Cape Town Travel

Cape Town Travel

Cape Town, the "Mother City" of South Africa. A holiday in Cape Town is not just about great beaches, scenery and food; it is a step back in time. At Uyaphi.com we invite you to one of the most visually stunning, culturally diverse and historic cities on the African continent.

Interestingly; Table Mountain is over 600 000 000 years old while people have been living in sight of Table Mountain for the past 27 000 years and let us not forget that wine has been produced here since 1679.

The city of Cape Town is dominated by the flat-topped mass of Table Mountain that is flanked on either by Signal Hill and Devil's Peak as well as being surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. The City offers excellent shopping, superb restaurants, kilometres and kilometres of wine estates, adventure activities, and exceptional shorelines.

Bored is not an expression used when on holiday in Cape Town, with world-famous attraction like Robben Island, Table Mountain, Clifton and Camps Bay, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Constantia Winelands, Cape Point Nature Reserve, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak Drive (now open) to name a few for starters.

The ideal start or end to your African safari, Cape Town is best in the summer months and more cost-effective in the winter months - either way, the city has a lot to offer in both seasons.

Travel In Cape Town

  • Cape Town Hotels

    Here you will find our list of hotels, guesthouses and B&B's in and around Cape Towns many popular areas. These include the city centre, Camps Bay, the V&A Waterfront, False Bay and of course the Constantia Valley. These establishments have all been hand picked and come highly recommended.

  • Cape Town Tours

    Cape Town Tours with day tours, self-drive options, and adventure options on offer to Winelands, Cape Point, Constantia, Robben Island and Cape Town, the best tours in Cape Town. Professional and experienced guides conduct trips in luxurious and safe vehicles to all areas and attractions within Cape Town, the Cape Winelands and the Overberg region.

  • Cape Town Hotels Visited

    Hotels, lodges, guesthouses, B&B's and villa's that we have had the pleasure of visiting on our many stay overs and educationals over the past decade or so. Cape Town has so much to offer in terms of accommodation that sometimes we can not keep up with either demand or new establishments opening.

  • Constantia Wine Route

    There are 9 wine farms in this region of Cape Town that is only 15 minutes drive from the city centre with each farm offering amazing views, amazing wines with some wineries even offering Brandies, Gins and Grappa's, all the while not forgetting some of the best restaurants in the country.

  • Towns Surrounding Cape Town

    Towns and villages surrounding Cape Town that offer incredible scenery, accommodation, restaurants and vineyards including the more popular towns of Franschhoek, Paarl and Stellenbosh to the more unknown destinations like Tulbagh and Wellington.

  • Discover Cape Town

    Discover all that is Cape Town from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront to the Constantia Valley to lying on a sun soaked beach to spotting whales along the Cape Peninsula. These are just a few examples of what makes Cape Town one of the most popular cities to visit in the whole World.

  • Cape Town Attractions

    A list of attractions in the Cape Town area that range from the Two Oceans Aquarium, numerous museums, scenic drives, botanical gardens, cable cars and Robben Island. This is our "when in Cape Town one must do" list, please note that there is a cost applied to all of these all of these activities, but all are well worth the money.

  • Restaurants In Cape Town

    Restaurants in and around the greater Cape Town area that come recommended by us. These are our personal favourites and are the ones that we offer to friends and family when they visit us. Some are rated the best in the country while others are just offered excellent food at good prices.

  • Getting to Cape Town

    Cape Town's International Airport lies 23 km from the city centre and is serviced by some of the biggest and most popular airlines in the World including; SAA, Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Virgin, and British Airways. Remember that we at Uyaphi.com do also book flights from anywhere in the World to Cape Town.

  • Getting Around Cape Town

    Moving in and around Cape Town is as simple as hiring a car, taking a taxi, using Uber, going on a guide day tour, catching a bus, hiring a motor bike, jumping on a helicopter or cycling. These are just a few of the options we have on our books, so in other words, if you want it we, in all honesty, should have it.

  • Cape Town History

    It is here that one comes across a 600 million-year-old mountain, it is here one can find fossil remains dating back 5 million years, it is here that some of the earliest ever recorded communities lived in sight of Table Mountain 27 000 years ago, it is here that the first Europeans landed searching for a sea route from Europe to Asia.
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Cape Town Travel Topics

  • Design in Cape Town

    With the Design Capital motto of "Live Design; Transform Life" serving as a leitmotif, Muizenberg is experiencing an unprecedented and exciting wave of investment, community involvement and physical regeneration. Once run down, and derelict corners and buildings have morphed into vibrant areas of activity.

  • Kirstenbosch, Boomslang Tree Canopy Walkway

    Kirstenbosch Gardens, sight, sound, smell and touch - these gardens always seem to surprise me with something new. When you think you have seen it all, the Boomslang Tree Canopy Walkway presents itself, and the gardens are seen in a whole new light.

  • Helicopter Flight over Cape Town

    While in Cape Town and looking for that one simply amazing 'Treat', look no further than Helicopter Flight Over Cape Town. Taking off near the V&A Waterfront and following a few flight paths, the longer the duration, the more the cost.

  • Constantia Valley Wine Route

    Constantia Valley Wine Route has some of the best whites, reds and bubbles in the Western Cape, as well as award-winning restaurants, the views across the valley, Cape flats and onto Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch in the far distance. A must-visit when in Cape Town.

  • Horse Riding in Cape Town

    New Zealand has taken over the mantle as the adventure capital of the world. From bungy jumping to rafting, from mountain biking to hiking. What people sometimes forget is that you can do all these activities and more, right here in Cape Town. We just don't shout about it as much.

  • Norval Foundation South Africa

    Norval Foundation South Africa opened in April 2018; it quickly became another driving force in the celebration of art in Cape Town. The Norval Foundation features not only South African artists but artists from the entire African continent.

  • 10 best things about Cape Town

    As we hunker down at the end of the week with a glass of local Klein Constantia wine in our hands, our consultant team likes to shoot the breeze. The conversation turns to why we live in and why we love Cape Town. Here are 10 of their suggestions in no particular order:

  • Muizenberg Beach Cape Town

    From the end of the nineteenth century till the 1960s, Muizenberg was South Africa’s premier seaside resort. Randlords built palatial mansions on the hillside and the seafront. Trains ran directly from Johannesburg without stopping in Cape Town.