personalized service aboard a converted double-decker bus, offering services to local guests, visitors, celebration groups, corporate clients, and private charters. The starting point is the Rockefeller Hotel at 10 Christiaan Barnard Street, Cape Town CBD.