Guidebook for Cape Town

Martine & René
Martine & René
Guidebook for Cape Town

Sightseeing

World of Birds is the largest bird park in Africa. Over 3 000 birds (and small animals such as monkeys, mongoose, tortoises, civics, etc) of 400 different species can be seen here.
178 locals recommend
World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary & Monkey Park
Valley Road
178 locals recommend
World of Birds is the largest bird park in Africa. Over 3 000 birds (and small animals such as monkeys, mongoose, tortoises, civics, etc) of 400 different species can be seen here.
Absolutely magnificent botanical garden.
1765 locals recommend
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Rhodes Drive
1765 locals recommend
Absolutely magnificent botanical garden.
Interested in a township tour?
8 locals recommend
Imizamo Yethu
8 locals recommend
Interested in a township tour?
Stretching for almost a kilometre along the Atlantic Ocean. Go for a stroll on the beach, swim, hire some stand-up-paddles or kayaks or just play around in the sand.
58 locals recommend
Hout Bay Beach, Hout Bay
58 locals recommend
Stretching for almost a kilometre along the Atlantic Ocean. Go for a stroll on the beach, swim, hire some stand-up-paddles or kayaks or just play around in the sand.
Nice walks around Silvermine reservoir.
203 locals recommend
Silvermine Dam
203 locals recommend
Nice walks around Silvermine reservoir.
Spectacular views of Cape Town.
473 locals recommend
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway station
Pipe Track
473 locals recommend
Spectacular views of Cape Town.
168 locals recommend
Hout Bay Harbour
168 locals recommend
562 locals recommend
Boulders Beach
Kleintuin Road
562 locals recommend
163 locals recommend
Cape Town Stadium
Fritz Sonnenberg Road
163 locals recommend
409 locals recommend
Chapman's Peak Drive
1 Chapmans Peak Dr
409 locals recommend
485 locals recommend
Kalk Bay
485 locals recommend
244 locals recommend
Greenmarket Square
Longmarket Street
244 locals recommend
130 locals recommend
Rhodes Memorial
Rhodes Avenue
130 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

Great views and good sushi.
186 locals recommend
Beau Constantia
1043 Constantia Main Rd
186 locals recommend
Great views and good sushi.
Wine tasting in a beautiful setting.
114 locals recommend
Eagles' Nest Wines
Constantia Main Road
114 locals recommend
Wine tasting in a beautiful setting.
Enjoy wine tasting and cheese platters while admiring the spectacular views.
215 locals recommend
Constantia Glen
Constantia Main Road
215 locals recommend
Enjoy wine tasting and cheese platters while admiring the spectacular views.
This historical wine farm offers wine tasting, lunches and dinners. It also has a museum and beautiful gardens that are open to the public.
334 locals recommend
Groot Constantia
Groot Constantia Road
334 locals recommend
This historical wine farm offers wine tasting, lunches and dinners. It also has a museum and beautiful gardens that are open to the public.
A great, vibey market with a wide range of wares, food and drink. There is often a live band.
379 locals recommend
Bay Harbour Market
31 Harbour Rd
379 locals recommend
A great, vibey market with a wide range of wares, food and drink. There is often a live band.
Beautiful wine estate in the Constantia Valley.
121 locals recommend
Buitenverwachting
Klein Constantia Road
121 locals recommend
Beautiful wine estate in the Constantia Valley.
Ambeloui Wine Cellar
4075 Valley Rd
54 locals recommend
Klein Constantia Estate
Klein Constantia Road
54 locals recommend
67 locals recommend
Steenberg Vineyards
Steenberg Road
67 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
Deus Cafe
140 Main Rd
16 locals recommend

