Table Mountain's calming awe inspiring presence follows you around as you explore the many treasures the Mother City has to offer. Apart from the scenic beauty of an unspoilt mountain range in the middle of the city there's also the breathtaking coastline and beaches, Table Bay and the nearby winelands. The city's role in South Africa's history can't be overstated, reflecting the good and the bad times of centuries of colonialism and recent liberation. Robben Island, place of banishment for ages and visible in the distance pays silent tribute to this. Today Cape Town is a symbol of hope in the new South Africa, if you decide to visit you will take precious memories back home with you… and you will return!

Table Mountain
No visit to Cape Town can be complete without making the journey to the top of Table Mountain, which towers over the city bowl and Table Bay. A cable way transports visitors to the top of the Mountain. During the trip the cable car's floor rotates 360 deg ensuring magnificent views. Once on top visitors may wander along a myriad of pathways or enjoy refreshments at a restaurant and coffee shop. There's also a small shop for memorabilia. For more information on Table Mountain and exploring it click here.

Robben Island
For nearly 400 years Robben Island, in Table Bay 12 kilometres from Cape Town, was a place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment. We strongly recommend to our clients to visit this museum. If you have an interest in history, the struggle for freedom in South Africa, Nelson Mandela's life or want to be inspired about what good can come from desperate circumstances a trip to the Island is a must. Robben Island came to symbolise, not only for South Africa and the African continent, but also for the entire world, the triumph of the human spirit over enormous hardship and adversity.

City Centre
If you like walking you can explore most of the Cape Town city bowl on foot although making use of a tourist guide will add a lot of value to the experience. A walking tour of this area will introduce you to a wealth of South Africa's most historic sites (in relation to its modern history).

Attractions in the city bowl include: The Good Hope Castle (oldest surviving building in South Africa - construction on what is actually a five-pointed, star-shaped, fort began in 1666); District Six Museum (community forcibly removed under Apartheid); St. George's Mall (pedestrian avenue with a host of coffee shops linking various other attractions); St. George's Cathedral (where Desmond Tutu served); Government Avenue and Company’s Gardens; Bertram House (1840's Georgian-style house); The South African National Gallery (contains some of the finest collections of South African and international art in the country); The South African Museum (natural history exhibits, oldest museum in the country); Cape Town Planetarium (celestial theatre in the round, utilising a complex Minolta star machine and multiple projectors); South African Jewish Museum (together with the Great Synagogue & Holocaust Exhibition); Parliament Buildings (1885, a blend of Georgian and Victorian architecture, guided tours can be organised from July to December and tickets can be arranged for the public gallery from January to June); The Slave Lodge (previously "The Cultural History Museum") and Greenmarket Square (daily flea market, café’s and bookshops in immediate surrounds).

The Victoria and Alfred (V&A) Waterfront
The V&A Waterfront is the genuine article, it was developed in a working harbour (Cape Town harbour) and integrates port activities and leisure perfectly.

It offers a fascinating and eclectic mix of five-star hotels, speciality shops, markets, restaurants, bars, clubs, museums, an excellent Aquarium, cinemas (including an Imax theatre), harbour and bay cruises and a host of other activities. It is quite possible to spend several days at The Waterfront and still not see all there is to see.

Art Galleries & Museums
Cape Town and surrounds is a major, if not the most important, art centre in South Africa. It is home to a host of galleries and artists. The flagship gallery is the South African National Art Gallery. Africa Deluxe Tours will gladly arrange for clients to attend both permanent and temporary exhibitions (modern and/or contemporary).

Theatres (opera, drama, music)
Cape Town and the surrounding areas have a very active theatre scene catering for various tastes and genres. The flagship venues are the Nico Malan and Baxter Theatre Complexes, but there are many more. Various other multi-purpose venues are often used as concert halls. Cape Town offers everything from opera and symphony concerts right through to rock, pop, jazz, hip-hop and rave parties. It also has arguably the most active comedy scene in South Africa. Africa Deluxe Tours will gladly arrange for clients to attend concerts, shows or other events that fits their tastes and preferences.

Beaches
Once again Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula offers something for everyone, from South Africa's only official nudist beach (the secluded Sandy Bay) to family beaches (e.g. Fish Hoek) to the very posh Clifton beaches.

Importantly those beaches on the western side of the Peninsula, although very popular, feature much colder water than beaches on the eastern side of the Peninsula.

Click here for an overview of, and links to, Cape Town's beaches.

Shopping & Entertainment Centres (incl. Casinos)
Cape Town has a large population and some of the most affluent suburbs in the country, keeping this in mind it should come as no surprise that the area has no shortage of huge shopping centres (malls). Two of the main centres are Century City (incorporates Canal Walk Shopping Centre & Ratanga Junction - a fun park) and The Victoria Wharf & Alfred Mall (located at the V&A Waterfront and featuring over 190 speciality shops, adjacent to the five-star Table Bay at the Waterfront Hotel).

Restaurants and coffee shops
Cape Town and surrounding areas has literally thousands of coffee shops and restaurants to choose from. Offerings range from extremely informal to very elegant and posh. Locations include the top of Table Mountain, spectacular sandy beaches or rocky coastline, harbour quays, basic 3-star to world class 5-star hotels, vineyards in the Cape Winelands, beautiful botanical gardens, etc. Cuisine ranges from take-aways (fast food) to Gourmet French fare as well as a choice of various South African dishes including Cape Malay. Add to all of that an excellent range of fine Cape Wines and you have a unique gastronomical feast awaiting you at the fairest cape of them all.

Cape Peninsula
Cape Town is situated on a peninsula known as the Cape Peninsula. At the very end of the peninsula is the most southwestern point of the African continent known as Cape Point. In between Cape Town and the spectacular point, along the Atlantic, a variety of very attractive small fishing and seaside villages are spread out.

All along the Peninsula, Table Mountain extends into the "Twelve Apostles" mountain range, which extends all the way to Cape Point mentioned above. Behind this range the so-called "Cape Flats" extends into the interior.

Exploring the Peninsula makes for a fascinating day trip. Attractions along the way include Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Point, the Boulders Penguin Colony and the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. For more information on the Cape Peninsula, click here.

Cape Winelands
South African wines are rated together with those from the other top wine-producing regions in the world. The majority of wine estates are found in the Cape Winelands, which is within easy reach of Cape Town and makes for a great one-day excursion from the city.

If you are a wine connoisseur you could spend weeks exploring the various estates and their excellent cultivars. For the not so informed various estates offer introductory talks, tours and wine tasting sessions to help you enter the extraordinary world of viniculture. Located within the Winelands are the historic and beautiful towns of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschoek.

For more info on the Cape Winelands, click here.
For more on South African wines, click here.

Cape Town's Constantia & Steenberg Wine Estates
If you have time to head of to the Cape Winelands (see above) we strongly recommend that you do so. However, if your time is limited you could opt for one or both of two historic wine estates located within the city borders of greater Cape Town.

The Groot & Klein Constantia and Steenberg Estates are well worth a visit and within easy reach of Cape Town proper. Steenberg also features a hotel.