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About Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Town, also known as the mother city. Boasting the top five national attractions in South Africa that should appear on every visitors itinerary all year round.
Location:
Cape Town is situated on the South Coast of South Africa in the Western Cape. A quick 2 hour flight from Johannesburg and also a 2 hour flight from Durban International Airport will find you in Cape Town.
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Climate:
Cape Town boasts a year round warm tropical climate with hot, humid summers but windy winters.
View more detailed climate data for Cape Town according to the South African Weather Service.
Attractions around Cape Town:
- Table Mountain: The best views of Cape Town are seen from the top of Table Mountain. The Cableway takes you to the summit in under 10 minutes and the cable car's rotating floor ensure that all passengers get a 360 degree aerial view of the city.
- Robben Island: From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.
- Victoria & Alfred Waterfront: Situated between Robben Island and Table Mountain in the heart of Cape Town's working harbour, the V&A Waterfront has become South Africa's most visited destination. Set against a backdrop of magnificent sea and mountain views, exciting shopping and entertainment venues are intermingled with imaginative office locations, world-class hotels and luxury apartments in the residential marina.
- Wine Desk Waterfront: Do you have two days or even just a morning for wine tasting? Interested in getting together with the Wine Desk wine club?
- Cape Point: Most visitors to Cape Point venture up a steep path to the Old lighthouse built in 1860, which was too often hidden in clouds so a newer one was built in 1914. Perched further down the cliffs, it’s the most powerful lighthouse in South Africa.
- Long Street: Long Street in Cape Town has an irresistible ambience and irrepressible spirit. With architecture so unique, it has Victorian verandas with broekie lace alongside Muslim Mosques mingling in a curiously appealing clash of cultures.
- Cheetah Outreach: Cheetah Outreach is an education and community-based programme created to raise awareness of the plight of the cheetah and to campaign for its survival. Founder Annie Beckhelling launched the project in January 1997 with just one hectare of land proved by Spier Wine Estate and two cheetahs.
Attractions outside of Cape Town:
- Two Oceans Aqurium at the V & A Waterfront.
- Horse riding on Noordhoek Beach. (Phone Imhoff Farm on 082 774-1191)
- Boulders Beach.
- Dragon Boat Racing. (Telephone: 021 447-2820 or 082 564-6257)
- Castle of Good Hope. (Telephone: 021 787-1249)
- The Scratch Patch (mining for kids) in Simons Town. (Telephone 021 786-2020)
Sporting Attractions:
- Cape Argus/Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour
- Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon
- Newlands Stadium home to the stormers
- Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, Western Cape, is to be specially built for 2010, with a retractable roof and a capacity of 68 000.
Business Attractions:
- The International Convention Centre Cape Town - host to many local and international conferences, indabas, exhibitions, weddings and the likes (Convention Square, 1 Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, 021 410 5000)
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