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TOP ATTRACTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAPE

 

Table Mountain

Table Mountain

Table Mountain, the breathtaking backdrop and icon of Cape Town & the Western Cape extends its welcome to all visitors. The Cableway takes you to the summit in under 10 minutes and the cable car's rotating floor ensures that all passengers get a 360 degree aerial view of the city.

   
Table Mountain

Cape Point

Cape Point forms part of the Table Mountain National Park which stretches from Signal Hill in the north to Cape Point in the south. Nowhere else in the world does an area of such spectacular beauty and such rich bio-diversity exist almost entirely within a cosmopolitan city. Since 2004, it also forms part of the Cape Floral World Heritage Site.

Robben Island\

Robben Island

Robben Island, some seven kilometres off the coast of Cape Town, is where former South African President and Nobel Laureate Nelson Mandela, alongside many other political prisoners, spent decades imprisoned during the apartheid era.

   
Groot Constantia

Groot Constantia Wine Estate

Robben Island, some seven kilometres off the coast of Cape Town, is where former South African President and Nobel Laureate Nelson Mandela, alongside many other political prisoners, spent decades imprisoned during the apartheid era. – Repeated info from Robben Island.

   

V&A Waterfront

Shopping and entertainment in a working harbour.

   
Winelands

Cape Winelands

Take a drive along the Western Cape's many wine routes and visit global award winning wine farms for a spot of wine tasting. Enjoy the  cellar tours and an opportunity to purchase some good local, internationally recognised wines from Stellenbosch to Wellington.

   
Boulder's Beach

Boulders Beach

Near Simon's Town towards Cape Point. Popular tourists stop because of a colony of African Penguins which settled there in 1982. One of the few sites where this vulnerable bird can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.

   
kirstenbosch

Kirstenbosch National Botanic Gardens

South Africa’s foremost botanical garden and research centre, in Constantia.

   
Whale Watching

Whale Watching

Drive to the fishing village of Hawston and stop at Hermanus  - the world's best land-based whale-watching spot. This beach village is the only town in the world to boast a Whale Crier who ensures that visitors don't miss out on spotting the oceans gentle giants.

   
garden Route

Garden Route

From Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay, the Garden Route with its lush forests and wide meandering rivers is an adventure playground for scuba diving, golfing, surfing, snorkelling, kayaking, canoeing, rafting, biking, hiking, flying, hang-gliding, paragliding, ballooning and parachuting ... and bungee jumping!

   
Beaches

Beaches

Home to 6 internationally recognised Blue Flag beaches, Cape Town and the Western Cape is what summer dreams are made of.

   
Flowers

The West Coast's wild flowers & fishing villages

The Cape West Coast dotted with fishing villages like Yzerfontein, St Helena Bay and Elandsbaai, is also renowned for its spectacular shows of spring wild flowers (July to October) where more than 8 600 species of flowers occur of which 68 percent are found nowhere else in the world.

DINING IN THE WESTERN CAPE

This destination with its many restaurants serving traditional or contemporary Cape and international cuisine, is also one of the wine capitals of the world.

So whether you're wanting uber luxury or authentic African, Cape Town & the Western Cape have the perfect places to stay, easy roads to get about on and endless great places to eat and connect at.

Give us a call on +27 (0)21 423 3850 or email res@forty-two.co.za to book affordable Western Cape vacation packages, golf tours, self-catering accommodation and much more.

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