Food Scene

Experience the Hout Bay Harbour and grab some fish and chips on the way.
77 locals recommend
Mariner's Wharf Harbourfront Emporium
Harbour Road
77 locals recommend
Experience the Hout Bay Harbour and grab some fish and chips on the way.
Kids-friendly restaurant next to the beach.
143 locals recommend
Dunes Beach Restaurant & Bar
1 Beach Cres
143 locals recommend
Kids-friendly restaurant next to the beach.
Great restaurant for a fancy night out.
45 locals recommend
Quentin at Oakhurst
3 Dorman Way
45 locals recommend
Great restaurant for a fancy night out.
The place to be for sundowners and dinner afterwards.
206 locals recommend
The Bungalow
3 Victoria Rd
206 locals recommend
The place to be for sundowners and dinner afterwards.
12 locals recommend
Ragafellows
35 Main Rd
12 locals recommend
Best tapas in town!
102 locals recommend
Cheyne's
Main Road
102 locals recommend
Best tapas in town!
Best pizza's in town! Kids friendly.
102 locals recommend
Massimo's
Hout Bay Main Road
102 locals recommend
Best pizza's in town! Kids friendly.
143 locals recommend
Chapmans Peak Hotel
2 Chapmans Peak Dr
143 locals recommend
Famous for its Sunday roast
15 locals recommend
Suikerbossie Restaurant & Estate
1 Victoria Dr
15 locals recommend
Famous for its Sunday roast
Nice Thursday evening food market.
185 locals recommend
Cape Point Vineyards
Silvermine Road
185 locals recommend
Nice Thursday evening food market.
210 locals recommend
Noordhoek Farm Village
Noordhoek Main Road
210 locals recommend
134 locals recommend
Imhoff Farm
Kommetjie Road
134 locals recommend
Famous cocktails
312 locals recommend
Café Caprice
37 Victoria Rd
312 locals recommend
Famous cocktails
42 locals recommend
Fish on the Rocks
1 Harbour Rd
42 locals recommend
Voted best coffee in Cape Town
425 locals recommend
Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant St
425 locals recommend
Voted best coffee in Cape Town
Recently opened Harbour house and La Parada restaurants. A must!
179 locals recommend
La Parada Constantia Nek
1 Main Rd
179 locals recommend
Recently opened Harbour house and La Parada restaurants. A must!
32 locals recommend
Cape Town Biscuit Mill 1 station
32 locals recommend
40 locals recommend
Fisherman's Kommetjie
16 Somerset Way
40 locals recommend
One of the Top 10 restaurants in Cape Town, moved a year ago to Hout Bay.
247 locals recommend
La Colombe Restaurant
Main Road
247 locals recommend
One of the Top 10 restaurants in Cape Town, moved a year ago to Hout Bay.
One of the Top 10 restaurants in Cape Town.
312 locals recommend
The Pot Luck Club
373-375 Albert Rd
312 locals recommend
One of the Top 10 restaurants in Cape Town.
Another Top 10 restaurant in Cape Town.
259 locals recommend
The Test Kitchen
375 Albert Rd
259 locals recommend
Another Top 10 restaurant in Cape Town.
One of the hottest new restaurants in 2017
33 locals recommend
La Petite Colombe
Dassenberg Road
33 locals recommend
One of the hottest new restaurants in 2017
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
145 locals recommend
Villa 47
47 Bree St
145 locals recommend
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
14 locals recommend
Hokey Poke Bar & Take Away
14 locals recommend
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
14 locals recommend
Lucky Bao Hout Bay
Main Road
14 locals recommend
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
Albert's Eatery
364 Albert Rd
One of the hottest new restaurants in Cape Town in 2017.
72 locals recommend
Greenhouse, Constantia
93 Brommersvlei Rd
72 locals recommend
15 locals recommend
95 at Parks
114 Constantia Main Rd
15 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
65 locals recommend
Four & Twenty Cafe
23 Wolfe St
65 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
102 locals recommend
Hemelhuijs
71 Waterkant St
102 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
44 locals recommend
Open Door Restaurant
ERF12995 Spaanschemat River Rd
44 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
62 locals recommend
Chardonnay Deli
62 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
135 locals recommend
The Foodbarn Deli & Tapas Bar
Noordhoek Main Road
135 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
123 locals recommend
Manna Epicure
4 Kloof St
123 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
86 locals recommend
Starlings
94 Belvedere Rd
86 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
69 locals recommend
Jonkershuis Restaurant South Africa
Groot Constantia Road
69 locals recommend
The Best Breakfast Spots in Cape Town 2017
119 locals recommend
On the Rocks Restaurant
45 Stadler Rd
119 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
Deus Cafe
140 Main Rd
16 locals recommend
49 locals recommend
Dario's Cafe
30 Main Rd
49 locals recommend
32 locals recommend
Jakes on the Common Restaurant
2 Avondrust Cir
32 locals recommend

