Cape Town Travel Guide

 84 Reviews  However often we visit Cape Town, we never tire of Boulders Beach. The main visitor centre with the wooden boardwalks down into the penguin colony are great, and lots of other tourists have written excellent accounts of this. However, for us, the bigger attraction is the tiny Boulders Beach about... 

 145 Reviews  Cape Point is a glorious location, especially if the weather is good. Actually it's probably even more impressive when the weather is foul and you get a real sense of what the first explorers had to withstand and why it was unaffectionately christened "The Cape of Storms". The tourist... 

 50 Reviews  'Iconic' is one of my favourite words (as those who have read my travel pages will know) and there are few locations in Cape Town that better deserve this adjective than the Chapman's Peak Drive! The 9km route, with its 114 curves is the road on which you'd like to test drive a high performance car... 

 68 Reviews  This small town, situated about 40 km east of Cape Town, is worth visiting for a couple of reasons. Founded in 1679, it is the second oldest town in South Africa (the first one is Cape Town). Stellenbosch is often called the town of oaks and in fact these mighty trees look impressive here. The place... 

 81 Reviews  This is a very popular tourist attraction besides being a working port. You can sense the vibrancy of the area as soon as you get there. There just seems to be a lightness of mood as people wander around the stores and look at the attractions. There is a giant ferris wheel which is particularly... 

 91 Reviews  Kommetjie (pronounced "Kom-e-key") is one very laid back place, and arguably the New Age capital of the Cape Peninsula. Kommetjie is located on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, just south of Noordhoek. It's a lovely spot with nice beaches and more shade than many of the other settlements along... 

 5 Reviews and 345 Opinions  Rooms are very nice, and service is spendid. However, the hotel is simply too expensive. 

 12 Reviews  Where to start? The restaurant looks African, you can buy African art there and there's live African music playing during dinner (but you get billed for it - shame). The food is amazing and we got some free drinks because we had to wait, so that lifted our spirits! I had the mixed grill, which is... 

 22 Reviews  I have never used the City Sightseeing bus in Cape Town, but looking at the website, it seems like so much fun that I can't wait to give it a go! South Africa is notorious for its lack of public transport, so our kids regard any trip on a train or a bus as an absolute treat! There are two routes,... 

 12 Reviews  awsome.... thats what you really need to buy from south africa... south african crafts which either made of wood or leather usually. its a must to visit if you are in capetown. also you can enjoy watching some performances near by or inside the market itself. i really enjoyed shopping there also it... 

 28 Reviews  As a Capetonian who also lives in New York, I have also an outsider's perspective on my mother city. I have never been a victim of any crime, major or petty, in Cape Town. Use your common sense. Do not leave valuables in plain sight in your car. Lock them in the trunk. Lock your car doors... 

 14 Reviews  You could be forgiven for not envisaging that you would ever be tempted to visit a disused mine site on your trip to South Africa, but perhaps the West Coast Fossil Park will make you change your mind! The fossil park is located approximately 150 km north of Cape Town (a 1.5-2 hour drive) on the... 

 20 Reviews  This one day trip around the Cape Peninsula was the best day of our visit to Cape Town. We are grateful to our wonderful guide and great companion for the day - a VT member Mariana known as Mvtouring. Here is a short report from the trip. In the morning Mariana picks us up from our meeting place...