One of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, the Queen Mary 2, docked at the Eastern Mole in the Port of Cape Town earlier this week. The QM2, which is more than 345m long, has a guest capacity of 3 056 and carries 1 253 crew. Due to its length, the ship is not able to dock at the Waterfront. The liner was greeted with a traditional Cape Town welcome [More]

The V&A Waterfront, in Cape Town, is South Africa's most popular tourist destination. It offers several magnificent views of Cape Town, which is locally known as the Mother City. Every year, millions of visitors every year pass through and nowadays it has become the jewel of Cape Town. [More]

There is just so much happening in Cape Town right now. By all accounts, Design Indaba 2012 was again a roaring success. According to the organisers of Design Indaba: “Preliminary figures show that more than 38 000 people attended the Design Indaba Expo in 2012”.Capetonians and visitors to the Mother City are in for a feast of events over the next month. Hot More...

The Garden Route is a popular and scenic stretch of the south-eastern coast of South Africa. It stretches from Mossel Bay in the Western Cape to the Storms River which is crossed along the N2 coastal highway over the Paul Sauer Bridge in the extreme western reach of the neighbouring Eastern Cape. [More]

If the Western Cape were a woman, she would turn heads. As a province of South Africa, the Western Cape draws millions of visitors each year to a seemingly small area if compared with other provinces in South Africa, but one that is so beautiful that it can’t help the distinct attention it draws. Affixed to the tip of Africa as it is, the Western Cape lies bordered by two oceans - the [More]

As a city, Cape Town offers far more than you’d expect. The more you explore, the more beautiful it gets. Around every corner and through every door, a world of inspirational experience awaits. Welcome to the Cape Town Tourism website, where you will see that Cape Town is a great city to visit, to live in, to work in, to play in [More]

With its nine provinces and 11 official languages, South Africa is a potjiekos (traditional South African pot of food cooked on a fire) of cultures. Add to this interesting mix the influence of apartheid and its legacy, and you’re faced with an interesting array of attractions that document the country’s move from colonial rule in the Cape, through [More]

Cape Town is historically a mingling place for cultures. The Portuguese caravels of Bartholomeu Dias took anchor off its shores in the late 15th century, and it was in 1652 that the Dutch started the first European settlement in Southern Africa here, in the lands of the indigenous Khoi people, who called Table Mountain “Hoerikwaggo” (“the mountain [More]