Kick Start your South African Tour with Cape Town

Cape Town is the most popular travel choice of innumerable people who have taken holidays to south africa. The spectacular natural beauty of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, taking the cable car ride to Table Mountain, climbing down the Platteklip Gorge, and shopping in the numerous retail hotspots like Victoria Wharf, Canal Walk, and Cavendish Square – Cape Town spoils one rotten for choice. 

Taking holidays to Cape Town is the perfect way to your South African odyssey. Dribbling with immense natural beauty and exuding heart touching warm hospitality, the destination does full justice to its epithet ‘Mother City’.  Pristine white sandy beaches, lush jungles, awe inspiring hilltops, or simply some lip smacking cuisines or unforgettable shopping experiences – Cape town has all this and much more.

Best Time to Visit South Africa

Holidays to South Africa are best planned during December to February. These are the summer months and Cape Town as well as most other destinations of the country are at their loveliest. Imagine, getting tanned by the sun at some beach rather than plodding through the London fog or battling the brutal winter back home. Going away on Cape Town holidays will give you many reasons to smile.

Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve

One of the biggest if not the biggest attraction of all holidays to Cape Town is a visit to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. The park makes for nearly 7,700 hectares of sheer paradise. A colourful flora life of some 2285 species paints the landscape in a riot of colours. Out of this, about 90 of the species are unique to the area, while some 141 are endangered. Similarly, the park is also home to nearly 112 species of endemic animal and bird life including crowned plovers, black oyster catchers, gannets, porcupines, ostriches, mountain zebras, and hartebeests. Here one can also take in stunning views by climbing atop the highest sea cliffs in the world. In fact, a visit to the park alone will more than justify your holidays to South Africa.

Other Attractions

Cape Town’s charms are myriad and ensure a lifetime of memories of your South Africa holidays. Whether it’s checking out slices of history at museums like Bo-Kaap, Castle of Good Hope, and Gold of Africa Museum, or indulging in retail therapy at upscale malls or bargain friendly shops – Cape Town has something for everyone. As long as you go shopping, don’t miss out on Pan African Market, the Greenmarket Square, Cavendish Square, Canal Walk, Tyger Valley, and Victoria Wharf.

Another extremely popular activity during one’s Cape Town holidays is to go up the revolving cable car ride to the Table Mountain. On the way up, you get to treat your eyes to a spectacular 360 degree view of the mesmerising landscape. Cape Town also does not disappoint the adrenalin junky. Among myriad options, the climb down the Platteklip Gorge remains the favourite of many visitors and locals alike. Reasons are simply endless, if one were to justify Cape Town’s sterling status as a South Africa holiday destination. The city has various dimensions to it. Take a bus tour, boat tour, bicycling tour, and helicopter ride for different perspectives of the city. Everything said and done, Cape Town sets the mood just right for further travel into South Africa.