Cape Point
Groot Constantia
Chapman’s Peak Drive
Boulders Beach
ZEITZ Art Museum
Table Mountain
Places to Visit
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Museums or Monuments
Chavonnes Battery
Cape Town Diamond Museum
ZEITZ Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
IZIKO Bo-Kaap Museum
IZIKO Koopmans-de Wet House
St George’s Cathedral
IZIKO Slave Lodge
IZIKO South African Museum
South African National Gallery
Bertram House
Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre
Rust en Vreugd
District Six Museum
Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
Nelson Mandela in Cape Town Legacy Exhibition
Castle of Good Hope
Heart of Cape Town Museum
Hout Bay Museum
Buffelsfontein Visitors Centre
Warrior Toy Museum
South African Naval Museum
Simon’s Town Museum
Fish Hoek Valley Museum
Rhodes Cottage Museum
Posthys Museum
Klein Constantia
Groot Constantia
Rhodes Memorial
Mostert’s Mill
Places of Interest
V&A Waterfront
Two Oceans Aquarium
Cape Town Stadium
Green Point Park
Green Point Lighthouse
Sea Point Promenade
Geology Contact Zone
The Round House
Table Mountain
Noon Gun
Green Market Square
Long Street
Company Gardens
Artscape Theatre Centre
World of Birds
Chapman’s Peak Drive
Noordhoek Farm Village
Imhoff Farm
Slangkop Lighthouse
Scarborough
Cape Point
Cape Point Ostrich Farm
Boulders Beach
Simon’s Town
Mineral World Scratch Patch
Fish Hoek
Kalk Bay
Muizenberg
Tokai Manor
Norval Foundation Art Museum
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
Montebello
Newlands Cricket Grounds
Baxter Theatre Centre
V&A Waterfront
Kirstenbosch Gardens
IZIKO Slave Lodge
The Big Seven
V&A Waterfront
The harbour was built between 1860 and 1920 and the area is notable for its outstanding heritage buildings. The V&A is one of the most successful waterfronts in the world. More than 100 restaurants and an abundance of entertainment make this Cape Town’s number one tourist attraction.
Shopping Hours: 9am to 9pm.
Contact: Head Office, 2nd Floor, Victoria Wharf, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Information: www.waterfront.co.za
Tel: 021 408 7600
Price: Entrance free, the rest depends on you.
Table Mountain
This landmark needs no introduction and is a must for anyone visiting or living in Cape Town. The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is the fastest way to the top of Table Mountain. Visit their extensive website for information and special deals.
Visiting Hours: Weather permitting, first car up is 8am or 8:30am, last car down between 6pm and 9:30pm depending on season.
Further information and contact:
www.tablemountain.net
Tel: 021 424 8181
Location: Tafelberg Road, Cape Town
Price: fee
Cape Point
The official name is the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. What more can be said than that it is the most visited tourist hotspot on the Cape Peninsula after the Waterfront. It is the most south-westerly point of Africa and also the most southerly point of the Peninsula. As well as visiting the Point, there is a whole game park to explore.
Location: The furthest place south on the Cape Peninsula
Information: www.capepoint.co.za
Hours: 6am to 6pm
Price: Entrance fee.
Boulders Beach
One of the best places to see the African penguin up close and in its natural habitat. Well-made viewing platforms and boardwalks enhance this experience and are suitable for wheelchair-bound people. This is also one of the popular family beaches, out of the wind and with many little spots you can have to yourself. There is excellent swimming and diving. Location: Just past Simon’s Town. The beach can be reached from Seaforth Road or Bellevue Road.
Information: www.sanparks.org/parks/table_mountain/tourism/attractions.php
Hours: Visit their website as these change throughout the year.
Price: small fee
Groot Constantia
This was one of the first wine farms to be established in South Africa in 1685 by the governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Simon van der Stel. What a masterpiece he created! This is the finest example of a Cape Dutch wine farm and must be visited. Today it is still a working farm but is geared for tourists and wine lovers who can walk away with some of the finest wines.
Location: Turn off Constantia Main Road (in Constantia) into Groot Constantia Road; follow this road to the end.
Information: www.grootconstantia.co.za •
Tel: 021 794-5128
Price: free, small fee for museum
Kirstenbosch Gardens
This is a blue flag status beach frequented by the rich, the famous and the beautiful. There are four distinct coves with pristine sand, surrounded by granite boulders and quaint multi-million Rand beach cottages. This is a favourite spot for sundowners and for people who want to be seen in the right places. Each beach is reached by flights of steps from Victoria Road (not great for wheelchair-bound visitors).
Location: Victoria Road (The Ridge), Clifton
Information: www.aboutcapetown.com/beaches.htm
Price: free
Robben Island
This island is 6.9 km from Cape Town and was first mapped by Europeans in 1488 and became a safe replenishing station for many years until it became a place of humiliating incarceration, from Autshumato in the mid-17th century to the most famous political prisoner, Nelson Mandela (1963-1982) who spent 18 out of 27 years in this prison. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the top places to visit in Cape Town.
Location: Table Bay Hours:
Tour schedule Information: www.robben-island.org.za
Tel: +27 (0)21 413 4200
Price: fee per tour
Animals to see
Bontebok
Chacma Baboon
Angulate Toroise
African Penguin
Eland
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Information on places to visit
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Klipspringer
Southern Right Whale
Ostrich
Caracal
Dassie
© Richard Smith
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