DESTINATIONS CAPE TOWN | AFRICA
V&A WATERFRONT
WHY GO A remarkably successful conversion of a working harbour, the V&A Waterfront’s shopping malls – some mainstream, some focusing on local crafts and designers – heave with people. There’s also a wealth of drinking and dining options with great views of Table Mountain.
WHAT TO DO Plenty of tours depart from here, including helicopter flights around Table Mountain and the city (from £71 with Do Something Different). There are also boat trips to Robben Island,
where Nelson Mandela was detained. Viator sells a full-day trip that takes in Mandela’s cell and visits a township (from £67). Before going to Robben Island, many
prisoners were held at what’s now the Portswood Hotel. Fortunately, the guest rooms are now much more comfortable (doubles from £132;
legacyhotels.co.za).
CAMPS BAY
WHY GO There are several beach options on Cape Town’s Atlantic seaboard, but it’s the framing that makes Camps Bay so special. The Twelve Apostles section of Table Mountain rises up behind it, almost forming an amphitheatre for the dazzling, colourful umbrella-covered beach.
WHAT TO DO It may be a gorgeous stretch of sand, but the water is considerably less inviting, with water temperatures dipping as low as 9C. But most people have no intention of going in the water anyway – this is very much a place to show off. Behind the beach is a string of showy bars, clubs and restaurants where A-listers show up, and the schmooze almost reaches Miami Beach levels.
HOUT BAY
WHY GO After Constantia Nek, the City Sightseeing buses stop at Hout Bay, a beach suburb that declared itself an independent republic in 1987. It’s where the divides of apartheid are arguably most visible, with spacious homes contrasting with the Imizamo Yethu informal settlement, where often shack-like homes are tightly packed.
WHAT TO DO Township tours and visits to an enterprise that turns old teabags into gift cards and drinks coasters are available. Further on, at the picturesque harbour, boat trips head out to Duiker Island to see the hundreds of fur seals that sit on the rocks, honking and fighting each other.
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