Paardevlei social history

Somerset West 25 De Beers Avenue, Paardevlei, Western Cape, South Africa

Next to Somerset West, this area is full history and change. The buildings and landscape are highly maintained in one part, and in another unused and overgrown. Tourist guide, Dr...

R400

Athlone’s heritage and resistance

Monuments, memories and community - this neighbourhood is only 15 minutes from the centre of Cape Town. Yet few have visited. Led by Tony Hartman, the tour explores Cape Town’s...

R400

Taste the Mother City

Food walk exploring central Cape Town’s informal and formal economies. Traditional African to artisan-driven, the variety is deliciously wide. The cafes and stalls we visit were started and run by...

R750

Salt River street art

With over 100 murals, Salt River is the place to be if you like street art. The variety is huge - gigantic, tiny, political, pretty, old and new. This tour...

R400

Vergelegen gardens & house

Spring flowers, fascinating stories, heritage architecture and delicious scones - a new tour by three Vergelegen staff with extensive knowledge and experience. We start at 9h30 with Penny Saunders' walkabout...

Taste the Mother City (waiting list)

Food walk exploring central Cape Town’s informal and formal economies. Traditional African to artisan-driven culinary destinations, the variety is deliciously wide. The cafes and stalls we visit are started and...

R750

Vergelegen’s spring gardens

Spring flowers, fascinating stories, heritage architecture and delicious scones - a new tour by three Vergelegen staff with extensive knowledge and experience. We start at 9h30 with Penny Saunders' walkabout...

Eastside’s art, cafes & history

District Six's forced removals 1960s - 1980s to favourite art spaces and cafes: this tour is paced so that the painful past is balanced with art and cafe stops. Our...

R500

Retail in architectural detail

The range and calibre of retail architecture is wide and generally underappreciated in Cape Town's city centre.  Architects include Harrods of London's designer, Louis Blanc, to Cape Town's pioneering modernist,...

R400

Western Cape Archives

Behind the scenes at this treasure trove of original documents stretching back from the mid 1600s to the present. Join us for a tour of the Western Cape Archive, followed...

R400

Harbour boat tour

V&A Waterfront

This is a hit! Stories about the harbour, past and present, with author, educationist and maritime historian, Brian Ingpen. Being on the water in a small boat, chartered exclusively for...

R450

Taste the Mother City

Food walk exploring central Cape Town’s informal and formal economies. Traditional African to artisan-driven culinary destinations, the variety is deliciously wide. The cafes and stalls we visit are started and...

R750