An insider's field guide to Cape Town
The city between
a mountain and
two oceans.
Skip the itinerary everyone else is following. We write about the Cape Town locals actually live in — the tidal pools, the back-street bakeries, the neighbourhoods with stories worth hearing.
Cape Town
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Every quarter tells a
different Cape Town
Four neighbourhoods, four completely different cities. Start where the story starts.
Eat & Drink
Where we'd actually
spend our own money
No pay-to-play listings, no front-row Waterfront tourist menus. Just the rooms, plates and pours we send our friends to.
Experiences
Days you'll still talk
about in ten years
Hike · 3–4 hours
Table Mountain before the cableway wakes
Climb Platteklip Gorge in the dark and watch dawn hit the city bowl from the summit plateau.
Scenic drive · Half a day with stops
Chapman's Peak at golden hour
Nine kilometres and 114 curves carved into a cliff face between Hout Bay and Noordhoek.
Day trip · Full day
Cape Point & the Boulders penguins
The old lighthouse at the end of the peninsula, then African penguins at swimming distance.
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