Health tips for travelling in South Africa

Nothing can spoil a holiday more than feeling off-colour, and nothing can dull the pleasure of your holiday memories more than getting ill far from home. There are a number of health issues that you should be aware of, particularly if you're from the northern hemisphere.
However, while there are risks anywhere, South Africa has a relatively salubrious climate and our levels of water treatment, hygiene and such make it a pretty safe destination.

If you're an adult, you won't need any inoculations unless you're travelling from a yellow-fever endemic area (the yellow fever belt of Africa or South America), in which case you will need certification to prove your inoculation status when you arrive in South Africa. It is recommended that you have the required inoculations four to six weeks before you travel to South Africa (a yellow fever inoculation certificate only becomes valid 10 days after inoculation - after which it remains valid for 10 years).

Hepatitis B inoculations are recommended for children up to the age of 12 who have not completed the series of injections as infants. Booster doses for tetanus and measles can also be administered.

Medical facilities
Medical facilities in cities and larger towns are world-class, but you will find that in rural areas the clinics and hospitals deal with primary health needs, and therefore do not offer the range of medical care that the large metropolitan hospitals do. Trained medical caregivers are deployed round the country, so help is never far away.

The sun
We have a warm sunny climate and you should wear sunscreen and a hat whenever you are out of doors during the day, particularly between 10am and 4pm, regardless of whether there is cloud cover or not. Even if you have a dark complexion, you can still get sunburned if you are from a cooler climate and have not had much exposure to the sun. Sunglasses are also recommended wear, as the glare of the African sun can be strong.

Can I drink the water?
High-quality tap (faucet) water is available almost everywhere in South Africa, treated so as to be free of harmful micro-organisms, and in any area other than informal or shack settlements, is both palatable and safe to drink straight from the tap. In some areas, the water is mineral-rich, and you may experience a bit of gastric distress for a day or two until you get used to it. Bottled mineral water, both sparkling and still, is readily available in most places.

Drinking water straight from rivers and streams could put you at risk of waterborne diseases – especially downstream of human settlements. The water in mountain streams, however, is usually pure and wonderful. In the Cape, particularly, the water contains humic acid, which stains it the colour of diluted Coca-Cola – this is absolutely harmless, and the water is wonderful. You may also find this colouring in tap water in some areas. It's fine – it just looks a bit weird in the bath.

Do I need to take malaria tablets?
Many of the main tourist areas are malaria-free, so you need not worry at all. However, the Kruger National Park, the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, and the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal do pose a malaria risk in the summer months. Many local people and some travellers do not take malaria prophylaxis, but most health professionals recommend you d

o. Consult your doctor or a specialist travel clinic for the latest advice concerning malaria prophylaxis, as it changes regularly.

Whether you take oral prophylaxis or not, always use mosquito repellent, wear long pants, closed shoes and light long-sleeved shirts at night, and sleep under a mosquito net in endemic areas (the anopheles mosquito, which carries malaria, operates almost exclusively after dark). It is advisable to avoid malarial areas if you are pregnant.

Other health issues
Bilharzia can be a problem in some of the east-flowing rivers, but it is easily detected and treated if it is caught early. Perhaps it would be a good idea to have a routine test a month or two after you get home – just to reassure yourself. Ticks generally come out in the early spring and may carry tickbite fever, which is easily treated. You should also be aware of hepatitis, for which you can be inoculated.

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Travelling to South Africa? You’d better learn the lingo, bru...

South Africans speak English, that doesn't mean you'll always understand us. Our robots are nothing like R2D2, just now doesn't mean immediately, and babbelas is not a shampoo.

SA English has a flavour all its own, borrowing freely from Afrikaans - which is similar to Dutch and Flemish - as well as from the country's many African languages, with some words coming from colonial-era Malay and Portuguese immigrants.

Note: In many words derived from Afrikaans, the letter "g" is pronounced in the same way as the "ch" in the Scottish "loch" or the German "achtung" - a kind of growl at the back of the throat. In the pronunciation guides below, the spelling for this sound is given as "gh".

