capetown

Cape Town Day Tours

Design Holidays are delighted to have designed some fabulous day itineraries for our clients whilst in Cape Town and the surrounding area. To book please do not hesitate to contact one of our South Africa travel advisors on 0870 727 3755.

Scheduled Half Day City Tour
Days Twice Daily 08h30-13h00/13h15-17h45
Departure Sea Point Hotels 08h15 / 13h00
  Waterfront Hotels 08h30 / 13h15
  Downtown Hotels 08h45 / 13h30
Duration 4.5 hours
Entrance Included Castle of Goodhope & SA Museum

This morning you will be met by your guide and coach for a morning exploration of the Cape Town, known affectionately as the Mother City. Your tour will take in the Houses of Parliament, the Castle (built between 1666 and 1679, this is South Africa’s oldest building), lively Greenmarket Square with its daily market, the Company Gardens and of course Table Mountain which will give you spectacular views over the city and Peninsula (cable car fee is not included as it is weather dependent). On our descent, we stop at the Bo Kaap, home to the Cape Malay community, with its cobbled streets and brightly coloured houses. You will have the choice of being dropped off at the Waterfront to experience this vibrant location at your own pace, with its many shops, restaurants and pubs or at your hotel at the end of the tour.

Price per person : £26pp

Tour is available on a private basis: £62pp based on 2 persons

Scheduled Full Day Cape Point & Peninsula Tour
Days Daily 08h30 – 17h30
Departure Sea Point Hotels 08h15
  Waterfront Hotels 08h30
  Downtown Hotels 08h45
Duration 9 hours
Entrance Included Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Boulders Penguin Colony & Kirstenbosch botanical garden

Today we embark on a full day tour of the Cape Peninsula. We take in the beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay, before crossing over to Hout Bay, where you may choose to join an optional boat cruise to Seal Island. From here we drive to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve via Chapman’s Peak, one of the world’s most breathtaking coastal drives, where you will board a funicular to the top of the Peninsula to witness the symbolic meeting of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans as well as have spectacular views over False Bay. We enjoy lunch near here (not included – own account) before continuing to Simonstown, the naval base, and visiting the African Penguin breeding colony at Boulders Beach. En route back we stop at the world renowned Kirstenbosch Gardens before arriving at your hotel for overnight.

Price per person : £39pp

Tour is available on a private basis: £95pp based on 2 persons.

Scheduled Full Day Winelands
Days Daily 08h30 – 17h30
Departure Sea Point Hotels 08h15
  Waterfront Hotels 08h30
  Downtown Hotels 08h45
Duration 9 hours
Entrance Included 1 Wine cellar tour and 2 wine tasting

You will be met this morning at 08:45 by your guide and small group and set off for the Winelands, a delightful drive which winds its way through superb mountain ranges, vineyards and Cape Dutch homesteads. We stop first in Paarl with its mountai