We pick you up from the airport or your accommodation and start the Cape Town city tour with you. First we take the cable car up Table Mountain. From the 1,086 m high mountain there is a fantastic view of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula.
Then it’s on to the alternative district of Woodstock. In the former working-class and industrial area, artists have set up their studios, and designers, cabinet-makers and decorators also create their unique pieces there.
Next we drive through many small streets to the historic District Six. Around 1966 the government declared this district a “white zone”, allegedly because too much crime emanated from the neighbourhood, and in 1968 ordered the forced removal of its Black and Coloured residents. The district was completely cleared and the houses demolished. You will be surprised how it has changed.
Via the government district we continue to Bo-Kaap. In the former residential quarter of slaves from Malaysia and Java, the noisy, cheerful, cosmopolitan heart of Cape Town beats. Here the houses glow in the brightest colours.
Now our city tour leads through Tamboerskloof with its typically Victorian architecture to your accommodation or to the Waterfront. Perhaps you will spend the late afternoon/evening at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a part of Cape Town’s harbour that has been transformed into an extensive entertainment and shopping district with numerous restaurants, bars, live-music venues and attractive shops.
It is a good idea to take a catamaran boat trip, but in any case to end the evening in one of the great restaurants on the Waterfront.
The drive first leads through the Constantia wine valley. On request we stop for a wine tasting at Groot Constantia. Avenues of gnarled oaks lead to magnificent manor houses in the Cape Dutch style. The wines grown here are so good that Napoleon had Constantia Muscadel delivered to his exile on St Helena.
Our next stop on our drive around the Cape Peninsula is Muizenberg. In this place, known among surfers, we take photos in front of the famous colourful wooden beach huts on the beach.
We continue through St James with its insider shops, galleries and junk shops to the harbours of Simon’s Town and Kalk Bay. We watch the colourful bustle of the fishermen and fishwives.
We visit the penguins at Boulders Beach. Our route leads around the Cape Peninsula to the “Cape of Good Hope”. Here you can walk from the lighthouse to Cape Point. You will enjoy a particularly beautiful view of the unique nature here.
The way back leads via Misty Cliffs, Kommetjie and Noordhoek onto the famous Chapman’s Peak Drive, one of the most beautiful coastal roads in the world. From there it continues via Hout Bay to Camps Bay, where we linger briefly by the sea before taking you to your accommodation.
You have time to freshen up before a taxi takes you at 6.30 pm to the “Gold Restaurant”. In this experience restaurant, a traditional African drumming lesson is offered before the meal.
Warm water is brought to the table for hand washing before culinary specialities from various African countries are served in small portions over 14 courses. After your dinner a taxi driver takes you back to your accommodation.
Today you enjoy your day with tastings of award-winning wines at beautifully located wine estates. First we drive over magnificent mountain passes through the vineyards to Franschhoek.
Cape Governor Simon van der Stel gave this region to Huguenot families who had had to flee France. The “Fransch” then founded Franschhoek, which even today is reminiscent of a Provençal village.
After a short stroll we taste the first-class wines of the La Motte or Grande Provence wine estate. On our way to Stellenbosch we visit the architecturally striking Delaire wine estate. It is beautifully situated between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek on the highest peak of the Helshoogte Pass.
Now the university town and second-oldest town in South Africa, Stellenbosch, with its many listed buildings and nice lanes, invites us to a little stroll.
On our way back we stop at the Waterford wine estate. It is built in Mediterranean style and surrounded by the scent of its mandarin trees and lavender bushes. Here, at the end of our tour, we take part in a wine and chocolate tasting.
Transfer to the airport or your accommodation. Or a follow-on programme such as a tour along the Garden Route combined with a safari.
Of course this programme can be adapted to your wishes; additional nights can also be booked.
