Cape Town and the Garden Route

Table Mountain, winelands and whale watching.

Photo: Der Berzerker from Washington, DC, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Short List

Must-See

Must-See
Cities · Table Mountain

Cape Town

Western Cape

Table Mountain above an Atlantic city, with Robben Island and Cape Point.

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Must-See
Beaches · Scenic Drives

Garden Route

Western and Eastern Cape

A coast road of lagoons, forests and whales.

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Heritage · Wine

Cape Winelands

Western Cape

Dutch gables and very good wine.

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Mountains · Views

Table Mountain

Western Cape

Cape Town's flat-topped icon, by rotating cable car.

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Worth a Detour

Worth a Detour
Nature · Whales

Hermanus

Western Cape

The world's best land-based whale watching, from June to November.

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Worth a Detour
Beaches · Penguins

Boulders Beach

Western Cape

A colony of African penguins, near Cape Town.

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Worth a Detour
Heritage · UNESCO

Robben Island

Western Cape

The prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years, a ferry ride from Cape Town.

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On the Map

Grey pins: guides still being written.