Cape Town Cultural Highlights and Kirstenbosch Tour

Including all the ‘must-sees’ of any Cape Town day tour, this option is a geographical and cultural extravaganza, showing you Cape Town, from its historical beginnings to the dazzling, modern city it is today. The tour ends with a visit to the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, acclaimed as one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table

Meeting Point

Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town

1 Lower Buitengracht, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Wait at the entrance until you are met by your ILIOS Travel Guide, who will be identifiable by his uniform and vehicle branding.

What to expect:

Duration: 8 hours

Table Mountain

8001

Start the day with a visit to Table Mountain (weather permitting). Enjoy panoramic views over the Mother City and Robben Island in the distance lying sleepily in Table Bay harbour.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Iziko Slave Lodge

Corner of Adderley and Wale Streets, , Cape Town Central, 8000

Step inside the Slave Lodge which explores the history of these unwilling immigrants and how they have contributed to the richness and diversity of South African history. As you drive through the city you shall get a feel for the cultural melting pot that it is.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Company's Gardens

19 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town Central, 8001

In the heart of the city enjoy for a short walk through the Company Gardens. From squirrels to a variety of plant life, it’s just a happy place to soak up some ‘Cape Town vibes’ and enjoy the aviaries and fishponds. On the Wale Street end of the garden you will find a monument which was created to commemorate the life and work of Desmond Tutu – lovingly referred to by South Africans as “The Arch” and a tribute to the values of the South African Constitution. Arch for Arch was installed beside historic St. George's Cathedral aka “People’s Cathedral” for its role in the resistance against apartheid.

2 hours

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Rhodes Drive, Newlands, 7735

Continue to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens – a nature-lover’s paradise of pristine fynbos and forest, in a stunning landscape. The Kirstenbosch estate can be explored via five trails, of differing levels of difficulty. All are well-maintained, logged footpaths or gravel roads and are sign-posted. Enjoy a meander along the tree canopy walkway. Inspired by a snake skeleton, and informally called ‘The Boomslang‘ (meaning tree snake), it is a low-maintenance, low-impact sculptural raised walkway. The Walkway takes the visitor from the forest floor into and through the trees and bursts out above the canopy, giving spectacular panoramic vistas of the surrounding mountains, Garden and Cape Flats. Return to your hotel upon completion of the tour.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included