Things to Do in Cape Town
Looking for things to do in Cape Town? This list of 8 includes Table Mountain Aerial Cableway (Table Mountain, Cape Town). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
attractionTable Mountain, Cape Town
A revolving cable car climbs the flat-topped mountain above the city; it closes annually for maintenance and in high wind, so check status before you go.
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Robben Island
attractionRobben Island, Cape Town
Political prisoners including Nelson Mandela were held here; ferries leave from the Nelson Mandela Gateway and are weather-dependent, so tours can be cancelled.
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District Six Museum
attractionDistrict Six, Cape Town
Housed in a former Methodist mission church, it tells the story of over sixty thousand people forcibly removed from this inner-city neighbourhood under apartheid.
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Bo-Kaap
attractionBo-Kaap, Cape Town
Cobbled streets of brightly painted houses on the slopes of Signal Hill, home to Cape Town's Cape Malay Muslim community since the 1760s.
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Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
attractionSimon's Town, Cape Town
Boardwalks let you watch an endangered colony of African penguins nesting among granite boulders; it is a SANParks-ticketed site within Table Mountain National Park.
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Cape of Good Hope & Cape Point
attractionCape Point, Cape Town
Fenced reserve at the peninsula's tip with grazing antelope and zebra, a working lighthouse and funicular; not the southernmost point of Africa, that's Cape Agulhas.
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Zeitz MOCAA
attractionV&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Africa's largest contemporary art museum, built inside a converted 1920s grain silo at the Waterfront; separately ticketed, with free entry for under-18s.
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Chapman's Peak Drive
attractionHout Bay, Cape Town
A scenic 9km toll road carved into cliffs between Hout Bay and Noordhoek; it closes to traffic as a precaution during severe wind, rain or rockfall risk.
Checked againstsouthafrica.netchapmanspeakdrive.co.za
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