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The Cape Region & Winelands

The Cape Region is the perfect introduction to South Africa with places such as Cape Town, the Winelands and Walker Bay - where you can see migrating whales. Equally famous is the Garden Route, a scenic stretch of coastline some 300 kilometres long.

Highlights of The Cape Region & Winelands

    • Drive around the Cape Peninsula
    • Take your car and drive around the stunning Cape Peninsula. View the penguins at Boulders Beach, stroll to the lighthouse at Cape Point and enjoy a sundowner drink in fashionable Camp’s Bay.
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    • Explore Cape Town
    • Spend a day exploring the shops, museums and restaurants of cosmopolitan Cape Town. Stroll down Kloof Street, photograph the pretty houses in Bo Kaap and lunch at a seafood restaurant on the Waterfront.
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    • Spend a morning wine tasting
    • Visit one of the famous vineyards and enjoy walking beside the rows of vines before enjoying some wine tasting and perhaps an excellent lunch in an old Cape Dutch farmhouse.
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    • Table Mountain & Robben Island
    • Take the cable car to the top of Table Mountain and enjoy the spectacular views in the morning before returning to the port and taking a fascinating boat trip to Robben Island.
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    • Visit Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town
    • On the eastern slopes of Table Mountain are Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, where over 6,000 species of plant flourish.
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    • Take a self-drive trip around the 'Winelands'
    • Whatever the season, the wine estates and restaurants of Stellenbosch, Paarl, Franschhoek and Constantia should be on your itinerary.
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    • Watch whales from the shore along the 'Whale Coast'
    • From late June to the end of November, Hermanus and Walker Bay are perhaps the best places in the world to spot whales from the shore.
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    • Visit Nelson Mandela's jail cell on Robben Island
    • Former inmates guide you round the place where Nelson Mandela was jailed, now a wildlife conservation area.
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Our country specialists have travelled the length and breadth of South Africa - here are a few of their favourite things to do

Popular Places to visit in The Cape Region & Winelands

{857C293F-3BE1-4ECB-BDD6-ED346F7240DE}Cape Town

The Cape Region & Winelands

Cape Town offers so much to see: the re-developed Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was jailed, District Six museum and of course the iconic Table Mountain.

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{6DED716C-FB44-431A-B963-8AC06D32AB13}Hermanus

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The sheer coastline of Walker Bay allows migrating southern right whales to approach within metres of the shore. From June until December, this is the premier land-based whale watching destination in the world.

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{B204C6BC-BC6B-4378-B6E0-6181932D8B32}The Cape Peninsula

The Cape Region & Winelands

The Cape Peninsula is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, with a huge number of endemic floral species crammed into a small area.

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{09F55FE5-B6CA-431F-AAD3-08174E380248}The Whale Coast

The Cape Region & Winelands

The coastline of Walker Bay allows migrating southern right whales to approach within metres of the shore. Here, and Hermanus, are the best places in the world to see whales from the shore.

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{A48888BA-D0AA-4C0D-98D0-034AF9A2E435}The Winelands

The Cape Region & Winelands

First opened up by European settlers in 1679 and now within easy driving distance of Cape Town, the valleys of Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek have become known as 'The Winelands'.

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