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The cliffs and sea at Cape Point.

Cape Peninsula

Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope

The end of the peninsula, the Atlantic on one side and False Bay on the other, baboons on the road and a lighthouse you climb to. Drive one way via Chapman's Peak: a detour, and worth every minute.

Opening: Daily entry: October to March 6am to 6pm; April to September 7am to 5pm.

An elephant on a track at Aquila Private Game Reserve.

Touws River, 2 hours by road

Aquila safari day trip

The Big Five two hours from the city, with a salah room and wudhu facilities on the reserve and halal-certified suppliers in the kitchen. A long day, and worth it once.

Opening: Full-day safari bookings typically arrive at 9am, with the game drive at 10.15am.

Signal Hill and the surrounding Cape Town landscape.

Signal Hill Road

Signal Hill, the Noon Gun and the kramats

Free, and the best sunset in the city. The Noon Gun fires at twelve, Monday to Saturday. Four kramats sit on the hill, the start of the circle that rings the peninsula.

Opening: Plan your visit in daylight and check conditions before leaving.

The exterior of Auwal Masjid.

39 Dorp Street, Bo-Kaap

Auwal Masjid

The first mosque in South Africa, praying since 1794 with Tuan Guru's handwritten Qur'an still kept inside. Come for salah; there are no tours, and the welcome is real.

Opening: Confirm visiting access and the day’s prayer or caretaker arrangements before travelling.

The exterior of Bo-Kaap Museum.

71 Wale Street, Bo-Kaap

Bo-Kaap Museum

A small Iziko house museum on Wale Street, furnished as a nineteenth-century Cape Muslim home. An hour that makes the whole neighbourhood make sense.

Opening: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm; Saturday until 4pm. Sunday is not listed as a regular opening day.

Tana Baru cemetery above the city.

Top of Longmarket Street, Bo-Kaap

Tana Baru cemetery

The oldest Muslim burial ground in the country, on the slope above Bo-Kaap. Tuan Guru and Abu Bakr Effendi lie here. Plan around the limited weekend visiting window or enquire about special access.

Opening: Usually Saturday and Sunday, noon to 2pm only.

Hanging banners and street signs inside District Six Museum.

25A Buitenkant Street

District Six Museum

The story of 60,000 people removed from their homes, told by the people themselves. Book ahead; the guided walk with a former resident is the one to take.

Opening: Monday to Saturday 9am to 4pm.

The walls and buildings of the Castle of Good Hope.

Castle Street, city centre

Castle of Good Hope

The oldest colonial building in the country, where the Dutch East India Company governed and where the first exiles were brought ashore. Cheap, central, and quiet in the morning.

Opening: Daily 9am to 5pm.

The Kramat of Shaykh Yusuf at Faure.

Kramat Road, Faure

Kramat of Shaykh Yusuf, Faure

The shrine of the scholar who arrived in 1694, on a hill above Macassar forty kilometres from town. Open to all, quiet on weekdays, easiest by car or with us.

Opening: Confirm visiting access and the day’s prayer or caretaker arrangements before travelling.

Check access and confirm on the day.