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CAPE TOWN CITY TOURS

Discover the City of Cape Town, meet it's friendly people and enjoy the splendid views from the top of Table Mountain!

Welcome to Cape Town!
We offer two different full-day city tours: The popular Scenic Tour, where you enjoy the views from Table Mountain and Signal Hill, visit the City Centre, Malay Quarter, Parade, Groot Constantia Wine Estate and the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens; and the History and Cultures tour, which includes a visit to the South African Museum, Company Gardens, Malay Quarter and District Six museum as well as a tour into our townships.
We travel in small groups of 3 to 6 persons, accompanied by an experienced guide.
We pick you up at your lodging and return you in the evening. Our tours are flexible and we can include other points of interest without extra charge (within city limit).

SCENIC TOUR

If the weather is fine (and most times it is!), we start the day by taking the revolving cable car to the top of Table Mountain, guarded by the Lions Head and the Devils Peak. The views from this 1000 m high outlook are breathtaking!
On our way back, we enjoy the sweeping views from Signal Hill over Sea Point, Green Point, Cape Town Harbour and the City of Cape Town, with Table Mountain forming a majestic background.
We then continue on foot and stroll through the historical City-Centre, the Company Gardens, Adderley Street (oldest street of the town), St George's Mall and Greenmarket Square, where you might also do some shopping (there are numerous street-sellers competing for your attention). We'll have lunch at one of the restaurants of the city, or at the shady terrace of the Company Gardens.
After a short drive through the colourful Malay Quarter, along the Parade, the City Hall and past the Castle (the oldest European building in South Africa, built by the Dutch settlers in 1679), we leave the City-Bowl and drive to Groot Constantia, the grandest of the Cape Dutch homesteads. We visit its magnificent buildings, and taste its superb wines.
We continue our journey to the famous Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, where you can see a variety of over 9000 plants indigenous to Southern Africa, set in a tranquil garden nestled at the slopes of  Table Mountain.

Depart 09h15, return +/-18hrs



HISTORY AND CULTURES

We begin our journey at the South African Museum. The realistic and beautiful reconstructions of Bushmen's scenes of life tell us about the first inhabitants of the sub-continent.
The Company Gardens give evidence of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck and the European civilisation. In the Malay Quarter we discover how the descendants of slaves coming from the Far East have influenced the South African identity. For lunch we taste the delicious specialities born from the marriage between Asian and European recipe's.
At the District Six Museum you will be amazed by the vitality of the "coloureds", an ethnic group which was strongly oppressed during the apartheid years.
But the most oppressed were of course the Blacks, and they are by far the majority. Here in the Western Cape, they are mostly Xhosa. So let's go visit the underprivileged areas like the townships of Langa, Nyanga, Guguletu or the immense Khayelitsha. To end the day, we visit a Sangoma (traditional healer) with whom we share a cup of tea and our questions  (depending on availability).

Depart: 09h30   Arrival: +/- 18h30

TIP: Check our other Daytours around Cape Town ----> The great Peninsula Tour --- the"intoxicating" Wine Route --- Ship Ahoy - Sailing in Table Bay -----> or let us make a private tour just for you!

Other Day Tours around Cape Town:

The "intoxicating" Wine Route - Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and some winetasting
Our great Peninsula Tour - Hout Bay, Chapmans Peak, Cape Point, Kirstenbosch...
Ship Ahoy! Sail the Cape of Good Hope!  (2 hours to 3 days)

See some of our Safari and Tour destinations:

The famous Garden Route with a difference (3 to 5 days)
The breathtaking Kalahari & Augrabies Falls   (7 day safari)
The striking West Coast the most original destination in the Cape! (3 days)
The Cape, Karoo and Kalahari, a  tour of the Western South Africa (10 or 14 days)
Tailor-made safaris & tours throughout South Africa!

For more information please contact:
FISH EAGLE SAFARIS
35 Pagasvlei Road
Constantia 7806
CAPE TOWN
South Africa

This page was last updated on 14 June 2002

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