What to do in Cape Town

Cape Peninsula – Half Day Tour

Experience the rugged coastlines and unspoilt beauty as you wind your way along the shores of the Cape Peninsula to the mythical meeting place of two great oceans.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Clifton & Camps Bay
  •  Twelve Apostles
  •  Hout Bay
  •  Chapman’s Peak Drive (if open)
  •  Noordhoek
  •  Ostrich viewing (drive-by)
  •  Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
  •  Cape Point
  • False Bay
  •  Penguin Colony
  •  Simons Town
  •  Muizenberg

Depart: 07h30 – 08h30 | Return: +-13h00
Depart: 13h15 – 14h15 | Return: +-18h00
Pick up and drop off from your hotel or Guest House around Cape Town.
Rate includes: Entrance fees, registered tour guide in air-conditioned vehicle.
Rate excludes: Lunch and fee to optional visits.

Price per person – Seat in Coach Tour: R1,900.00

Cape Township Tour – Half Day

Discover the multicultural side of Cape Town and interact with the locals. From District Six where forced removals changed the lives of many people, to informal settlements where traditional healers and shebeens add to the rich culture of township life.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • District Six, District Six Museum (closed on Sundays)
  • Langa (oldest formal township)
  • Community school / crèche
  • Walking Tour
  • Shebeen (option to taste traditional beer)
  • Meet township entrepreneurs
  • Charismatic church service (Sunday)

Depart: 08h00 – 09h00 |  Return: + – 12h30
Depart: 13h15 – 14h15 | Return: + – 17h30
Pick up and drop off from your hotel or Guest House around Cape Town.
Rate includes: Registered tour guide, transport in air-conditioned vehicle, and entrance fees to mentioned visits.

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R880.00

Cape Town Tour – Half Day

Join us for a morning or afternoon orientation tour of the Mother City as we venture through the streets crowded with history. This tour includes an visit to Table Mountain or in the event of inclement weather, Table View.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • South African Museum & the Company Gardens
  • Parliament buildings
  • City Hall & Castle of Good Hope
  • Malay Quarter/ Bo-Kaap
  • Green Market Square
  • Signal Hill, Camps Bay & Clifton
  • Short Diamond factory tour – optional

Depart: 08h00 – 09h00; Return: + -12h30

Depart: 13h15 – 14h15; Return: + -17h30

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R1,275.00

Half Day Wine Tour

The protestant refugees from France brought with them their finely tuned centuries-old viticultural skills, applied locally with immediate success. Their settlement in the 1680s around the newly established villages of Stellenbosch gave birth to what we know today as the cradle of the South African wine industry.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Wine tasting on Stellenbosch Wine Estate
  •  Cheese tasting
  • Stellenbosch orientation
  • De Braak
  • Dorp Street
  • Cellar Tour
  • Second Wine Tasting
  • Opportunity to purchase wine

Depart: 07h30 – 08h30 | Return: +-12h30
Depart: 13h15 – 14h00 | Return: +-18h30

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R1,095.00

Full Day Wine Route Tour

Allow us to take you on a breathtaking journey through the winelands of the Cape. Witness the wine making process from the vineyard to the bottle & visit the historical towns of Stellenbosch, Franschoek & Paarl.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Minimum 3 wine tastings
  • Minimum 12 wines tasted for the day
  • Opportunity to purchase wine

Stellenbosch

  • City orientation
  • Dorp Street
  • De Braak
  • Free walkabout into historical town
  • Wine tasting on a Stellenbosch Estate
  • Cellar Tour
  • Cheese Tasting

Paarl

  • Drive through Paarl
  • Wine tasting on a wine estate
  • View Nelson Mandela’s former prison (Victor Verster)

Franschoek

  • Historical village
  • Wine tasting on a wine estate
  • Huguenot memorial (optional)
  • Helshoogte pass

Depart: 08h00 – 09h00

Return: +-18h00

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R1,455.00

The Peninsula & Cape of Good Hope

Travel along the spectacular coastline of the Peninsula through charming historical villages. Visit the mythical meeting place of two great oceans and experience the “Fairest Cape of all”.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Clifton & Camps Bay
  • Twelve Apostles
  • Llandudno
  • Hout Bay (optional boat trip to Seal Island)
  • Chapmans Peak Drive (if open)
  • Noordhoek
  • Ostrich viewing (drive by)
  • Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
  • Cape Point
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Penguin Colony
  • Simons Town
  • Muizenberg
  • Constantia
  • Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Depart: 08h00 – 09h00

Return: +-18h00

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R2,280.00

Full Day Whale Route Tour

June to November Enjoy a scenic coastal drive and experience the majestic beauty of the southern Right Whales basking in the warm waters off the Hermanus coastline.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Gordon’s Bay, Pringle Bay & Betty’s Bay
  • The Harold Porter Botanical Gardens
  • Rotary Drive
  • Fernkloof Nature Reserve
  • Hermanus
  • Land Based whale watching
  • Boat based whale watching (optional)
  • Elgin
  • Sir Lowry’s Pass

Depart: 08h00 – 09h00

Return: +-18h00

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R1,455.00

Half Day Robben Island Tour

Visit the infamous Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 30 years of his life in prison. Including return ferry trip, transport on the island, guided island and prison tour.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Return Ferry Trip to Robben Island – 45 minutes
  • Guided Tour of the Prison and the island
  • Transportation on the island

Ferry Departure Times: 09h00, 11h00, 13h00 & 15h00 – weather dependant

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R795.00 – subject to change at any time.

Cape Town Safari Full Day Tour

Just two hours from Cape Town, you can now experience, for the first time in over a century, the return of Africa’s largest wild animals to this region. Set in a big green oasis in the arid Karoo, you can see lion, cheetah, rhino, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, kudu, bontebok, springbok and other antelope large and small, along with soaring eagles and numerous species of birds. One Day Safari (daily departure)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Travel via the wine region & Klein Karoo
  • Fruit growing region of Ceres
  • Welcome drinks on arrival
  • 2 hour game drive in open air 4×4
  • Lunch under trees in the open-air or in the boma style restaurant
  • Relax around the pool in summer or at the fireplace in winter
  • Return to Cape Town via Huguenot Tunnel.

Depart: 06h00 – 07h00; Return: +-18h00

Pick up and drop off from your hotel or Guest House around Cape Town.

Rate includes: Welcome drinks, game drive & lunch.

Rate excludes: Drinks

Price per person – Seat in Coach – R3,975.00 – subject to change at any time.

 

Hotels in close proximity to CTICC

Hotel Sky
Capetonian
Time Onyx
Southern Sun Waterfront
Aha Harbour
Radisson Blue

Bookings for tours: 

Contact Ilse Heijman
Mobile no: 083 401 1249
Email: ilsehe@twf.co.za

Disclaimer: These are examples and suggestions of what to do in Cape Town.

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Musa Mabesa (ACCA) is the Principal Executive Officer (PEO) of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). He is a seasoned finance professional with over 17 years’ experience, 10 of which is in the pension fund industry, specialising in financial management and reporting, governance and corporate services.

Prior to joining the GEPF, Mr Mabesa worked for various private and public sector institutions in various positions. In 2011 he joined the GEPF as a Finance Manager and was subsequently appointed as Head of Corporate Services in 2017. In 2020 Mr Mabesa became the Principal Executive Officer of the GEPF.

Mr Mabesa holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree from University of London and Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting Science (BCompt) from University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a Chartered Certified Accountant through the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is a member of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa.