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Cape Town - The Mother City
Regarded as one of the top travel destinations in the world, Cape Town is a must during your South Africa experience. You will need at least 3 days to explore Cape Town. Some highlights are:
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World Famous Table Mountain – offers panoramic views and amazing indigenous vegetation, the mountain is accessible to hikers and by cable car.----V & A Waterfront – the lively working harbour area with world class affordable shops and restaurants and the Two Oceans Aquarium ----Green Market Square – outdoors African craft market----Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope---The white beaches of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans---Boulders Beach Penguin colony – where you can swim with penguins --- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens - one of the most beautiful botanical garden in the world---Robben Island: see where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for almost 20 years --- World of Birds – the largest bird park in Africa: 3000 birds, monkeys and small animals of 400 different species where you also can come close (and touch) the squirrel monkeys---Mount Nelson Hotel - High Tea is served every day at this exclusive, historical and famous hotel from the colonial days---Township tours: experience the way most South Africans live ---Food & wine: affordable gourmet meals at Cape Town’s many world class restaurants accompanied with local wines
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Discover Cape Town and the Garden Route – with our guided daytrips and tours you can customize your stay and maximize your experience as well as choose when you want to be on “your own”. Your first step is to decide how many days you want to enjoy in Cape Town, step 2 is to choose a Cape Town hotel, step 3 to choose which day tours you like and then add on the Garden Route Tour as a self drive tiour.
We have selected two Cape Town hotels but have of course many more to recommend:
Guest House: Floreal House
This magnificent, well-known Cape Town building boasts sweeping views of Table Mountain (below which it lies), the Harbour and Table Bay. Dating back to the 1920’s, the lodge is exceptionally stylish, with an impressive white exterior and attractive wooden-framed windows, looking out on views in all directions.
Conveniently situated close to the City, the lodge has easy access to the Waterfront, the mountain and the beaches of Camps Bay and Clifton offering the comfort of a small hotel within a stone’s throw of the heart of Cape Town. 4nights with airport transfers from ZAR 3360-00
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Luxury Option: Winchester Mansions
Situated on Cape Town's Platinum mile and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Winchester Mansions is an exclusive, privately-owned 4 star hotel in Cape Town.
It sets itself apart among other hotels in and around Cape Town with its spectacular beachfront location, stylish elegance and personalised service. Close to the V&A Waterfront and the Cape's beaches as well as Cape Town's sights.
Staying at the Winchester Mansions is more than just accommodation; it is part of the journey. 4 nights with airport transfers from ZAR 4215-00 
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Cape Town - Half-Day Afternoon Guided City and Table Mountain Tour
This tour is about vistas, views and scenery, so bring your camera to catch the very best sights of Africa's Mother City. The tour starts with a visit to Cape Town's most dominant feature, Table Mountain (weather permitting, cable car fee excl.), before a descent into the heart of the city and a visit to the colourful Malay Quarters of Bo Kaap.. Before drop off at hotels, we go to Blaauwberg beach across the bay to get the definitive picture Table Mountain and Cape Town in the sunset.
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Cape Town – Full Day Guided Cape Peninsula Tour.
Unarguably the most popular day tour in South Africa. This tour takes you on a journey around what Sir Francis Drake declared "the fairest Cape in the entire circumference of the Globe" At its zenith the tour reaches the famous Cape of Good Hope and the meeting place of two mighty ocean currents. Highlights: - The "Republic" of Hout Bay (optional 30 min boat cruise to a Seal Colony), Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape of Good Hope, Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach – meet the endangered African Penguins (entry at own cost)- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
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Full Day Guided Tour of the Breathtaking Cape Wine Region
Just 1 hour inland from Cape Town is the “Winelands”- a hub of cultural and historical significance and is also the gastronomic centre of South Africa. One does not have to taste wine in order to appreciate the beauty of the wine lands. Tour Includes visits to various Wine Estates of Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, the Afrikaans Language Monument, the French Huguenot Memorial, optional opportunity to touch a cheetah and the opportunity to purchase the best South African Wine from the estate of origin.
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Tuesdays and Thursdays Sept-May : Cape Town – Sunset Beach & Dinner Guided Evening Tour
Join our guide and head out of the city before sunset. Savour a glass of sparkling wine as you watch the sun set from one of Cape Town’s beautiful beaches. Look for the Southern Cross in the night sky befsore you enjoy dinner at a fabulour “out of town” restaurant, offering seafood and South African specialties. See the city lights be nights as you return to your hotel. Dinner incl. |
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Cape Town – Safari Day Trip or Overnight
Less than 2 hours from Cape Town is the Aquila Private Game Reserve – home to the “Big 5”. You will be transferred early in the morning for a 2 hour scenic drive. At Aquila, enjoy welcome refreshments and a full breakfast before the 2-3 hour game drive in open safari 4x4 with game rangers. You can see lion, hippo, buffalo, gifraffe, zebra, rhino, ostrich, baboon, warthog, springbok and other antelope species. A buffet lunch is served and you can relax at the pool before returning to Cape Town. You can choose to spend a night in the reserve which will also include dinner and a morning game drive. Transfer return included.
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Cape Town – Walk to Freedom:
Full Day Guided Township Tour & Robben Island Experience the “raw” energy of the Rainbow Nation, the cultural mix and the Apartheid history of Cape Town. We visit the District Six Museum, Cape Town’s oldest township Langa: a visit to an informal “spaza” shop, a “shebeen” (pub) and a hostel. The 3.5 hour long Robben Island tour completes this cultural experience.
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Combine with our Garden Route or Safari options.
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