Cape Town Tourist Traps

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  • Eared seal in a dock of the Waterfront
      Eared seal in a dock of the Waterfront
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Most Viewed Tourist Traps in Cape Town

  • V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

    1. V&A Waterfront

    I am a local and can assure you one can spend a day at this " trap" and it could cost as little as US$10Fairly reasonable entertainment but of course. A very good thing to do is spend a few hours at...   more
  • cage diving, Cape Town

    2. cage diving

    We were going to Cape Town this August, mainly to do cage-diving. After looking through websites of tour operators and exchanging some e-mails we had chosen the...   more
  • porters at airport, Cape Town

    3. porters at airport

    If you pre-arrange your transfer before you come and you do not see the person at the airport; do not ask the porters to help you contact them. They will call...   more
  • Manhattan Penthouse - Cockroaches & More, Cape Town

    4. Manhattan Penthouse - Cockroaches & More

    My partner and I stayed at the Manhattan Penthouse Apartment in Cape Town, 130 Brie Street, in January 2007 for two weeks. The gentleman, who took our booking...   more
  • Bargin, Cape Town

    5. Bargin

    Saturday MArket in Green POint offers too many nice things for the tourists. All I can say is thet sellers will give you a very high initial price. So bargin to...   more
  • Grand West Casino, Cape Town

    6. Grand West Casino

    This is absolutely a question of preferance. So if you like casino's and gambling you might find this amazing. We spent an hour there and was bored. We don't...   more
  • Green Market square, Cape Town

    7. Green Market square

    It's maybe not a complete tourist trap. To me it use to be this fascinating place with all kinds of stuff you didn't see anywhere else. There is nothing that...   more
  • genUwine curios ... roooight!, Cape Town

    8. genUwine curios ... roooight!

    the greenmarket square in CT is a bit of a fluff ... in fact, buying curios in SA has become a bit ridiculous: i have seen 'african bead necklaces' from durban...   more
  • Tygerberg Zoo, Cape Town

    9. Tygerberg Zoo

    Tygerberg Zoo is approx 30km outside of Cape Town on some farmland. It is the worst zoo I have ever had the misfortune of visiting. although the physical...   more
  • Suprise Suprise, Cape Town

    10. Suprise Suprise

    Well I guess just like any city all that I can say is don`t flash cash and expensive Jewelery and don`t walk alone in place that does`nt look to safe and don`t...   more
  • People Approaching you, Cape Town

    11. People Approaching you

    not sure what exactly they wanted cos we didnt let them get that far! but they have a clipboard and approach tourists, we saw some people putting their hands in...   more
  • Actually, it might be kinda fun..., Cape Town

    12. Actually, it might be kinda fun...

    We saw this place on a walk along the ocean front on Sunday morning. Maybe it's really busy IN season... You know, the closer I look, the more charmed I am!...   more
  • Cape Point, Cape Town

    13. Cape Point

    What you see on the picture is not Cape Town bus terminal, but the parking lot of Cape Point. The area around the lighthouse is incredibly noisy and...   more
  • Minibus taxis!, Cape Town

    14. Minibus taxis!

    Minibus taxis are the main transport for people to get to/from the townships, and they are busy but very cheap. They stop and drop off throughout the city....   more
  • This not a trap but a SAD sight, Cape Town

    15. This not a trap but a SAD sight

    A few miles away, as we drive to Beautiful Cape town, there is a big Shanty town. Thousands and thousands of slums for the poor living in very low human...   more
  • Capetown is a Tourist trap..., Cape Town

    16. Capetown is a Tourist trap...

    Capetown is a Tourist trap ,just shop around a little . The Curio places are expensive , you can always find somthing cheaper someplace else. Look around , wine...   more
  • LIVING IN USA FEELS LIKE I..., Cape Town

    17. LIVING IN USA FEELS LIKE I...

    LIVING IN USA FEELS LIKE I WANT TO MOVE TO SOUTH AFRICA DESPITE THAT I HATE WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS BEING WHITE MYSELF. USUAL VIEW: TWO DRIVERS ON THE ROAD GET IN...   more
  • You will encounter many..., Cape Town

    18. You will encounter many...

    You will encounter many dubious characters begging for money, for 'food'.By giving them what they beg for they lose their natural inclination to look after...   more

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