Visit Cape Town For An Unforgettable Experience

Cape Town, South Africa lies on the shoreline of Table Bay not far from the southern tip of Africa. It was founded by the Dutch East India Company to be a port of replenishment for Dutch sailing vessels en route to East Africa, India, and China/Indonesia. Cape Town is the geographical and jurisdictive capital and home base for the National Parliament and various other governmental agencies. It is the second most populous city in South Africa and the most extensive in the area. Cape Town is proud of its landmarks, which include Table Mountain and Cape point, not to mention the harbor known as Point of Cape Town.

Flights into Cape Town touch down at Cape Town International Airport, located about 20 minutes from the Cape Town City Centre. Some flights, however, first stop in Johannesburg. There is no public transportation between the airport and the city. It is highly recommended to pre book transportation from the airport to the city through shuttle services of Magic Bus, City Hopper or Centurion. Private taxis are also available.

The city of Cape Town in South Africa has many things for tourists and visitors to check out. It has become one of the most popular places for tourists to see in Africa. Here are some of the things Cape Town has to offer.

Get to the Vodacom Festival if you love comedy. It’s being held in Cape Town at the Baxter Theater June 7th to June 11th. Here you’ll enjoy comics from the area and from the global community and you’re sure to laugh. In fact, it’s been called the Cape Town Winter Tonic and usually sells out.

The Southern Line Train Route from Cape Town to Simon’s Town will be very much enjoyed by the people who like train journeys. The hop-on-hop-off pass will enable the visitors to delve into the magnificence of the coast with stops at the South African Astronomical Observatory and the Groote Schuur Hospital, where a heart transplant was carried out for the first time. They can also visit Table Mountain or Muizenberg Beach, which is one of the most popular surfing beaches of South Africa. Taking a break at Simon’s Town, Boulders Beach where penguin breeds in colonies or enjoy a game of golf and have lunch. This amazing terrain abounds in Cape Town en route to Simon’s Town and Southern Right whales can be seen if you visit at the right season.

Go to Cape Townn for some of the best golf courses around. You can do nine holes right near the City Centre at Metropolitan. It’s been in existence since 1895 and plans to renovate it are in the works. For 18 holes, go to Westlake and you’ll golf under pine trees at the base of Silvermine Mountain. Or try Clovelly and Steenberg with their gorgeous landscaping and panoramic vistas.

After visiting places of interest in and around Cape Town, how about a little relaxation and loosening up at any one of the spas’ the city makes available for the purpose? The one at the Twelve Apostles Hotel, the Sanctuary spa has lined up an array of treatment programs like the sauna and hydrotherapy bath, Swedish massage, brine pool and hot and cold plunge pools, body wraps, native plant extract treatments and many more such ministrations. The Sanctuary Spa makes utmost use of the healing power and energies of earth, water and air to rejuvenate and replenish your mind, body and spirit.