Cape Town, South Africa's Mother City

Cape town tourisim

Cape Town is situated near the southern tip of South Africa, sandwiched between Table Mountain and the ocean. Affectionately known as the "Mother City", it was the first established town in South Africa.

Area: 2 500km² (967mi²)
Population: 2 984 100
Languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Setswana, South Sotho, North Sotho,
Tsonga, SiSwati, Venda, Ndebele
Time: GMT + 2 hours



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Tour 1
City Tour: Full or Half Day Tour: Experience the rainbow nation of the Mother City.

Highlights Include:

• Table Mountain or Signal Hill (Weather permitting)
• Bo-Kaap, Cape Malay Quarter and museum
• Parliament Buildings
• Company Gardens
• Greenmarket Square
• The Castle of Good Hope
• Robben Island (Optional)- Visit Nelson Mandel’s Prison cell.
• District 6
• Slave Lodge
• Return transfer to your accommodation

Tour 2
Township/Cultural Tours: Full or Half Day Tour:

Discover the many facets of Cape Town’s culturally diverse communities. Hear stories of the Struggle first-hand from the locals: from District Six, where forced removals changed the lives of many, to the informal settlements where sangomas (traditional healers)and shebeens (taverns) add to the rich culture of township life.

Highlights Include:
• District Six museum
• Guguletu and surrounds
• Lange:
• S’Thebe Art and Culture Centre
• Visit a sangoma (traditional healer)
• Homemade beer tasting at a shebeen (tavern)
• A township B&B
• Nyanga and surrounds
• Sivuyile Technical College
• The Moslem and Indian communities of Athlone and the Cape Flats
• Cape Malay food tasting
• Purchase arts and crafts manufactured by the local community
• Should your tour take place on a Sunday, attendance of a Church Service can be
included by prior arrangement.
• Return transfer to your accommodation

Tour 3
Cape Point Tour: Full or Half Day Tour: A scienic drive along the Peninsula’s magnificent coastline.

Enjoy the breathtaking Chapman’s Peak Drive and stop off at the viewing point.

Highlights Include:
• Clifton and Camps Bay
• Hout Bay harbour (Boat trip to see the Cape fur Seals - optional)
• Chapman’s Peak (if open)
• Noordhoek
• Ostrich farm
• False Bay
• Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
• Cape Point
• Penguin colony at Boulders Beach
• Simon’s Town
• Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens / Constantia Valley

Tour 4
Cape Wine Route: Full or Half Day Tour:

A visit to the heart os Sourh Africa’s food and wine industry. Stroke a cheetah at the outreach program on Spiers Wine Estate.

Highlights Include:
• Historic al tour of Stellenbosch and surroundings
• Cellar tours and wine tasting
• Spier Wine Estate
• Helshoogte Pass
• Historical tour of Franshoek and surroundings
• Huguenot Memorial
• Cheese tasting (optional)
• Lunch on a historical wine estate
• Nelson Mandela’s former prison
• Purchase wine directly from the wine estate

Tour 5
Hermanus- Whale:- Full Day Tour

Excellent land based whale watching and whale boat trips.
The Southers Right whales can be viewed courting, mating and calving during the months June-November.

Highlights Include:
• Sir Lowry’s Pass mountain pass
• Boat based whale watching ( Optional)
• Land based whale watching from below rocky cliffs
• Harold Porter Botanical Gardens
• Stoney coastal Clarens drive
• Spectacular view of Fals Bay

Tour 6
West Coast Tour- (1-2 Days)Tour of ancient times a step back into the past.

Highlights Include:
• Langebaan lagoon (Jewel of the West Coast)
• West Coast National Park – a wetlands wilderness filled with bird life and
soectacular flowers in August and September)
• West Coast Fossil Park – Eves footprint
• Saldanha Bay- Large natural fishing harbor & fishing village of Paternoster
• Ikwatu San Culture experience
• Wine tasting in Darling

Tour 7
Garden Route Tour ( 3-4 days Tour)

Ether Route 62(Inland)- linking the farming communities, and providing the longest wine route in South Africa or ALONG THE N2 Highway- takes you through the Overberg, the southern region of Africa.

Highlights Include:
• Oudtshoorn- visit the Cango Caves and Ostrich farm
• Knysna- the Knysna lagoon and Heads
• Plettenberg Bay- SA’s tops holiday resort
• Mossel Bay- visit the first Post Office in SA and the Milkwood trees
• The Indigineous Garden and Braille Trail
• Sleep over in Agulhas- the most southern tip of Africa
• Arniston- white washed fishermens cottages
• Waenhuiskrans a large cape along the coast (optional)
• De Hoop Nature reserve
• Hermanus-whale viewing in season (June-November)
• Gansbaai- White shark cage diving (optional)
• Betty’s Bay
• Harold Porter
• Botanical Gardens
• Scenic drive through Gordens Bay

Tour 8
Cape Town Shopping: Half or full Day

Highlights Include:
• Topstones for freshly cut and polished Gems
• Woodstock’s Art Galleries
• Long and Loop Street for Local Designers
• Factory Shopping at Access Park
• The V&A Waterfront for High-Brow Brands
• Canal Walk- to keep the Kids Happy while you shop
• The Milnerton Flea Market, where there’s always a change of finding treasure
• Antique hunting in the Strand

Tour 9
Cape Town Nightlife:

Highlights Include:
• Join a Jazz Safari
• Stop over at Mpumie’s Jazz Club on a Township Tour
• Party all night on Long Street
• Belt it out at Bronx
• Catch a live performance at the Assembly
• Pub-crawling
• GrandWest Casino

Tour 10
Kids’ Cape Town: Half or full Day

Cape Town provides an ideal playing field for children

Highlights Include:
• The Clay Café – Children select ceramic bisque piece and paint their own design
• Bizzy Bodies- The biggest indoor play gym in Cape Town
• Indoor Go-karting
• Artjamming- Kids get messy and express themselves freely
• Mini Golf or Putt-Putt as the locals call it
• Ratanga Junction-more than 30 attractions and including 24 rides,
it’s a full day’s entertainment
• MTN Science Centre- 280 displays, as well as a camera obscure, computer rooms,
and a exhibition hall
• Tenpin Bowling- for the whole family
• GrandWest Ice Ring-also adjacent ring for toddlers
• The Tygerberg Zoo- It specializes in the breeding of rare and endangered species.
• Two Oceans Aquarium

Tour 11
Cape Town Adventure & Sporting:

Almost every extreme sport is an offer, shaping a young-at-heart personality for the city and putting Cape Town on the map for adrenaline junkies.

Highlights Include:
• Jet Flying- this is an expensive sport
• Helicopter Rides
• Scuba-Diving with Sharks
• Racing Cars-Whiz around a race track in a Formula One car
• Microlight Flying- Fixed wing and Gryocopters, as well as indroductory microlight flights.
• Quad Biking
• Abseiling
• Fly-Fishing
• Rock Climbing
• Golfing
• Horse Racing
• Horse Riding
• Yachting
• Diving
• Gyms