A
abba - Carry a child secured to one's back with a blanket. From the Khoi-San.

amasi (pronounced um-ah-see) - A popular drink of thick sour milk. From the isiZulu. An alternative name is maas.

apartheid (ap-art-hate) - Literally "apart-ness" in Afrikaans, apartheid was the policy of racial separation, and the resulting oppression of the black majority, implemented by the National Party from 1948 to 1990.

ag (agh) - Generally used at the beginning of a sentence, to express resignation or irritation, as in: "Ag no man! What did you do that for?"

B
babbelas (bub-buh-luss) - A hangover.

bagel (bay-gell) - An overly groomed materialistic young man, and the male version of a kugel.

bakgat (buck-ghut) - Well done, cool, awesome.

bakkie (buck-ee) - A pick-up truck.

bergie (bear-ghee) - From the Afrikaans berg, mountain, originally referring to vagrants who sheltered in the forests of Cape Town's Table Mountain and now a mainstream word for anyone who is down and out.

biltong (bill-tong) - This South African favourite is dried and salted meat, similar to beef jerky, although it can be made from ostrich, kudu or any other red meat.

bioscope - A cinema or movie theatre, originally a defunct international English word that has survived longer in South Africa because of the influence of the Afrikaans bioskoop.

biscuit - In South Africa a cookie is known as a biscuit. The word is also a term of affection, as in "Hey, you biscuit".

bliksem - To beat up, hit or punch - or a mischievous person.

blooming (blimmin) - A variation on very, as in: "That new bakkie is blimmin big."

bobotie (buh-boor-tee) - A dish of Malay origin, made with minced meat and spices, and topped with an egg sauce.

boerewors (boor-uh-vors) - Literally, farmer's sausage. A savoury sausage developed by the
Boers - today's Afrikaners - some 200 years ago, boerewors is South African food at its most traditional.

boet (like book, with a t) - A term of affection, from the Afrikaans for brother.

boma (bow-mah) - An open thatched structure used for dinners, entertainment and parties.

bonsella - Surprise gift, something extra, or a bribe. From isiZulu.

bosberaad (borse-bah-raad)- A strategy meeting or conference, usually held in a remote

bushveld location such as a game farm.

braai (br-eye) - An outdoor barbecue, where meat such as steak, chicken and boerewors are cooked, served with pap and bredie.

bredie (brear-dee) - A traditional South African mutton stew, first brought to the country by Malay immigrants. It now refers to any kind of stew.

bru (brew) - A term of affection, shortened from Afrikaans broer, meaning "brother". An example would be "Hey, my bru, howzit?"

bunny chow - Delicious and cheap food on the go, bunny chow is curry served in a hollowed-out half-loaf of bread, generally sold in greasy-spoon cafés. Perfect for eating on the side of the road while backpacking across South Africa.

bushveld (bush-felt) - Taken from the Afrikaans bosveld ("bush field"), the bushveld is a terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.

C
café (kaf-ay, kaff-ee or kayff) - The ubiquitous small neighbourhood convenience store, often found on street corners and stocking cigarettes, cold drinks and newspapers.

china - To most people China is the country with the largest population in the world, but to a South African it can mean something entirely different. China means good friend, as in "This oke's my china". It's one of the few Cockney rhyming slang words to survive in the country, coming from "china plate" = "mate".

chommie - Friend, from the English chum.

cooldrink, colddrink - This is the common term for a soda, such as Coca-Cola. Ask for a soda in South Africa and you will receive a club soda.

