Arrival in Johannesburg & City Exploration Upon landing in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, you'll be
15-30 minutes within Cape Town
Begin your Cape Town morning with the iconic Red Bus City Sightseeing Tour, the most flexible way to explore the Mother City's diverse neighbourhoods. The open-top bus circuits take in the City Bowl, Bo-Kaap, the V&A Waterfront, Sea Point, Camps Bay, and the southern suburbs. Hop on and off at attractions that interest you. Visit the Castle of Good Hope, South Africa's oldest colonial building, then the District Six Museum, which documents the forced removals of 60,000 mixed-race residents under apartheid.
Spend the afternoon at whichever Cape Town experience calls to you: the Robben Island ferry tour to Nelson Mandela's former prison cell (book ahead as tours fill up), the Two Oceans Aquarium, the Clifton beaches, or the vibrant Greenmarket Square craft market. Table Mountain beckons if you did not summit in the morning. No Cape Town visit is complete without riding the aerial cableway.
Cape Town at sunset from Signal Hill or Lion's Head is one of the world's great views: the city bowl below, the ocean blazing orange, and the lights of the harbour beginning to flicker on. Tonight choose from the city's extraordinary restaurant scene ranging from Cape Malay to contemporary South African fusion.