Essentials

Close-by and convenient
21 locals recommend
Oakhurst Kwikspar
Dorman Way
21 locals recommend
Close-by and convenient
8 locals recommend
Pick n Pay Hout Bay Clothing Store
Main Road
8 locals recommend
102 locals recommend
Woolworths
Princess Street
102 locals recommend
35 locals recommend
SPAR Hout Bay
Victoria Road
35 locals recommend
7 locals recommend
Checkers Hout Bay
Melkhout Crescent
7 locals recommend
Vodacom Shop Hout Bay
Shell
423A Main Rd

Entertainment & Activities

A great activity for kids and adults alike. Paint your own pottery. Coffee and food available.
13 locals recommend
Chasm Ceramics
Main Road
13 locals recommend
A great activity for kids and adults alike. Paint your own pottery. Coffee and food available.
This is a beautiful family orientated beach and is also great for surfers.
219 locals recommend
Llandudno Beach
219 locals recommend
This is a beautiful family orientated beach and is also great for surfers.
Take your kids on a 2-hour adventure of treetop obstacles and zip lines!
44 locals recommend
Acrobranch Constantia
1 Hout Bay Main Road
44 locals recommend
Take your kids on a 2-hour adventure of treetop obstacles and zip lines!
90 locals recommend
Newlands Rugby Stadium
ERF153664 Boundary Rd
90 locals recommend
19 locals recommend
The Bike Park
ERF3347 Spaanschemat River Rd
19 locals recommend
One of the best windsurf spots in Cape Town.
31 locals recommend
Sunset Beach
31 locals recommend
One of the best windsurf spots in Cape Town.
One of the best windsurf spots by strong South Easter
Haakgat
One of the best windsurf spots by strong South Easter
Very nice windsurf spot when South Easter is to strong at Sunset beach and Big Bay.
42 locals recommend
Melkbosstrand
42 locals recommend
Very nice windsurf spot when South Easter is to strong at Sunset beach and Big Bay.
Nice golfclub.
Clovelly
Nice golfclub.
Nice golfclub with good restaurant.
66 locals recommend
Steenberg Estate
66 locals recommend
Nice golfclub with good restaurant.
Nice trampoline venue for rainy days.
33 locals recommend
Rush Trampoline Park
25 Stegman Rd
33 locals recommend
Nice trampoline venue for rainy days.
6 locals recommend
Abseil Africa
6 locals recommend
43 locals recommend
Cape Canopy Tour
Forestry Road
43 locals recommend

Everything Else

Hike in the beautiful mountains behind the cottage.
Vlakkenberg Peak
Hike in the beautiful mountains behind the cottage.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful beach, nice restaurants and bars.
389 locals recommend
Camps Bay
389 locals recommend
Beautiful beach, nice restaurants and bars.
253 locals recommend
Muizenberg Beach Club
165 Main Rd
253 locals recommend
76 locals recommend
Long Beach
76 locals recommend
51 locals recommend
Scarborough
51 locals recommend
859 locals recommend
Cape Point
859 locals recommend
82 locals recommend
Big Bay
82 locals recommend
66 locals recommend
Langebaan
66 locals recommend
602 locals recommend
Company's Gardens
602 locals recommend
Nice view on Cape Town and Table Mountain
609 locals recommend
Signal Hill
609 locals recommend
Nice view on Cape Town and Table Mountain
Go for a sundowner to Lion's Head.
725 locals recommend
Lion's Head Hike
Signal Hill Road
725 locals recommend
Go for a sundowner to Lion's Head.
Easiest way to hike up Table Mountain.
79 locals recommend
Platteklip Gorge
Platteklip Gorge
79 locals recommend
Easiest way to hike up Table Mountain.
Two hikes starting in Kirstenbosch Gardens going up Table Mountain.
46 locals recommend
Skeleton Gorge / Nursery Ravine Hike
Nursery Ravine
46 locals recommend
Two hikes starting in Kirstenbosch Gardens going up Table Mountain.
Cape Town Oudekraal 1 station
Shipwreck trail.
Olifantsbos Beach
Shipwreck trail.
417 locals recommend
Green Point Park
1 Fritz Sonnenberg Rd
417 locals recommend