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What 2 Do
- Stroll through the City Bowl
Probably the best way to get an idea of Cape Town is to walk around in the historic City Bowl - loads of old houses, castles and museums
Click here for a map (pdf) of the City Centre of Cape Town
- Sightseeing Tour
You have got to options of organised Sightseeing Tours in Cape Town - you can either do a "guided walk through the historical streets of Cape Town", or do it by a red londonstyle doubledecker bus.
Check the tra:guide trips & tours board for some reviews. Or take a carriage and explore the city in some last century style!
- Robben Island
Visiting Robben Island is a must when you are in Cape Town. Very intense introduction in to the younger South African history. The only way of going there is by boat. Tickets for the ferry can be booked at the V&A Waterfront (Nelson Mandela Gateway & Cape Town Tourism Office, Clock Tower) and at the Canal Walk Information Centre (Entrance 3).
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- Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Actually nothing really special, but somehow a place where every tourist is going to. The V&A Waterfront is a huge shopping center and a sort of entertainment center with loads of restaurants etc. But, the Waterfront is also the place where your ferry to Robben Island is leaving from (and coming back to).
The other "highlight" of the Waterfront is the famous "Two Oceans Aquarium"!
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- Cape Peninsula National Park
Officially part of the Table Mountain National Park, the Cape Peninsula is situated south of Cape Town. The most southern point of the Peninsula is the "Cape of Good Hope" which used to be called to most southern point of Africa. This is wrong - Cape Agulhas is the most southern point of Africa.
For a downloadable brochure click here.
Check the tra:guide trips & tours forum for some reviews on daytrips to the Peninsula.
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- Table Mountain National Park
The Table Mountain is always overlooking the City of Cape Town. The Mountain got its special magic which you have to check out while you are there. You can either climb [link] the mountain or take the Cableway. You will enjoy it when you are up there – fantastic views on Cape Town!
By the way - for a good first idea what the Table Mountain National Park has to offer watch the official video stream!
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- District Six Museum
The District Six Museum is a MUST while you are in Cape Town. It shows the diversity of the city at it's best. But it also shows how brutal and disgusting the Apartheid government of South Africa tried to reach their stupid aims.
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- The Independent Armchair Theatre
The Indepenedent Armchair Theatre is a totally, totally sick live music venue. I mean, seriously. Sick. Like a dog. That died and went to heaven and came back as the Dalhai Lama.
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- Shopping Centres
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront | Tyger Valley | Constantia Village | Cavendish Square | Canal Walk | Blue Route Mall | Bayside Centre | Nordhoek Farm Village
- Music, Restaurants, Clubs etc - see the tra:mag entertainment guide Cape Town
- There is so much more Cape Town has to offer...
Township Tours in Cape Town
Shark Cage Diving
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Castle of Good Hope
South African Museum
Nature Reserves around Cape Town
City Rock -
indoor climbing & more in Cape Town
Chapman's Peak Drive - one of the most
spectacular
marine drives in the world
Biosphere Coastal Clarence Drive -
magnificent views across False Bay to Table Mountain and the rest of the Cape Peninsula
Baboon Matters - Walk with the baboons (Cape Peninsula)
Southern Line Tourism Route - scenic train route from Cape Town to Simonstown - timetable
WECAT Journeys of Remembrance of Cape Town and the Cape Flats
Stellenbosch
Inverdoorn Game Reserve (about a 2hour drive from Cape Town)
Soekershof Walkabout - Mazes & Botanical Gardens (about 140 kilometres, or a 1.5 to 2 hour drive
Fact File Cape Town
Province: Western Cape
Function: legislative capital of South Africa
Population: around 3 million
founded in: 1652
Cape Town City Guide
click here to download the city guide
Cape Town - the "Mother City"
Cape Town or the “Mother City” is the place where South Africa, as we know it today, has its origin.
Cape Town was founded in 1652 by the Dutchman Jan van Riebeek. First used as a refreshment station for the Dutch East India Company, Cape Town grew quite quickly and became a small settlement of the first European settlers.
In the following years Cape Town got a fort (the Castle of Good Hope) and the Gardens were established at the foot of Table Mountain.
Today Cape Town is probably the major tourist attraction in South Africa. But Cape Town is more than just another city – Cape Town has the Table Mountain in the back, two oceans at their front door and many more amazing things to do.
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Church Street
Antiques market
summer: daily; Thursday - Saturday
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The Grande Parade
"weekly market"
Wednesday - Saturday
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V&A Waterfront
Arts and crafts market
December - January daily
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Public Transport in Cape Town
You definitely don't need a car in Cape Town. You can do almost everything with public transport. Click here for a tra:mag special about the public transport in Cape Town!
- Greenmarket Square
Arts and crafts
daily 10am-5pm
- Greenpoint Stadium
Flea market stuff plus arts and crafts
every Sunday 10am-2pm
- Adderley Street
Flowers
daily
- Groot Constantia
Antique Collectors Market
every Saturday and Sunday
Daytrips in Cape Town
Click here to book a daytrip and/or tour in Cape Town. (City and special Township Tours, adrenaline sports, hiking etc).
Click here for walks & hikes around Cape Town.

See the tra:guide trips & tours forum for some daytrip reviews.
Shark Cage Diving
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Gansbaai, about 150 km south-east of Cape Town, is probably one of the best places for shark cage diving. The following comp are running trips (some can organise transport from/to Cape Town as well):
Beaches in Cape Town
Cape Town has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The more chilly beaches along the Atlantic coastline and the warmer ones along the Indian Ocean coastline. Read more »»
World Heritage Sites in
Southern Africa
Southern Africa has currently 14 official UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. Read more »»
Whale watching in Cape Town
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The best area for whale watching in Cape Town is the warmer False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula. The most frequently seen whale is the Southern Right Whale, which are using
the area as calving and nursery grounds and may be seen just metres from the shore. Peak season for whale watching are the months from
mid-August to mid-October. Other whales that can be seen in the False Bay (although less frequently than Southern Right Whales) include Humpback Whales, Killer Whales and Bryde's Whales. Dolphin species in the region include Bottlenose Dolphins on the east side and Dusky Dolphins on the west side.
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Flea Markets and Markets in Cape Town
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