D
dassie - The rock hyrax, a small herbivore that lives in mountainous habitats and is reputed to be the species mostly closely related to the elephant. The name comes from the Afrikaans das, meaning "badger".

deurmekaar (dee-oor-muh-car) - An Afrikaans for confused, disorganised or stupid, as in "He's a bit deurmekaar.

dinges (ding-us) - A thing, thingamabob, whatzit, whatchamacallit or whatsizname: "When is dinges coming around?"

doek (like book) - A head scarf worn to protect a woman's hair.

dolos - Interlocking blocks of concrete in an H-shape, with one arm rotated through 90º. The dolos is a South African invention used to protect seawalls and preserve beaches from erosion. The name comes from an Afrikaans word for the knuckle bones in an animal's leg. The plural is dolosse.

donga - A natural ditch resulting from severe soil erosion. From the isiZulu for "wall".

donner (dor-nuh) - Beat up. From the Afrikaans donder, meaning thunder.

dop (dawp) - An alcoholic drink: "Can I pour you a dop?" It can also mean failure: "I dopped the test."

dorp - A small town on the platteland.

droewors (droo-uh-vors) - Dried boerewors, similar to biltong.

dummy - A baby's pacifier.

dumpie - A South African beer served in a brown 340ml bottle.

Durbs - The city of Durban.

dwaal (dwarl) - Lack of concentration or focus: "Sorry, I was in a bit of a dwaal. Could you repeat that?"

E
eina (ay-nuh or ay-nar) - Ouch! Can also mean "sore".

eish (aysh) - Used to express surprise, wonder, frustration or outrage: "Eish! That cut was eina!"

F
Fixed up - Used to mean "that's good" or "sorted". Example: "Let's meet at the restaurant." The reply: "Fixed up."

flog - No whips implied. South Africans use flog to mean sell, as in "I've had enough of this old car. I think it's time I flogged it."

frikkadel (frik-kuh-dell) - A traditional meatball.

fundi (foon-dee) - Expert. From the Nguni umfundisi, meaning teacher or preacher.

fynbos (fayn-baws) - "Fine bush" in Afrikaans, fynbos is a vegetation type unique to the Cape Floral Region - a Unesco World Heritage Site - made up of some 6 000 plant species, including many types of protea.

G
gatvol (ghut-foll) - Taken from Afrikaans, this means fed up, as in "Jislaaik, china, I'm gatvol of working in this hot sun." Translation: "Gee, my friend, I'm fed up with working in this hot sun."

gogga, goggo (gho-gha or gho-gho) - Insect, bug. From the Khoikhoi xo-xon.

gogo (goh-goh) - Grandmother or elderly woman, from isiZulu.

graze - Eat.

H
hang of - Very or big, as in: "It's hang of a difficult" or "I had a hang of a problem".

hanepoot (haa-nah-poort) - A sweet wine made from the muscat blanc d'Alexandrie grape cultivar.

hap (hup) - Taste, bite, as in "Take a hap of this".

hey - The popular expression hey can be used as a standalone question meaning "pardon" or "what" - "Hey? What did you say?" Or it can be used to prompt affirmation or agreement, as in "It was a great film, hey?"

homelands - The spurious "independent" states in which black South Africans were forced to take citizenship under the policy of apartheid. Also known as bantustans.

howzit - A traditional South African greeting that translates roughly as "How are you?", "How are things?" or simply "Hello".

I
indaba (in-daa-bah) - A conference or expo, from the isiZulu word meaning "a matter for discussion".

inyanga - A traditional herbalist and healer.

is it (as one word: izit) - An expression frequently used in conversation and equivalent to "Is that so?"

J
ja (yaa) - Yes.

jawelnofine - Literally, "yes, well, no, fine", all scrunched into a single word and similar to the rhetorical expression "How about that?"

jislaaik (yis-like) - An expression of outrage or surprise: "Jislaaik, I just saw Elvis!"

jol (jawl) - A versatile word with many meanings, including party, disco, having fun, or just thing.

Jozi (jo-zee) - The city of Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, which is also known as Joburg or Joeys.

Joburg on the move

just now - If a South African tells you they will do something "just now", they mean they'll do it in the near future - not immediately: "I'll do the dishes just now."

