SOUTH AFRICA DELIGHTS

Arrived in Cape Town International Airport, undeniably one of the most beautiful cities in the world. You will be met at arrivals and be transferred to the hotel, you will see the city’s iconic symbol, Table Mountain greeting you in the distance. Tonight, discover some of Cape Town’s world-class restaurants on your own. Rest of the day and evening at your leisure. Later that evening you will be picked up for your local dinner at Cape Town restaurant.

Overnight: Hotel in Cape Town

Today enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, before meeting your guide at the hotel foyer for a full-day Cape Point Peninsular Tour.

Enjoy your drive through to the city center, pass famous landmarks such as the Castle of Good Hope built in 1666 by the Dutch East India Company and City Hall, a splendid baroque building, and of course the Grand Parade. See St. George’s Cathedral and the Anglican Diocese of Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Pass the Company Gardens and the Malay Quarter. Perhaps ascend to the summit by cable car (ticket not included) and marvel at a bird’s eye view of the city and its beaches.

Later, you will have the opportunity to learn the three-billion-year-old story of diamonds while touring prominent Shimansky Jewelers. The 45-minute tour reveals the origins of diamond mining and includes explanations of color, cut, and clarity. Following the tour stroll through the V & A Waterfront with its endless shopping and dining opportunities before returning to your hotel for an afternoon at leisure.

This evening, treat yourself to a local dinner at one of the trendy restaurants at Cape Town. 

Overnight: Hotel in Cape Town

Breakfast served at the hotel, you will be met at the hotel foyer for a full day Cape Point Tour (08:30-17:00). Enjoy your journey through The Cape of Good Hope within Table Mountain National Park is surrounded by a rich biodiversity and is home to at least 250 species of birds as well as antelope, ostrich, and baboons. Walk through the rugged cliffs or take the famous Flying Dutchman funicular (on return), a beacon for early explorers that climbs uphill to the old lighthouse. Afterward, visit Boulders Beach to see the unique spectacle of penguins waddling freely and walk-through spectacular Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Later, back to hotel.

Note: If weather does not permit with Table Mountain the alternative will be Signal Hill.

Overnight: Hotel in Cape Town

Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure or you can do an optional tour to Robben Island with an additional cost.

Robben Island: Runs as follows; 09h00, 11h00, 13h00, and 15h00. The ferries depart from the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V & A Waterfront. The tour takes 3.5 hours including the ferry trip to and from the Island (Depending on the boat used as they have different travel times). You will disembark at Murray’s Bay Harbour situated on the east coast of the Island and take a short walk to bus that will transport you to all the historical sites around the Island. On the way to the bus, you will pass buildings and a high wall built by prisoners during the 1960s. The buildings were used for family and lawyer visits to prisoners.

You will meet your Tour Guide when you have boarded the bus. The prison tour will be conducted by a Robben Island Tour Guide. This is part of our integrated tour model. They are fully conversant and knowledgeable about the Island’s multi-layered 500 year old history. The tour route includes the graveyard of people who died from leprosy, the Lime Quarry, Robert Sobukwe’s house, the Bluestone quarry, the army, and navy bunkers and the Maximum-Security Prison where thousands of South Africa’s freedom fighters were incarcerated for years. The tour culminates with a viewing of Nelson Mandela’s cell.

Overnight: Hotel in Cape Town

After breakfast and check out you will be transferred to Cape Town Elizabeth Airport for your onward flight.