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Table Mountain
Cape Town’s premium tourist attraction.
Table
Mountain towers 1 086m (3 563ft) above the city
of Cape Town.
Maclear’s Beacon is the highest
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Aquarium
You will find more than 3 000 marine species,
including a shark tank. Brave visitors can swim
with the sharks. |
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Robben Island
Over the years Robben Island has served as a
leper colony, and as an apartheid-era maximum
security prison which housed the likes of Walter
Sisulu and Nelson Mandela. A UN World Heritage
Site. |
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Winelands
It’s only an hour’s drive from Cape Town (and a
very scenic drive at that!), but the famous Cape
Winelands feel like a completely different
world. There’s rolling vineyards, towering
mountains, historic wine estates… and more than
enough wine to keep even the thirstiest old soak
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Rhodes Memorial
It comprises a giant granite staircase (the
stone plucked from Table Mountain itself)
leading up to a Greek-style temple façade, the
entire structure flanked by huge bronze lions.
It was built in honour of British Imperial
poster boy Cecil John Rhodes. |
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Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
This is the place where two oceans meet. |
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Penguins at Boulders Beach
Here you’ll be able to watch the penguins as
they slide out of the surf and doddle up the
sand to their nests on the beach. |
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Bo-Kaap Museum
If you want to uncover the rich history of the
Cape Malay community and are partial to a poke
around a typical 18th-century home while you’re
at it, this intimate museum should be circled on
your map. |
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Castle of Good Hope
This is the oldest building in South Africa.
Building of the Castle was started for fear of a
British attack on the Cape. |
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District Six Museum
This is a vibrant testament to the 60 000 people
uprooted when the area of District Six was
declared “white” in 1965. |
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Gold of Africa museum
Treasure! And lot’s of it, that’s what you’ll
find at this museum housed in the 18th century
Martin Melck House. |
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Beaches
Here you are spoilt for choice as Cape Town
boasts with a variety of good beaches. Most
famous is Camps Bay right beneath Table
Mountain’s Twelve Apostles and overlooked by
Lion’s Head. |
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V & A Waterfront
For those who tend to eschew shopping centres
while on holiday, you’ll be hard pushed to give
the V&A Waterfront a wide berth. Never mind the
fact that this is home to the Aquarium and the
departure point to Robben Island, it’s also
packed with restaurants from top-notch to
takeaway, cinemas, clothing boutiques and
chain-stores, souvenir shops, coffee bars, craft
markets and a wellness centre. It is located
right on the water’s edge. |