K
kasie (kaa-see) - Shortened form of lokasie, "location" in Afrikaans, the older word for township - the low-income dormitory suburbs outside cities and towns to which black South Africans were confined during the apartheid era.

khaya (k-eye-ya) - Home. From the Nguni group of languages.

kif - Cool, neat, great or wonderful. From the Arabic kayf, meaning enjoyment or wellbeing.

knobkierie (k-nob-kee-ree) - A fighting stick with a knob on the business end. From the Afrikaans knop ("knob") and the Khoi-San kirri or keeri, meaning "stick".

koeksister (kook-sister) - A traditional Malay - and now also Afrikaner - sweet, made from twisted yeast dough, deep fried and dipped in syrup. The right-wing enclave of Orania in the Northern Cape even has its own statue to the koeksister. The word comes from the Dutch
koek ("cake") and sissen, meaning "to sizzle".

koki (koh-key) - A coloured marker or felt-tip pen.

koppie (kor-pie) - A small hill.

kraal - An enclosure for livestock, or a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. The word may come from the Portuguese curral ("corral"), or from the Dutch kraal, meaning bead, as in the beads of a necklace - kraals are generally round in shape.

kugel (koo-gell) - An overly groomed materialistic young woman, from the Yiddish for a plain pudding garnished as a delicacy. A bagel is the male variety.

kwaito (kw-eye-toe) - The music of South Africa's urban black youth, a mixture of South African disco, hip hop, R&B, ragga, and a heavy dose of house music beats.

kwela (kw-eh-la) - A popular form of township music from the 1950s, based on the pennywhistle - a cheap and simple instrument taken up by street performers. The term kwela comes from the isiZulu for "get up", though in township slang it also referred to the police vans, the kwela-kwela. It is said that the young men who played the pennywhistle on street corners also acted as lookouts to warn those drinking in illegal shebeens of the arrival of the cops.

L
laatlammetjie (laart-lum-et-chie) - The youngest child of a family, born (mostly by accident) to older parents and many years younger than its siblings. The word means "late lamb" in Afrikaans.

laduma! (la-doo-mah) - A popular cheer celebrating goals scored at soccer matches, from the isiZulu for it thunders.

lappie (luppie) - A cleaning cloth.

lekgotla (lek-ghot-lah) - A planning or strategy session.

lekker (lekk-irr with a rolling r) - Nice, good, great, cool or tasty.

M
Madiba (muh-dee-buh) - An affectionate name for former President Nelson Mandela, and the name of his clan.

mal (mull) - Mad, from the Afrikaans.

mampara (mum-puh-rah) - An idiot, a silly person. From the Sotho languages.

mampoer (mum-poo-er) - Extremely potent brandy made from peaches or other fruit, similar to the American moonshine. See witblitz.

Marmite - Trade name of a dark-coloured spread made from vegetable extract and used on bread or toast.

mealie (pronounce mih-lih) - Maize or corn. A mealie is a maize cob, and mealie meal is maize meal, the staple diet of South Africa, which is mostly cooked into pap. From the Afrikaans mielie.

moegoe (moo-ghoo) - A fool, buffoon, idiot or simpleton.

mossie (morse-ee) - common name of the Cape sparrow, also applied to the house sparrow, and sometimes used to refer to any small undistinguished wild bird.

muti (moo-ti) - Medicine, typically traditional African medicine, from the isiZulu umuthi.
Joburg's king of muti museum

Mzansi (m-zun-zee) - A popular word for South Africa.

N
naartjie (nar-chee) - The South African word for tangerine, Citrus reticulata.

nappy - A baby's diaper.

nca - Fine, beautiful. Pronounced with a downward click of the tongue.

nê (neh) - Really? or is that so? Often used sarcastically.

now-now - Shortly, in a bit: "I'll be there now-now."

O
oke, ou - A man, similar to guy or bloke. The word ou (oh) can be used interchangeably.

