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Cape Town
4 days · 5 things to do
Best time to go: November to March
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Welcome
Cape Town, in a few days
The view from the top of Table Mountain, the painted houses of the Bo-Kaap and the penguins of Boulders Beach. A city set between ocean and mountain, and one of the most dramatically located anywhere.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 1 thing
- D2 Day 2 1 thing
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 1 thing
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Table Mountain · half a dayThe flat-topped mountain above the city, over a thousand metres high, reached by a rotating cable car or on foot up Platteklip Gorge.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town ↗ · All places to stay by budget →€95 a night
D2
Day 2
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- All day · Cape of Good Hope · a full dayThe rocky headland in Table Mountain National Park, with the Cape Point lighthouse above; Africa's southernmost point is actually Cape Agulhas.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town ↗€95 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Bo-Kaap free · about 1 hThe historic Cape Malay quarter on the slopes of Signal Hill, with brightly painted houses, cobbled streets, mosques and a small museum.
- Afternoon · The penguins of Boulders Beach · about 1 hA colony of endangered African penguins near Simon's Town, watched from boardwalks among granite boulders.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town ↗€95 a night
D4
Day 4
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Constantia wine estates · half a daySouth Africa's oldest wine region, on the city's southern edge, where Groot Constantia has made wine since the late 17th century.
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Braai: the barbecue, and a social institution rather than a meal.
- Bobotie: spiced minced meat under a baked egg custard, from the Cape Malay kitchen.
- Biltong: air-dried cured meat, eaten by the handful.
- Boerewors: a coiled spiced sausage, straight off the braai.
- Cape wine: the estates around Stellenbosch and Franschhoek.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Do not walk alone at night, and ask locally which streets are fine after dark.
- Keep valuables out of sight, and drive with the windows up and the doors locked.
- Stay alert at isolated traffic lights late at night, and leave yourself room to pull away.
- On safari, do what the rangers say: stay in the vehicle and keep your voice down.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencySouth African rand (ZAR)
BudgetAbout €78 a day, mid-range
Best seasonNovember to March
PlugM/N/D · 230V
Tap waterSafe to drink in the cities
Tipping10 to 15%
Emergency112 / 10111
EntryVisa-free for 90 days for EU, UK, US, Canadian and Australian passports.
HealthHepatitis A and typhoid are recommended. Malaria is present around Kruger, so ask about prophylaxis, and pack repellent whatever the season.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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