Best Parks in Cape Town
7 parks in Cape Town, including Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (Newlands, Cape Town). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.
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Newlands, Cape Town
On Table Mountain's eastern slopes, this SANBI-run botanical garden has a treetop canopy walkway and separately ticketed, tiered entry for residents and visitors.
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Green Point, Cape Town
Free municipal park behind Cape Town Stadium, with a Biodiversity Showcase Garden of indigenous fynbos, play areas, a meditative labyrinth and an outdoor gym.
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Company's Garden
parkCity Bowl, Cape Town
Cape Town's oldest garden, planted in 1652 to feed passing Dutch East India Company ships; now a city-centre park with a rose garden, aviary and old pear tree.
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De Waal Park
parkGardens, Cape Town
Cape Town's first major public park, opened in 1895 on former reservoir land; a National Monument known today as a favourite off-leash spot for dog walkers.
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Sea Point, Cape Town
A free, roughly 7km paved seafront walkway from Mouille Point to Sea Point with play parks and benches, backed by views of Lion's Head and Signal Hill.
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Arderne Gardens
parkClaremont, Cape Town
Free-entry Claremont arboretum planted from 1845, now a Provincial Heritage Site with six state-recognised Champion Trees, including a giant Moreton Bay fig.
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Table Mountain, Cape Town
Twin high points of Table Mountain National Park; Lion's Head is a chained, laddered summit hike, Signal Hill a drive-up viewpoint over the city and harbour.
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