P
pap (pup) - The staple food of South Africa, a porridge made from mealie meal (maize meal) cooked with water and salt to a fairly stiff consistency - stywepap being the stiffest. Pap can also mean weak or tired.

papsak (pup-suck) - Cheap box wine sold in its foil container, without the box.

pasop (pus-orp) - An Afrikaans word meaning "beware" or "watch out".

pavement - South Africans walk on pavements and drive cars on the road (at least that's the idea). The pavement is the sidewalk.

piet-my-vrou (peet-may-frow) - The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarus). The name, an approximation of the bird's call, literally means "Peter my wife" in Afrikaans.

platteland (plutt-uh-lunt) - Farmland, countryside. Literally flat land in Afrikaans, it now refers to any rural area in which agriculture takes place, including the mountainous Cape winelands.

potjiekos (poi-chee-kors) - Traditional Afrikaner food, generally a rich stew, cooked in a three-legged cast-iron pot over a fire. The word means "little-pot food" in Afrikaans.

puffadder - A viper or adder of the species Britis arietans. From the Afrikaans pofadder.

R
rand - The South African currency, which is made up of 100 cents. The name comes from the Witwatersrand (Dutch for "white waters ridge"), the region in Gauteng province in which most of the country's gold deposits are found.

robots - Traffic lights.

rock up - To arrive somewhere unannounced or uninvited. It's the kind of thing friends do: "I was going to go out but then my china rocked up."

rooibos (roy-borss) - Afrikaans for red bush, this popular South African tea made from the Cyclopia genistoides bush is gaining worldwide popularity for its health benefits.

rooinek (roy-neck) - English-speaking South African, from the Afrikaans for red neck, but without the connotations given the term in the US. It was first coined by Afrikaners decades ago to refer to immigrant Englishmen, whose white necks were particularly prone to sunburn.

rubbish bin (alternatively dustbin or dirt bin) - Garbage can.

S
samoosa (suh-moo-suh) - A small, spicy, triangular-shaped pie deep-fried in oil. Originally made by the Indian and Malay communities, samoosas - known as samosas in Britain - are popular with all South Africans.

sangoma (sun-go-mah) - Traditional healer or diviner.

sarmie - Sandwich.

scale, scaly - To scale something means to steal it. A scaly person is not to be trusted.

shame - Broadly denotes sympathetic feeling. Someone admiring a baby, kitten or puppy might say: "Ag shame!" to emphasise its cuteness.

sharp - Often doubled up for effect as sharp-sharp!, this word is used as a greeting, a farewell, for agreement or just to express enthusiasm.

shebeen - A township tavern, illegal under the apartheid regime, often set up in a private house and frequented by black South Africans. The word is originally Gaelic.

shongololo - Large brown millipede, from the isiZulu ukushonga, meaning "to roll up".

sjambok (sham-bok) - A stout leather whip made from animal hide.

skelm (skellem) - A shifty or untrustworthy person; a criminal.

skinner (skinner) - Gossip, from Afrikaans. A person who gossips is known as a skinnerbek: "Jislaaik, bru, I'm going to donner that skinnerbek for skinnering about me." Translation: "Gee, my friend, I'm going to hit that guy for gossiping about me."

skollie (skoh-li) - Gangster, criminal, from the Greek skolios, meaning crooked.

skop, skiet en donner (skorp, skeet en donner) - Action movie. Taken from Afrikaans, it literally means "kick, shoot and beat up".

skrik - Fright: "I caught a big skrik" means "I got a big fright".

skrik vir niks - Scared of nothing.

slap chips (slup chips) - French fries, usually soft, oily and vinegar-drenched, bought in a brown paper bag. Slap is Afrikaans for "limp", which is how French fries are generally made here.

smaak stukkend - Love to bits. In Afrikaans smaak means like, and stukkend means broken.

smokes - Cigarettes.

snoek (like book) - A popular and tasty fish, often eaten smoked. If you're lucky you may get to experience a snoek braai - a real South African treat.

