Discover Cape Town and the Cape Winelands at your own pace on this private Cape Town Walking Tour: an inspiring introduction to the Cape’s scenic beauty and cultural charm. We've now added an extra night so there is time to acclimatise to the Mother City and to do some sight-seeing.
This flexible journey combines some of the region’s most rewarding walks with time to explore the city, coast, and vineyards.
Ascend Table Mountain for sweeping views, wander along the Atlantic coastline, and stroll through vineyard trails in the Winelands. With two nights in Cape Town followed by a stay amid the mountains of Franschhoek, this short tour offers the perfect balance of gentle adventure, local flavour, and relaxation.
Because it’s a private experience, you can choose how active you wish to be - from full-day hikes to shorter scenic walks - complemented by more traditional touring. Ideal for keen walkers, or anyone with a good level of fitness, it’s an excellent standalone trip or a refreshing prelude to a longer South African safari.
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Enhance your stay with additional nights in Cape Town or Franschhoek. Or combine this walking tour with our Drakensberg walking itinerary for a longer, more immersive walking holiday.
Other tailored extensions and accommodation upgrades are available on request.
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On arrival in Cape Town, you have a private transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon you are met by our experienced walking guide for a fascinating historical walking of the city (approx 3 hours).. You walk through the historic old part of Cape Town, the Company Gardens, walking up Government Avenue, and past St George’s Cathedral.
The evening is at leisure to enjoy local restaurants or visit the V&A Waterfront.
Note: If you arrive too late for the walking tour of the city, we can try to fit it in later on in the itinerary.
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Today you enjoy a full day walking/sight seeing tour of the Cape Peninsula including a walk in the Cape of Good Hope National Park. You travel along the coastal road through the chic suburbs of Clifton, Camps Bay and onto the picturesque fishing community of Hout Bay. Next you enjoy a scenic drive along Chapman’s Peak as it hugs the cliffside and continue south to reach Cape Point in the Cape Peninsula National Park. Sir Francis Drake, the famous explorer, once called it “the fairest Cape that we saw in the whole circumference of the Globe.”
Walk – Circular walk from Gifkommetjie to Hoek Van Bobbejaan
Starting at Gifkommetjie, the trail drops down to the coastline and meanders along to a shipwreck. The 452 tonne fishing trawler ran aground at Hoek van Bobbejaan at midnight on 2 May 1968. You’ll see plenty of rock lizards and tortoises on this walk. Leaving the shipwreck, the route returns along a gentle upwards sloping ridge which gives an aerial view of the region with views as far as Table Mountain and Kommetjie lighthouse. The wide open spaces give a nice contrast to the spectacular but busy Cape Point visited later.
Distance: 5km / 3 miles
Ascent/descent: 80m / 265ft
Estimated time: 1¾ to 2 hours
Exertion: Light
Terrain will vary between grass, gravel and sand. There will be some short sections of rough terrain and the initial descent is on a stepped path which descends steeply to the beach.
We then continue to Cape Point for lunch. After lunch you can walk up to the old Lighthouse (or take the funicular train if you prefer).
Walk: Cape Point Lighthouse
Note: You can take the funicular train up or down or follow the wide concrete path with over 125 steps.
Distance: 1¼ km there and back / ¾ mile
Ascent/descent: 80m up or down/270ft
Estimated time: 25 to 30 minutes each way
Exertion: Light
The old lighthouse on the summit of Cape Point was operational between 1860 and 1919 and provides views of the new lighthouse (1919) on the cliffs below. The old lighthouse, despite its height of 211m, was only visible in clear weather as it is often muffled in cloud. When the Lusitania was wrecked in fog on the rocks below, it was decided to correct the mistake and build a new one. Whale sightings have been made from here.
Leaving the park to head back to the city, you stop en route at Boulder’s Beach to visit the African penguin colony. You return to the hotel in the late afternoon. The evening is at leisure.
Dinner is at leisure for your own account.
This morning you head up Table Mountain by cable car to enjoy a scenic walk along the edge of the mountain (2 hours) to Maclear’s Beacon, the summit of Table Mountain. Alternatively you can opt to hike UP Table Mountain, either via Kasteelpoort (4 to 4.5 hours) or Platteklip Gorge (2.5 hours). Enjoy lunch at the top of the mountain.
The afternoon is at leisure for you to enjoy some of the sights of Cape Town. There would be sufficient time to visit Robben Island (supplemental cost) by boat. Dinner is at leisure for your own account.
Walk – Table Mountain: Upper Cable Car Station to Maclears Beacon
The group travel by cable car up to the top of Table Mountain. After enjoying the panoramic views, the walk heads to Maclears Beacon and then doubles back along the front edge of the ‘table’ with stunning panoramic views of the city below.
Distance to Maclears Beacon and back: (5½ km/ 3½ miles)
Ascent: Very little ascent!
Estimated time: 2 to 2½ hours
Exertion: Light
The afternoon is at leisure for you to enjoy some of the sights of Cape Town. There would be sufficient time to visit Robben Island (additional cost) by boat on the 3pm departure. The evening is at leisure.
Today we enjoy a walk through Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and also do a part of the contour path.
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens are one of the finest gardens in Africa, nestling on the lower slopes of Table Mountain. There are many paths winding through the gardens, where staff cultivate 6,000 of the 22,000 species of Southern African flowering plants in a setting of mountain streams, pools and rolling lawns.
Walk – Kirstenbosch Gardens
This walk follows paths through Kirstenbosch Gardens with the opportunity to admire the plants as well as the interesting sculptures dotted around the gardens. There will be plenty of time to relax in the gardens or return to the visitor centre for refreshments or to visit the gift shop before meeting the rest of the group for the short coach journey back to the Waterfront.
Distance: 1.5km
Ascent/descent: minimal
Estimated time: 2 hours
Exertion: Light on well made paths
Alternative Walk – Kirstenbosch Gardens and the Contour Path
Starting from the lawns of Kirstenbosch, enjoy a short tour of the gardens, before following the path up at the top end of Kirstenbosch Gardens towards Skeleton Gorge (a popular route up Table Mountain) to reach the Table Mountain Contour Path (at 400m/1400ft). Following the contour path we enjoy magnificent views before turning downhill to follow the steep path down through the old pine and blue gum plantations to return to Kirstenbosch to meet the rest of the group.
Distance: 2.5km
Ascent/descent: 300m / 1050ft
Estimated time: 2¼ hours
Exertion: Moderate on good paths
You return to the Gardens and then leave Cape Town and head to the Winelands in time for lunch at a wine estate. Afterwards you enjoy some wine-tasting. And then continue to Stellenbosch, which is one of the finest towns in South Africa. It is easy to see why Simon Van Der Stel decided to build a town in such a charming spot. The backdrop of the Hottentots Holland mountains, the white gabled Cape Dutch Homesteads and the oak-lined streets all blend in to give this place a charm that will not be quickly forgotten.
Dinner is for your own account.
This morning we enjoy a morning walk in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve near Stellenbosch (approx 2 hours).
Afterwards you visit a wine estate for lunch and some wine-tasting. In the mid or late afternoon you are transferred back to Cape Town in time for your onward travel arrangements.
This is a set tour using specific camps. However many tours can be adapted. Chat to us about your options. It excludes international flights but includes an estimate for all domestic or regional flights within the tour.
Bed & Breakfast and picnic lunches or wine estate lunch (final day), Services of an experienced walking guide, all entrances & park fees, air-conditioned vehicle.
EXCLUDESInternational & domestic flights, visas, items of a personal nature, meals not specified.
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