3 days in Cape Town

Cape Town is definitely the number #1 nicest city of South Africa, therefore not very difficult to spend a fulfilling 3 days in this city. See my suggested itinerary below to make the best out of your stay.

DAY #1

Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden
Use the first day to check out the peninsula, we used our rental car to take a tour along all the highlights. We started at Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden; I wanted to visit this place because of the recently built canopy walkway. Luckily we were here in the morning and had it all for ourselves.

Boulders Beach
Next stop was Boulders Beach; known for the penguin colony that lives here. It’s actually a quaint little beach with actual boulders that you’ll have to climb to get to the nicest areas, here you’ll find the penguins up close, just relaxing and minding their own business.

Cape of Good Hope
At the far end of the peninsula is Cape Point with its lighthouse and Cape of Good Hope. Although both are not that spectacular to see, I guess it’s a must visit to be at the most Southern point in Africa.

Chapman’s Peak
On our way back to Cape Town, we drove the beautiful 8 kilometer coastal route; Chapman’s Peak; a road which is also used for a lot of car commercials. Definitely a must drive.

DAY #2

Table Mountain
At the beginning of our second day we went to visit the renowned Table Mountain. To get up you can either climb or take the easy route with the cable car, we took the latter. Unluckily there was a one hour queue for the tickets, being stubborn and hating to wait, I bought tickets online, right there on the spot by using my cell phone and happily passed all these people.

The view on top is spectacular to say the least. Luckily we were blessed with clear skies and could see all over Cape Town. On top of the mountain you can even walk the plateau for quite a bit.

V&A Waterfront
The rest of the day we took a hearty lunch, had a quick stop at the colorful houses in the Bo-Kaap district and checked out the V&A Waterfront. Although locals said this was only just a shopping area, we were amazed by the colonial style houses, pretty squares and renovated warehouses. We surely enjoyed strolling around these parts.

DAY #3

Stellenbosch
About a 45-minute drive from Cape Town is Stellenbosch; known for their vineyards. We took the liberty to visit Warwick Estate and did a wine tasting. Although I personally don’t like wine at all, I did love the atmosphere and for only 50 rand / €3 you really can’t go wrong. After the wine tasting we also took a wine safari; the local connoisseur took us up the vineyard and compared the different grapes to the Big Five animals, which was actually rather interesting.

In the afternoon we were in Cape Town and walked around the City Bowl area; the gardens and a lively atmosphere at Greenmarket Square. On Long Street there are also plenty of bars and restaurants to finish of the day.