Destination Guide
Cape Town

Cape Town

Nature, sports and European-style sophistication

Discover a Mediterranean-style African city with a flight to Cape Town. Characterised by the imposing Table Mountain and an impulsive ocean, Cape Town offers challenging outdoor activities and a vibrant nightlife.

Things to do

Flights to Cape Town deliver the alfresco experience. Go windsurfing in Camps Bay, penguin-spotting in Boulders Beach or wine-tasting in Constantia, and come home from your Cape Town city break invigorated.

Shopping

Greenmarket Square sells wooden handicrafts to take home on your flight back from Cape Town. Constantia offers premium wines and Greenpoint dazzles with diamonds. For everything else, there is the V&A Waterfront, a bustling entertainment centre.

Restaurants

Super-sized steaks and fresh fish dominate Cape Town menus. Kalk Bay and Camps Bay have views and seafood, while Long Street is the place to try game. Enjoy a small bite to eat with a cocktail or glass of wine in Kloof Street.

Nightlife

Travel to Cape Town and catch cabaret and comedy shows or free live performances at the V&A Waterfront. Locals head to the bars in Camps Bay at sunset, and move on to Greenpoint clubs as night falls.

When to go

KLM has frequent flights to Cape Town. Choose airline tickets to coincide with some of the city's top events, like whale watching in September or the summer concerts at Kirstenbosch.

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Shopping

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Monkeybiz

Elephant beadwork. Photo courtesy of Monkeybiz

With the help of 450 highly skilled women from Cape Town's townships, Monkeybiz in Bo-Kaap has taken the art of beadwork More about this item

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Things to do

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Table Mountain Cable Car

The cable car from Table Mountain, Cape Town. Photo by Barbara Realini. © Whatsonwhen

Enjoy a bird's eye view of the mother city and beyond with a ten-minute cable-car trip up Table Mountain. This More about this item

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Restaurants

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Harbour House

Harbour House, cape Town. Courtesy of Harbour House

At Harbour House, prime seafood, caught daily from the restaurant's own fishing boat, is framed by Kalk Bay's ocean views More about this item

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