Cape Town South Africa

Probably the most beautiful city in South Africa, our mother-city, Cape Town. Home to one of the best know landmarks in the world Table Mountain, Cape Town is a city alive and vibrant with live. Famous for its harbour and its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, Cape Town is often regarded as one of the world's most beautiful cities and definitely one of the most popular tourist destinations in Southern Africa.

The city has several well-known natural features that attract tourists, most notably Table Mountain, which forms a large part of the Table Mountain National Park and is the back end of the City Bowl or City Centre. Reaching the top of Table Mountain can be achieved either by hiking up, or by taking the Table Mountain Cableway.

Then there is Cape Point at the end of the Cape Peninsula.You can also take a leisurely drive along Chapman's Peak Drive, a narrow road that links Noordhoek with Hout Bay, for the views of the Atlantic Ocean and nearby mountains.

Many tourists also visit Cape Town's popular beaches. Due to the city's unique geography, it is possible to visit several different beaches in the same day, each with a different setting and atmosphere. Beaches located on the Atlantic Coast tend to have very cold water as the water is mostly glacial melt from Antarctica. The water at False Bay beaches is often warmer by up to 10 °C (18 °F).

Both coasts are equally popular, although the beaches in affluent Clifton and elsewhere on the Atlantic Coast are better developed with restaurants and cafés, with a particularly vibrant strip of restaurants and bars accessible to the beach at Camps Bay. Boulders Beach near Simon's Town is known for its colony of African penguins.

Whether you come to visit the mountain, the beaches, the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, or just to see what the bustle is all about, Cape Town definetely is the place to be.

Get There

Boasting an International Airport, one can easily reach Cape Town from anywhere in the world. From there, it is easy to reach your destination by taxi, bus or hired car. Driving in South Africa means driving on the left hand side of the road whilst all vehicles are right hand steered.

Cape Town is divided into sub sections or regions - each with its own couple of suburbs. By clicking on these regions you can easily search for any info you require. Whether just info on restaurants or more or whether you need accommodation in Cape Town, you need not search any further.