sosatie (soh-saa-tee) - A kebab on a stick.

spanspek (spun-speck) - Cantaloupe, an orange-fleshed melon. The word comes from the Afrikaans Spaanse spek, meaning "Spanish bacon". The story goes that Juana Smith, the Spanish wife of 19th-century Cape governer Harry Smith, insisted on eating melon instead of bacon for breakfast, causing her bemused Afrikaans-speaking servants to coin the word.

spaza - Informal township shop.

spookgerook (spoo-ahk-ghah-roo-ahk) - Literally, in Afrikaans, ghost-smoked. Used jokingly, the word means "mad" or "paranoid".

stoep (stup) - Porch or verandah.

stompie - A cigarette butt. From the Afrikaans stomp, meaning "stump". The term picking up stompies means intruding into a conversation at its tail end, with little information about its content.

stroppy - Difficult, uncooperative, argumentative or stubborn.

struesbob (s-true-zz-bob) - "As true as Bob", as true as God, the gospel truth.

T
takkies - Running shoes or sneakers. Fat takkies are extra-wide tyres.

tannie (tunny) - An Afrikaans word meaning "auntie", but also used for any older female of authority.

taxi - Not a metered car with a single occupant, but a minibus used to transport a large number of people, and the most common way of getting around in South Africa.

to die for - An expression popular in the affluent suburbs of Johannesburg and Cape Town, denoting enthusiastic approval for an object or person: "That necklace is to die for."

tom - Money.

toppie - Old man.

townships - Low-income dormitory suburbs outside cities and towns - effectively ghettos - to which black South Africans were confined during the apartheid era.

Soweto, heartbeat of the nation

toyi-toyi - A knees-up protest dance.

tsotsi - A gangster, hoodlum or thug - and the title of South Africa's first Oscar-winning movie. Although Will Smith thought otherwise at the awards ceremony, the word is not pronounced "sossy".

tune grief - Cause trouble.

U
ubuntu - Southern African humanist philosophy that holds as its central tenet that a person is a person through other persons. (See box on the right above.)
An ubuntu Buddhist in Ixopo

V
veld (felt) - Open grassland. From the Dutch for "field".

velskoen (fell-skun) - Simple unworked leather shoes.

vetkoek (fet-cook) - "Fat cake" in Afrikaans, vetkoek is a doughnut-sized bread roll made from deep-fried yeast dough. Mainly served with a savoury mince filling, it's artery-clogging and delicious.

voetsek (foot-sak) - Go away, buzz off.

voetstoets (foot-stoots) - "As is" or "with all its faults". The term is used when advertising, for example, a car or house for sale. If the item is sold voetstoets the buyer may not claim for any defects, hidden or otherwise, discovered after the sale. From the Dutch met de voet te stoten, meaning "to kick".

vrot (frot) - Rotten or smelly.

vuvuzela (voo-voo-zeh-lah) - A large, colourful plastic trumpet with the sound of a foghorn, blown enthusiastically by virtually everyone in the crowd at soccer matches. According to some, the word comes from the isiZulu for "making noise".

W
windgat (vint-ghut) - Show-off or blabbermouth. Taken from the Afrikaans, it literally means wind hole.

witblitz (vit-blitz) - Potent home-made distilled alcohol, much like the American moonshine. The word means "white lightning" in Afrikaans. See mampoer.

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Self Drive Tours Through the Western Cape

People tend to plan their holidays around what the tour operators offer, never allowing themselves the freedom to see a country for what it is, only for what the operators want you to see it is. For those adventurous spirits and for those people that like to see a place for it’s genuine beauty and friendliness and not it’s perceived beauty and friendliness then a self drive tour is a definite must.

The above map shows some of the regions in the Western Cape Province. From this map you can see that there is something for everyone. If it’s beautiful scenery and fantastic friendly people you are after then why not take a trip from Cape Town to the end of the Garden route and for those shellfish lovers, why not plan your trip around the time of the Knysna oyster festival where you will find copious amounts of oyster’s, champagne and wine at bargain prices. You will also experience some interesting South African Style dishes with oysters as the backdrop for every specialty.

