# Things to Do in Cape Town

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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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**Updated:** 2026-08-25 22:37:18

1. **[Table Mountain Aerial Cableway](/e/table-mountain-aerial-cableway---1478.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.sanparks.org/parks/table-mountain/what-to-do/attractions/table-mountain, https://www.tablemountain.net/
2. **[Robben Island](/e/robben-island---1479.md)** (attraction) — Political prisoners including Nelson Mandela were held here; ferries leave from the Nelson Mandela Gateway and are weather-dependent, so tours can be cancelled. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/916/, https://www.robben-island.org.za/tour-types/
3. **[District Six Museum](/e/district-six-museum---1480.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://sahistory.org.za/place/district-six-cape-town, https://www.districtsix.co.za/
4. **[Bo-Kaap](/e/bo-kaap---1481.md)** (attraction) — Cobbled streets of brightly painted houses on the slopes of Signal Hill, home to Cape Town's Cape Malay Muslim community since the 1760s. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://sahistory.org.za/place/bo-kaap-museum, https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/bo-kaap-museum/
5. **[Boulders Beach Penguin Colony](/e/boulders-beach-penguin-colony---1482.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulders_Beach, https://www.sanparks.org/parks/table-mountain/what-to-do/attractions/boulders-penguin-colony
6. **[Cape of Good Hope & Cape Point](/e/cape-of-good-hope-cape-point---1483.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Point, https://www.sanparks.org/parks/table-mountain/what-to-do/attractions/cape-of-good-hope-cape-point
7. **[Zeitz MOCAA](/e/zeitz-mocaa---1484.md)** (attraction) — Africa's largest contemporary art museum, built inside a converted 1920s grain silo at the Waterfront; separately ticketed, with free entry for under-18s. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://insideguide.co.za/cape-town/things-to-do/zeitz-mocaa/, https://zeitzmocaa.museum/faqs/much-cost-get-free/
8. **[Chapman's Peak Drive](/e/chapman-s-peak-drive---1485.md)** (attraction) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.southafrica.net/uk/en/travel/article/chapman-s-peak-drive-cape-town-one-of-the-most-exquisite-views-in-the-world, https://www.chapmanspeakdrive.co.za/

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