Guided Tours in Cape Town Culture Nature and Wines

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Bo-kaap

  Cape Town Muslim Quarter, on the slopes of Signal Hill on the edge of the city center. The most colorful in the city: steep cobbled streets, "cube" houses from the 18th-19th centuries painted in vibrant hues, minarets of about ten mosques (including the Auwal, the first in South Africa). Born around 1780; after the abolition of slavery (1834) former Muslim slaves from the East Indies settled there, the so-called "Cape Malay". To see: Bo-Kaap Museum (71 Wale St), spices at Atlas Trading Company, Cape Malay curry. Walking and cooking tours start from the museum.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2
  Company's Gardens

  Green oasis in the heart of downtown Cape Town, perfect for a relaxing walk. Tree-lined avenues and manicured lawns, squirrels approaching, a pond with fish and a aviary. You will see the saffron pear, the oldest cultivated tree in South Africa, and enjoy splendid views of Table Mountain. All around, the city's best museums and monuments: the South African National Gallery, the Slave Lodge, the Gothic cathedral of St George, and the Parliament buildings. An outdoor coffee invites a break among the greenery.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

  You will walk in the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, founded in 1913 and dedicated only to South African indigenous plants. You will see the fynbos and proteas in bloom, the avenue of camphor trees from 1898, the Cycad Amphitheatre with its prehistoric cycads, and the remains of the wild almond hedge planted by Van Riebeeck in 1660, the first colonial boundary of the Cape. You will cross the Boomslang, the suspended walkway between the treetops, for a view of the mountain and False Bay. You will listen to the botanical and colonial history of the Cape. Slow pace, paved paths, many photo stops.

  2 hours 40 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Groot Constantia

  You will visit Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa, founded in 1685 by governor Simon van der Stel. You will see the Cape Dutch style manor house with its white pediment, the Cloete Cellar decorated with a frieze carved by Anton Anreith, and the vineyards climbing towards Constantiaberg. You will discover the history of Grand Constance, the sweet wine loved by the European courts and requested by Napoleon in exile on Elba, and that of the enslaved labor on which the estate was built. You can taste the wines of the winery among ancient oaks and views of False Bay.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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