For those that enjoy their wines and the beauty that surround the estates then why not try out the Winelands and explore the different routes. Some of the best routes include but are not limited to the Paarl route, Stellenbosch route and the Durbanville route with all routes featuring everything from specialty wines to mass produced products of high international standards. Most of the wine estates will offer diverse entertainments including restaurants, horse riding, boat cruises and many more.

Nobody ever raves about the Karoo and little Karoo but then again not many people have experienced the magnificent flower extravaganza that occurs when the first rains fall or have ridden an ostrich. The Karoo has a diversity of splendor with Wildlife abound in some of the most exquisite settings. If it’s not wildlife you’re after then the Karoo and little Karoo also have some fantastic hidden spots like the Sex shop which is actually a pub with wonderful service and a quirky nature.

Cape Town itself is one of the most visited cities in Africa. It’s diverse cultures, beauty and relaxed attitude is what brings visitors flocking year in and out and dare we say it’s natural beauty. It is a must see as it is a vibrant city with the lonely Table mountain as its heart. Some fantastic gardens like the Kirstenbosch gardens often have paths that lead to the top of the mountain where you have some of the most amazing panoramic views of the surrounding city, countryside and ocean but remember to take lots of liquids when doing this climb as it is a mountain after all.

Things not to miss during your holiday in Cape Town

It’s freezing outside, there’s nothing good on TV and everyone is away spending the holidays somewhere else. And all you can think of as you snuggle up in the couch is that Hawaiian sand nestling up around your feet as you take a sip of your piña colada.

But haven’t you thought about somewhere else, somewhere more unique, more adventurous? Then why not go to Cape Town, South Africa, during your holiday? It is a place exclusive to decades of hope, liberation, and history. It is also a place with a colorful present and a fruitful future.

Tourism is bustling in Cape Town; thanks to the efforts of its local municipality. Everything it offers has been put on the map, and all you need to do is fix your schedule and choose from a variety of things to do while you’re there. So here a few things to do during your holiday in Cape Town:

Ride the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

Table Mountain is Cape Town’s most popular mountain next to the Devil’s Peak and Lion’s Head. It is famous for its flat summit stretching about 3 kilometers along its longest ends. The flatness of its peak not only adds a certain eccentricity to the place but also actually serves as a pleasant destination if you prefer to see Cape Town and beyond from a panoramic point of view.

And the easiest way to Table Mountain is to ride the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. It also serves as its most popular form of transportation. Every cable car has a rotating floor and its wide glass windows offer a 360 degree view from all sides. And the best part is that it only takes 10 minutes to reach the Table Mountain summit.

Visit the Wineries

Cape Town is also well-known for its world-class wines. And one of its most popular wineries is in the regions of Cape Winelands. They offer everything from wine tasting, detailed tours, and even horseback riding in the vineyards.

Take a Historical Tour Around Robben Island

Now this is where your historical guide to Cape Town begins. Robben Island is famously known as Nelson Mandela’s place of exile for almost 30 years. It is generally known as a prison for politicians and even commoners who were seen as threats to the African rulers during the Apartheid Era. An emblem of humanity’s battle against coercion, a visit Robben Island is a must.

Go to the Rondevlei Nature Reserve

If you have an itch to be in touch with nature, then go to the Rondevlei Nature Reserve along the False Bay area. Rare species of birds are everywhere and even kids can enjoy the Reserve’s snake house and aquarium.

After the Enlightenment

Now that you know where to go during your holiday in Cape Town, all you have to worry about is your place to stay. Cape Town hotels are virtually everywhere, choosing which one is the only hard part. There are affordable inns lining the streets and pricier ones as well along the beaches or the marina. Enjoying your holiday in Cape Town is only as good as enjoying your Cape Town accommodation.

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