A Cape Town architectural tour exploring Cape Dutch, Empire, Art Deco, Brutalist and Cape Mediterranean buildings while tracing the city’s layered past. Starting at the Castle of Good Hope, it moves through the CBD, ideal for first-time visitors.

This tour examines Cape Town’s underappreciated retail architecture, from Louis Blanc to modernist Max Policansky. Led by Brett McDougall, it explores changing shopping culture, eccentric retailers, and historic businesses, drawing on his research and experience in retail and architectural heritage.

Acclaimed sculptor Dylan Lewis’s seven-hectare garden near Stellenbosch showcases his evolution from figurative to abstract work. Indigenous plants, ponds, and dramatic mountain views frame monumental sculptures.

A guided walk through District Six with Tony Hartman, tracing its history from early settlement to Apartheid removals. The route combines murals, contemporary art, and independent cafés, with tastings included, ending at the Lebanese Bakery.

Led by Clare Burgess—landscape architect, Treekeepers co-founder, artist and former university lecturer—this Green Point Urban Park tour examines its landscape design, biodiversity garden, integrated public art, Khoi heritage, birdlife and waterways, framed by views of the stadium, Signal Hill and Lion’s Head.

A curator-led tour of The Old Town House on Cape Town’s historic Greenmarket Square, one of the city’s first official buildings. Administered by Iziko Museums, it houses the Michaelis Collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings, including works by Frans Hals, Jan Steen, and Anthony van Dyck.

Hosted by Bridges for Music in Langa, this experience begins at their container-built hub. Led by Fundi Mbambani, it includes studios, cafés, neighbourhood streets, the Dompas Museum and Guga S’Thebe, offering insight into creative entrepreneurship and township history.

Muizenberg village preserves an intact early 20th-century streetscape along False Bay, with diverse cultural influences. Centred on historic Palmer Road, this guided walk led by Brett McDougall explores overlooked streets, architecture, and layered narratives beyond the area’s familiar beachfront identity.

Hosted by owner and storyteller Dr Rijk Melck, this Muratie Wine Estate visit includes a historic farm tour, wine tasting with character stories, and a two-course lunch curated by Kim Melck, revealing centuries of winelands history, art and authentic working-farm life.

Hosted by Melanie Geusteyn and Najwaa Hendrickse at the National Library of South Africa, this rare behind-the-scenes tour grants access to Special Collections—medieval manuscripts, incunabula, Shakespeare’s First Folio and banned Apartheid-era books.

Unexplored Cape Town leads a guided food walk through central Cape Town, showcasing diverse local cuisines, meetingvendors, and highlighting both informal and formal dining, including Somali, Jewish, Lebanese, Cape Malay and Xhosa foods.