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Plan a day at the V&A Waterfront ↗ · Opening days and times appear with each place.
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Tafelberg Road
Five minutes in a rotating cabin, then the whole peninsula at your feet. Go early, before the cloud and the queues, and book online.
Opening: Daily, weather permitting. September and October: first ascent 8.30am, last ascent 6pm, last descent 7pm.
Newlands
The Boomslang walkway through the tree canopy, proteas in flower in spring, and lawns made for a long picnic under the mountain.
Opening: Daily 8am to 7pm in September to March; 8am to 6pm in April to August.
Simondium, Winelands
A working farm garden an hour from town: fruit trees, prickly pears and clipped hedges under the Simonsberg. Come for the garden and the farm shop. Under-18s go free.
Opening: Daily in summer 9am to 6pm, last entry 5pm; winter 9am to 5pm, last entry 4pm.
V&A Waterfront
A museum of contemporary African art in the grain silo at the Waterfront. Under-18s go free, which makes it a useful rainy-day option.
Opening: Daily 10am to 6pm; last entry 5.30pm.
V&A Waterfront
Thirty minutes on the red boat past the seals and the working harbour, then the Waterfront itself: the Cape Wheel, the shops, and a prayer room open around the clock with Jumu'ah on Fridays.
Opening: Operates daily. Departure times vary by route and season; use the current timetable for your stop.
V&A Waterfront
The kelp forest tank alone is worth the ticket. Ragged-tooth sharks, a penguin colony, and enough to hold a six-year-old for two hours.
Opening: Daily 9.30am to 6pm.
Hout Bay
Walk-through aviaries in Hout Bay with flamingos, ibis and a monkey enclosure the children will not leave. Pay at the gate; no booking needed.
Opening: Daily 9am to 5pm; last entry 4pm.
Board at the Waterfront or Long Street
One ticket, one day, and the whole peninsula loop: Camps Bay, Hout Bay, Kirstenbosch, Table Mountain. The upper deck on the Atlantic side is the seat to fight for.
Opening: Operates daily. Departure times vary by route and season; use the current timetable for your stop.
Ferry from the Waterfront
Where Tuan Guru wrote out the Qur'an from memory and where Mandela spent eighteen years. The tour bus passes the shrine of Sayed Abdurahman Motura and the guide points it out. Book well ahead; sailings depend on the sea.
Opening: Daily departures at 9am, 11am, 1pm and, in peak season September to April, 3pm.
Simon's Town
A colony of African penguins on a sheltered beach an hour down the peninsula. Boardwalks take you within a metre of them. Pair it with Cape Point.
Opening: Daily: April to September 8am to 5pm; February, March, October and November 8am to 6.30pm; December and January 7am to 7.30pm.
Check access and confirm on the day.