Cape Town in 4 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.
The plan, day by day
Day 1
- Morning
Table Mountainhalf 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.
Day 2
- All day
Cape of Good Hopea full dayThe rocky headland in Table Mountain National Park, with the Cape Point lighthouse above; Africa's southernmost point is actually Cape Agulhas.
Day 3
- Morning
Bo-Kaapfree · 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 Beachabout 1 hA colony of endangered African penguins near Simon's Town, watched from boardwalks among granite boulders.
Day 4
- Morning
The Constantia wine estateshalf a daySouth Africa's oldest wine region, on the city's southern edge, where Groot Constantia has made wine since the late 17th century.
Where to sleep in Cape Town
- Long Street Backpackers · €25 a night
- Big Blue Backpackers · €30 a night
- Mojo Hotel · €45 a night
- Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town · €95 a night
- Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Cape Town · €90 a night
- The Portswood Hotel · €140 a night
- Mount Nelson Hotel · €400 a night
- Taj Cape Town · €250 a night
- Victoria & Alfred Hotel · €280 a night
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