Tours & Activities in Cape Town
All our tours are conducted in English.
We have 7 walking tours, each one of them focusing on a different topic and subject. Please make sure that the tour you intend to book is one that suits your interest.
If you are making a single booking for 1 person, there is a chance that your booking will be canceled should the minimum number of 2 persons not be reached.
Bo-Kaap
"Secret places . . . we'll take you there"
*Child friendly*
Itinerary:
- Muslim community
- Buildings
- Architecture
- Streets
- Works of art
- Places of interest
- Ruins
- Plants and flowers
- People
- Cultural heritage
- Public squares and open spaces
- Places of worship
- Cuisine
- Sites of significance
- Memorials and more.
The Bo-Kaap Walking Tour is one of those bucket list must do's when visiting Cape Town. It is the most Instagramned place in Africa.
This area is a photographer's paradise where one can admire the friendly locals casually going about their daily routines.
All our tours are based on proper research and facts, and the information shared is not meant to be disrespectful to anyone's gender, country, religion, ethnicity, culture, ancestors, place of origin, political persuasion, traditions or practices.
From Heritage Square we move into the largely Muslim quarter of the city.
Guests will have a chance to experience the area by using one's 5 senses:
- See the colorful houses;
- Smell the aromas of the spices and the home cooking;
- Feel the peaceful yet vibrant community lifestyle;
- Hear the sounds of the call to prayer from the various Mosques in the suburb, or the bang of the Noon Gun on Signal Hill above, or you made be fortunate enough to hear a fish horn echoing in the distance;
- Taste the Cape Malay cuisine which originates from the Bo-Kaap.
Learn and see how the naturally available rock was used in the construction of buildings and other features. Also, get a sense of how the geographic lay of the land influenced the development and direction of the suburb.
We'll visit places of worship including the oldest Mosque in Southern Africa. Get to know how slaves introduced Islam to the Cape and how stories of their suffering and hardship can be told by the locals who are largely descendants of these unfortunate people.
The area is rich in culture from Africa; the southeast Asian islands of the Indian Ocean as well as from Europe and the Middle East.
The tour finishes in the Bo-Kaap where one can enjoy refreshments at a restaurant in the area.
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We are ready to welcome you!
All our tours are conducted in English.
We have 7 walking tours, each one of them focusing on a different topic and subject. Please make sure that the tour you intend to book is one that suits your interest.
If you are making a single booking for 1 person, there is a chance that your booking will be canceled should the minimum number of 2 persons not be reached.
Historical Tour of Cape Town
"Secret places . . . we'll take you there"
*Child friendly*
Itinerary:-
- Khoikhoi people
- Places of interest
- Buildings
- Architecture
- Statues
- Streets
- Works of art
- Ruins
- Artefacts
- Plants and flowers
- People
- Cultural heritage
- Public squares and open spaces
- Churches
- National monuments
- Sites of significance
- Memorials and more
Join us for a historical overview of Cape Town.
All our tours are based on proper research and facts, and the information shared is not meant to be disrespectful to anyone's gender, country, religion, ethnicity, culture, ancestors, place of origin, political persuasion, traditions or practices.
The tour will start outside Jerry's Burger Bar.
We'll touch on how the Cape became Westernized.
Since Cape Town was the first place in Southern Africa to be developed into a city, most of the old buildings were the first of it's kind in the African Sub continent. Like the first, Government, hospital, church, police station, fire station, banks, cathedral, jail and many more other buildings.
We touch on the Flower Market and how it came about.
Visit the ruins of the oldest structure that was built by Europeans in Southern Africa.
See artifacts that were unearthed during the construction of modern buildings, and how first world influences can be seen in the architecture of structures and buildings as well.
The British influence is quite apparent in the streets, and even see where the reigning Queen Elizabeth II of England celebrated her 21st birthday.
The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest building (still in use) in Southern Africa. Guests will get a sense of how life in the settlement of the Cape was almost 400 years ago.
The tour finishes at Greenmarket Square where one can enjoy refreshments at a restaurant in the area.
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We are ready to welcome you!
Table Mountain, Robben Island, Bo Kaap... With this complete tour of Cape Town, we'll take you to see all the must-see sights of the famous South African city.
Welcome to Cape Town!
Voted the best on the continent (Africa) with the award "The World's Greatest City to Visit Right Now" and recently received from the Telegraph in the UK.
In the itinerary, we will visit some of the main highlights of the city, such as:
- green market square
- Old Newspaper House
- St George's Mall
- Berlin Wall
- St. George's Cathedral
- garden company
- tuynhuis
- slave lodge
- District Six Museum
- Groote Kerk Church
- The church square
- slave auction tree
- Welcome Center
- old barn
- castle of good hope
- City hall
- Big parade
- central Library
- food bazaar
- Flowers market
The meeting point is Burg Street at Central Methodist Church opposite Green Market Square.
During the tour, I will be happy to answer all your questions. I would love to share with you my culture and memories, as well as the best kept secrets that some locals don't even know about.
I wait for you to accompany you and make you take home a great memory of my city!
Welcome to Cape Town!
A visit to Cape Town's Bo Kaap/ boo uh Kaap is an experience you won't want to miss when in Cape Town South Africa.
Nestled on Signal Hill, Bo Kaap traces its origins to the early days of the Dutch settlement and the importation of enslaved peoples from Indonesia and Africa.
We will visit the first Mosque in South Africa and will be introduced to its founder Tuan Guru. Bo Kaap's colourful houses are an Instagram attraction but more so is an interest in the origins of this colourful display.
Above all, the Bo Kaap still today a 70/ 75 % Muslim community, offers visitors the opportunity to sample the flavour and aroma of its unique Cape Malay cuisine.
Bokaap discovery walk.
On this whale-watching experience in Cape Town, we'll cruise the coastline and meet the most popular mammals in South Africa's capital city.
Do you want to see the best of Cape Town? How about some hidden gems? Anything is possible on this private tour! Join your favorite local and discover the city center and its unique districts. See the real side of Cape Town.