Bo-Kaap is a historic neighborhood located in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated on the slopes of Signal Hill, just above the city center. The name is Afrikaans and translates to “above the Cape.” This area was formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is famous for its brightly colored houses, which are painted…
Table Mountain, known in Afrikaans as Tafelberg and in the Khoikhoi language as Hoerikwaggo (“Mountain in the Sea”), is a flat-topped mountain that is the most famous natural landmark of Cape Town, South Africa. It is a key feature of the Table Mountain National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The mountain is not a…
Cape Town is a city and seaport, and it serves as the legislative capital of South Africa. It is also the capital of the Western Cape province. The city is located at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, and it sits about 50 kilometers north of the Cape of Good Hope. With a metropolitan…
Our last day in Cape Town slowly started to come to an end, but we still had one of the main sights left to see. We had tried to reach the top of Table Mountain the previous day. Then we were met by the information that the mountain was closed due to bad weather conditions….
When leaving Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope we had only traveled half the distance for the day. We still had the whole way back to Cape Town ahead of us before the tour with Carlos would end. The main stop on the return route was Chapman’s Peak Drive, another place that certainly offers…
The tour around the Cape Peninsula with Carlos had so far included seals, penguins and a few glasses of wine. The wine glass would remain empty the rest of the day, but there were going to be more sights of animals. The Cape Point itself had a few close encounters to offer as well as…
It was finally time for the penguins at Boulders Beach. Susann had been looking forward to seeing the penguins since we left Sweden and she was quite excited about this place. The drive from Groot Constantia offered amazing scenery. We stopped for a short time on a hill overlooking Muizenberg and could see the beach stretching…
The Cape Point tour with Carlos Links continued from Mariners Wharf to the other side of the cape. This is usually not the way of doing the tour but on this very day one of the roads was closed and it would not open until in the afternoon. So we crossed the cape with the thought…
Our third day in Cape Town was another morning full of excitement. It was time for a tour to Cape Point, with several interesting sights on the way. There was a promise of seals, penguins, great sights, and a lot more. The first stop was going to be the Mariner’s Wharf and a chance to go…
We left the Cape Town Blue Mini Peninsula Tour at the V&A Waterfront. It was soon time to relax with a nice dinner at one of the seafood restaurants that we had found the previous night. But before that, we decided to see some sea creatures as well. Until now we had mainly seen animals…
Our day hopping on and off buses continued after the visit to the Castle of Good Hope. We decided against lunch in the center as we wanted to continue immediately along the Cape Town Blue Mini Peninsula Tour. Instead, we planned to take a lunch break at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. Cape Town Hop-On Hop-Off –…
This post is about our second day in lovely Cape Town. It was again time to set sail for new adventures. The first stop of the day eventually came to be the Castle of Good Hope. It was not our original plan, but when traveling you never know what will actually happen. The Plan For…