Travel holidays in Cape Town

Cape Town Travel Attractions...

No Cape Town holiday is complete without a trip up Table
Mountain via the Cableway which provides 360 degree views of all
the splendour that Cape Town has to offer and is an excellent
way to get your bearings before heading out to explore.

Cape Town travel is internationally renowned for the scenic
drives and gorgeous beaches you will encounter. A drive along
the Atlantic seaboard will take you past Clifton - the most
popular stretch of beach in the country, Camps Bay - a slice of
tropical island paradise with beach side cafes, restaurants and
night-time hotspots, Llundudno - a surfers dream complete with
bronzed bikini clad maidens, and then on to Hout Bay - a fishing
village and small harbour with excellent seafood and boat trips
out to Seal Island.

Then it's over Chapman's Peak - a mountain pass carved into a
sheer cliff face rising up out of the Atlantic Ocean with
arguably the best views you'll ever see from inside a vehicle -
and on towards distant Cape Point along a road that hugs a
coastline filled with crashing waves, dolphins and whales, all
available on our Cape Town Tours.

After a visit to Cape Point return via False Bay where you will
find a colony of Jackass penguins' en-route, a naval base at
Simon's Town and the National Botanical Gardens at Kirstenbosch
- one of the worlds finest with over 5000 plant species and
incredible hikes and views. A must visit during your Cape Town
holiday are the rolling vineyards of the Cape Wine Route, you
can see all of this and more with our 7 day self drive Whale Route 

and Winelands Tour.

Back in Cape Town you'll find the Castle of Good Hope - the
oldest building in South Africa and protector of the new Cape,
the Bo Kaap - a Cape Malay area with beautifully coloured
historic houses and then finally the Victoria and Alfred
Waterfront. No Cape Town holiday is complete without a trip to
this working harbour, shopping and entertainment complex. From
this harbour in the centre of Cape Town, travel by boat, on a
day trip to Robben Island - the former prison island where
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years of his life.

By world standards Cape Town is a small city, confined in its
growth by both the sea and the mountain and covering only a
dozen or so blocks. Its suburbs however are enormous, located in
widely varied surroundings and stretching outwards from the city
centre for tens of kilometers. 

What makes a Cape Town holiday so interesting are the 

attractions located in each of these suburbs. Each suburb is rich

in a culture and history as varied as the surroundings you find them 

in. The contrasts between Bishops Court, Kommetjie, the Cape 

Flats and Kayelitsha are mind boggling, reflecting South Africa's 

deeply divided past. Township tours are a major attraction and 

give visitors insights into exactly what life is like for the 

underprivileged and the innovative ways they have come up with 

to try and improve their situations. 

About the author: Olga Bejamane

South Africa 365 www.southafrica365.com is a leading 

specialist destination travel company, passionate and focused 

on creating tailor-made holidays to Southern Africa for the 

independent traveler.

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