Three days split by geography: the City Bowl under Table Mountain, the peninsula drive to Cape Point and the penguins, then Kirstenbosch, a Constantia tasting and the Camps Bay sunset. Robben Island sits in the first afternoon and moves if the wind says so.
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Checked October 10, 2026. That’s the day we last confirmed the hours, prices and closed days.
October to April is dry and warm; December and January are the busiest and priciest weeks and the south-easter wind blows hardest then, closing the cableway for a day at a time. May to August is the rainy season, with mild clear days between the fronts, the lowest prices and whales in the bay from June. September has the spring flowers and the first good weeks.
Gardens or Tamboerskloof in the City Bowl for Kloof Street's restaurants and the mountain over your shoulder; Sea Point for the promenade and a flatter, breezier base; the V&A Waterfront if you want to walk at night without thinking and the Robben Island ferry outside the door. De Waterkant is the pretty, central compromise.
Uber and Bolt are the default and cheap: most rides across the City Bowl and the Atlantic seaboard cost under R100. The MyCiTi bus is reliable where it runs: the airport, the Waterfront, Sea Point and the Atlantic seaboard to Camps Bay and Hout Bay; it needs a myconnect card, no cash. The peninsula wants a rental car or a tour; you drive on the left.
Table Mountain · 120 min
Uber to the lower station for the first car (8:30 a.m., 8 a.m. in summer). Buy the R475 round trip online rather than R530 at the office; if wind shuts the cableway, tickets stay valid for seven days.
R475
City Centre · 75 min
The Dutch East India Company's vegetable patch, now a park with an oak avenue past Parliament. The Slave Lodge at the bottom (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., R100 for visitors from abroad) tells the city's story before Bo-Kaap shows you its result.
R100
Bo-Kaap · 90 min
Walk up Wale Street to the painted houses on Chiappini and Rose Streets, then a Cape Malay lunch: denningvleis or a chicken curry with roti. Biesmiellah on Wale Street is halal and needs no booking at lunch.
City Centre · 45 min
Downhill under the Victorian balconies of Long Street to the square's craft stalls (weekdays and Saturday mornings). Daylight and busy sidewalks; this is the walk to do on foot, not the one after dark.
V&A Waterfront · 210 min
Be at the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V&A Waterfront by 2:30 p.m. for the 3 p.m. ferry (also 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.). R600 for an adult from abroad, booked online; wind cancels sailings and the museum refunds them.
R600
V&A Waterfront · 90 min
You land back on the quay. Harbour House for grilled line fish over the water, Willoughby & Co inside the mall for the sushi locals line for, or the V&A Food Market's counters if you want it quick and cheap.
Hout Bay · 75 min
Collect the rental car the evening before, or book a peninsula tour instead. Chapman's Peak is R68 one way for a car, cash or card; check its website that morning, since rain or rockfalls close it and Ou Kaapse Weg is the inland detour.
R68
Cape Point · 150 min
Open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. October to March (7 a.m. to 5 p.m. the rest of the year). Entry is R515 for an adult from abroad and R250 for a child, card at the gate or online; the funicular is R115 round trip.
R515
Simon's Town · 60 min
Forty minutes back up the False Bay side to the Foxy Beach boardwalk, where the colony is. R245 for an adult from abroad, R120 for a child, by card at the turnstile; gates run roughly 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
R245
Kalk Bay · 75 min
Through Simon's Town and Fish Hoek to the fishing harbor. Kalky's is a shed on the quay: hake or snoek and chips, paid at the counter; Olympia Café across the main road is the bakery if the line is long.
Muizenberg · 45 min
The painted bathing boxes at Surfer's Corner, five minutes on. Beginner surf lessons run from the shops on the beachfront; a walk on the sand and a flat white otherwise, then the M3 back to town in about 40 minutes.
Gardens · 90 min
Return the car or park it for the night and Uber. Kloof Street House for the Victorian dining room and a long menu, or the tapas and small-plates counters along Bree Street a few blocks down; most take walk-ins before 7:30 p.m.
Newlands · 150 min
Gates open at 8 a.m.; R270 for an adult from abroad and R40 for a child, online only through Webtickets, no cash at the gate. Start at Gate 1 and follow the signs up to the Boomslang canopy walkway, then the protea garden.
R270
Constantia · 120 min
Ten minutes by Uber to the oldest wine estate in the country. A five-wine tasting is around R130, the Visitors Route (cellar tour on the hour from 10 a.m., museum and tasting) around R155, the chocolate pairing around R200.
R155
Constantia · 75 min
On the estate under the oaks: bobotie or the Cape Malay curry, or the fish of the day. Simon's is the other restaurant on the farm; picnic baskets from either must be reserved a day ahead.
Sea Point · 90 min
Thirty minutes by Uber over the mountain's shoulder. Walk the promenade from the Sea Point pool toward Bantry Bay, then down the steps to Clifton's four coves for the whitest sand and the coldest water in the city.
Camps Bay · 90 min
A few minutes on from Clifton, the palm-lined beach under the Twelve Apostles; take a drink on the strip's terraces and wait. Sunset is about 7 p.m. in October and nearer 8 p.m. in December.
Camps Bay · 90 min
No menu: you pick the fish from the counter and pay by weight, with a sushi bar alongside. Book a table in December; otherwise the strip behind has a dozen alternatives and Uber home is ten minutes.
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From Cape Town International (CPT), Uber or Bolt to the City Bowl or Sea Point costs about R150 to R250 and takes 20 to 30 minutes; order from the ride-hailing pick-up zone outside arrivals. The MyCiTi A01 bus runs to the Civic Center and the Waterfront for around R80 to R100, every 20 minutes at peak and hourly otherwise, and needs a R40 myconnect card from the kiosk in the terminal. Metered taxis cost R250 to R400; skip them.
About R900 to R1,500 a day per person for meals, tickets and Ubers. Day 1 is the expensive one: the cableway (R475) and Robben Island (R600) together are more than most days of food. A rental car for day 2 adds R400 to R600 plus fuel and the park fees.
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Enough for the mountain, the peninsula and the island. Add a fourth day for the Winelands, a fifth for Hermanus in whale season or a second mountain hike.
Only for day 2. Uber covers the city and Constantia, and a peninsula tour replaces the car if you would rather not drive on the left. Rent for one day from a city branch, around R400 to R600 plus fuel.
Day 3, swapped around: Groot Constantia's cellar, museum and tasting are indoors and Kirstenbosch is good under a light drizzle. The cableway and the ferry both stop in bad weather; check the cableway's status banner that morning.
Yes with ordinary city care: daylight walks in the central areas, Uber at night, nothing on show in the car. The itinerary keeps you in the parts where that is enough.
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