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What to do in Cape Town, South Africa?

Cape Town is arguably one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
It is also where I stay and where I was born. So who better to tell you where to go and what to do?

Let me however first introduce myself. I'm Danny Jacobs and I've built this site to share with you what it is that makes me proud to be a Capetonian.

TripAdvisor has named Cape Town as the best destination in the world in this year's TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, pushing Australia’s Sydney into the second spot.
Machu Picchu in Peru comes in third, Paris fourth and Rio de Janeiro fifth, while London picked up eighth position.

Helping to achieve this status, is the various hotels who came out on top during the awards.
Villa Zest Boutique Hotel in, being voted the Trendiest Hotel in the World with Protea Hotel Fire and Ice at number 11.
Derwent House Boutique Hotel and Blackheath Lodge are numbers 5 and 18 respectively on the list of the 25 Best Hotels in the World. Both properties plus 2inn1 Kensington in Oranjezicht also got the nod in the Best Service category.
Woo Hoo!! Proudly South African.

See the complete list of award winners.

This is where I'll be telling you about the well known attractions AND some lesser known gems.

On the Top Ten page is where you will find the best of the best.
This is what the city is renowned for and includes old favourites like The V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain, Beaches, Robben Island, Kirstenbosch, The world-renowned Cape Winelands and Cape Point Nature Reserve.

Table Mountain seen from the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

I have grouped Cape Town's attractions under the following headings to make navigation easier:

Kids guide - where to take them to keep them busy

Cape Winelands guide - the wine routes and a personal selection of wine estates

Activities guide - some of the more energetic activities in Cape Town

Nature guide - where can you enjoy and get close to nature

Wedding guide - a list of wedding service providers making it easier to plan your wedding

Art guide - concentrating more on art history and museums

Theatre guide - where in Cape Town to find them and to give their contact details

Town guide - a focus of some of the towns surrounding the Mother City

Culture guide - some attractions of cultural importance to Capetonians

I've also added the following sections which should enhance your visit:

Travel Photography Tips - how to get that great travel photo (NEW)

Accommodation Awards - hotels recently awarded for excellence (NEW)

By far the most popular section on this site, is the kids guide.
But don't only browse this guide to find fun activities.
Look at some of the other guides as well, as you will find many other great places to take them to keep them busy.

Cape Town and Nature is certainly synonymous. Therefore I've added, not one, but three guides highlighting everything what we so enjoy seeing and visiting. [Guides refer to sections on this site which you can visit by clicking one of the buttons on the Navigation Bar to the left of the page.]

Cape Town beaches and nature reserves must definitely be right up there with the best in the world.

Then the Mother City also boasts with various parks and shelters and a zoo where great care is taken to look after various animal species.

Please support these parks and shelters as they are reliant on your money.
Unfortunately grants and corporate sponsorships have become less with the world economic slowdown.

Two places which instantly jumps to mind here is Drakenstein Lion Park which takes in lions which cannot be rehabilitated to the wild.
They are then assured a chance of living out their natural lives in an safe environment!

Another is Tygerberg Zoo which is not only self-funded, but does ground-breaking work in the breeding of rare and endangered wildlife.

Probably my favourite activity when doing research to build new pages, must be visiting the towns and estates to be found in the beautiful Cape Winelands.

And here I'm not referring to the sampling of the local product.
Ok, what I meant was - it was not ONLY the tasting part that I enjoyed. :-)

Visiting the towns (which form the centre of the winelands) of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl is definitely very high up in the rankings on my favourite activities list.

Nederburg Wine Estate, Cape Winelands, Cape Town

What the wine region is definitely doing right, is to provide the visitor with an experience which is so much more than just wine.

The experience these days include accommodation, great dining and various other activities, making it a wonderful family activity.

In my search to find the lesser known Cape Town attractions, I've been pleasantly surprised!

Some of the places I have actually heard of before, but many which I did not know of, was shown to me by friends, colleagues and visitors to this site.

In the My Cape Town section I interviewed some well-known and some lesser-known Capetonians to find out what their favourites were.
Their answers reminded me why I love my city so much.

David Kramer, Cape Town

I'm privileged to stay here, but the best part for me is the fact that I make it part of my life to enjoy what the greater Peninsula has to offer.

Please feel free to browse this site to find something to tickle your fancy.
If you however do know of a great attraction that I have not mentioned, or you want to add an attraction, feel free to do so here.

Nie net gaan ek Engels praat nie, maar ek gaan nou vir Kaapstad ook in Afrikaans bemark. Daar is so baie plekke wat regtig die moeite werd is om besoek te word, dat ek voel dat ek nie reg laat geskied aan die plekke as ek die rede hoekom mens moet besoek, in my tweede taal moet weergee nie.

So besoek asseblief hierdie webtuiste gereeld om op hoogte te bly met nuwe plekke wat gereeld bygevoeg gaan word en neem deel. Laat weet vir my van jou gunsteling plekke sodat ek dit kan byvoeg. As jy nog foto's ook kan stuur, des te beter.

Lekker saamkuier nou ook in Afrikaans!

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