Things to Do in Cape Town

Table Mountain, one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, can be reached by rotating cable car that offers 360° views of Cape Town and the surrounding ocean.

Cape Town is home to the largest penguin colony on the African continent, located at Boulders Beach where African penguins nest among granite boulders.

The Cape of Good Hope, often confused with the southernmost point of Africa, is actually a dramatic headland; Cape Agulhas, 150km east, is the true southern tip.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years on Robben Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site now accessible by ferry from the V&A Waterfront.

Cape Town experiences a Mediterranean climate with dry, hot summers (December–February) and mild, wet winters (June–August)—opposite to Northern Hemisphere seasons.

The city straddles the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, with distinct water temperatures and marine ecosystems on opposite coasts.