Cape Town , South Africa

Featuring numerous hiking trails, exotic wildlife, and dramatic scenery, Cape Town caters to adventurous travelers. But that doesn't mean laid-back travelers won't enjoy themselves here. South Africa's capital is flanked by sugary-white beaches and miles of rolling vineyards, making it easy to spend your days sunbathing and your evenings sipping wine. Getting here won't be cheap, but it is possible to find convenient, budget-friendly lodging.

Cape Town is the quintessential melting pot: it is a city alive with creativity, colour , sounds and tastes.

While walking through the city’s streets and meeting its people, you will fall in love with its natural beauty, creative freedom and incredible spirit. Cape Town is a city where the unexpected is always just around the corner and the beautiful province of the Western Cape lies ready to be explored across the city border

Hiking route at Table Mountain

The V&A Waterfront, a renovation of part of Cape Town’s Dockyard, is one of the mother city’s biggest tourist attractions. It draws over 20 million visitors a year and is a combination of shopping, entertainment and office locations, hotels, apartments and residential marina. The idea is that one lives, works, shops and plays at the V&A. Shops are open well into the night and cinemas and restaurants attract both locals and visitors.

The V&A Waterfront view at night
(A harbour of shopping)

The V&A Waterfront offers trips to Robben Island at the end of Quay 5 on jetty 1 and you can also go on a number of pleasure cruises, yacht charters and trips. From the Waterfront you are close enough to the city centre to reach several attractions by foot or catch one of the many bus tours from here. The Two Oceans Aquarium, with over 3000 living sea animals, including sharks and penguins is also at the Waterfront and worth a visit just for the enchanted kelp forest exhibit.

Predator Exhibit at Two Oceans Aquarium

Penguins is also have at the Waterfront