Cape Town Travel Forum

Hi people,
I will be in CT from 16-19 Aug. Can someone advise me about Shark cage diving/ Breaching locations- I am confused about 'Dyer island' & 'Seal Island'. Operators taking you to D-island claim both are similar, those taking you to S-island claim the other is commercial and hence justify their higher price for a trip to S-island. Can one spot whales on this trip or does one have to take a seperate tour for whale watching. Do whales come close to the boats or as someone suggested that one can very easily see them from the shore? Apart from hermanus which is the best place to see them from- closer to Cape town?
Is a trip to Robben Island worth it considering we are in CT for 3 days only.
We are hiring a car. Is it worth taking an organised tour to Cape Peninsula or can one find a guide once we get there? Or is a guide even necessary?
Anyone done deep sea/off-shore fishing? Is it fun/exciting? We are quite excited about it. What chances of the trip getting cancelled due to bad weather?
Thx

Hi

Me and my husband (aged 26) arrive in Cape Town on the 31st December and was wondering if anybody had any good suggestions on the best places to see the new year in especially around the V&A area?

Thanks

Hi

We are travelling to Cape town on 30th December to watch England in the third test. I have never been to SA before and spoken to various people about the safety aspects. Some people have told us is as safe as London and others have advised us not to get into any taxis etc. We are statying at the protea hotel sea point which i think is about 3km from the Victoria and Albert waterfront which is where all the main bars and restuarents are. I was just wondering if anybody had any advice about getting taxis etc back from here to the hotel?

Thanks

Greetings:

Attempting to book rooms for next summer and the games.....I would greatly appreciate any comments on these two hotels that have room for us:

Vineyard Hotel and Spa and the Victoria and Alfred.......both Cape Town...Any other suggestions also appreciated...its a long way!!!

Thanks greatly,

Actually I start planning my trip to South Africa in 2010. My main destinations will be Cape town and Kruger, so I need information about the Cape as well as about safaris... So I wonder which travel guide is the best.

Usually I made good experiences with Lonely Planet, but at www.amazon.de the South Africa guide of LP is rated very bad. Especially it is rated worse than the Rough Guide... So I wonder, wether I should give the Rough guide a chance...

Alternatively there is mentioned, that there is a German translation of the Rough guide (Stefan Loose Travel Handbücher), but this is based on a prior edition of the Rogh guide. So does anybody of the German speaking community knows, wether Stefan Loose's book is outdated?

Thanx in advance...

Can anyone recommend a really good restaurant for the New Year with outdoor eating, great food and wine and good views and location. We don't like stuffy atmosphere but do want quality.

I will be staying in CT next week (hotel 10 mins walk from V & A waterfront). I want to go up Table Mtn on the cable car. What is the best way to bet to the Cable Car station? Is it walkable? How much would a taxi be? Could I flag one down on the street? Are minibus taxis safe/accessible? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated asap due to close dep. date. Thanx.
PS Has anyone done the abseiling from Table Mt? What's it like?

I'll want to know if i can study english there becouse i want to know Cape Town and I want to take a trip I`ve read about it and It look so interesting.. please I dont know if you can help me .. I want to know hotel's prices and english courses,s prices please help me.. I'm from Ecuador

I will be travelling from khayelitsha so which route to take in order to reach Cape Point

Hello, everybody!

I intend to spend some months in Cape Town by the end of this year. So, I decided to take advantage of this period to study some English. I made a research and found a school called LAL, in Sea Point.
Can any of you tell me anything about this school and/or the neighborhood (transportation, nice places to visit, nightlife etc)?

Thanks!

Hi, I was hoping to get some advice/help on car rentals from Cape Town Airport to Port Elizabeth Airport. Any recommendations on car rental agencies? Anything to look out for? What type of insurance is recommended? What is the "excess"? Is it advisable to get any of the additional coverages or is it better to get coverage under travel insurance?

Thanks very much!

We will be staying at Protea President Hotel in Capetown
How far is Boulders beach from the hotel
What is the best way to see the Penquins
By private car or public transportation

I'm looking for reasonably priced accommodation in the Cape Town region that is still (if possible) central to the area.

Is Durbanville a long way away?

In saying such, what is the Cape Town equivilent of Sandton in Jozy?

Thanks!

Hello!

I am going to Cape Town in July with a friend and we were thinking about booking tours through a company, but we do not know if it is legitimate or not and I do not send my credit card info over e-mail.

They are called Afruka Eco Tours. www.afrukaecotours.co.za

Hi -

can anybody please advise me on a cheap hotel around Cape Town < R300 ...preferably one which is clean and has a TV where I could watch DVD'S.

Thank you

i was wondering if anyone could refer me to a cheap transportation service to get from Cape Town to jbay? as it is cheaper to fly into cape town as opposed to port elizabeth

any help at all would be appreciated
thanks

have you ever been to cape cod?

Can someone please recommend a great place to go have a Surf&Turf dinner? Preferably somewhere that is easy to access from the city, e.g. the V&A Waterfront? Other suggestions welcome too though.
Price doesn't matter!

I am travelling with my boyfriend to Cape Town for the 2009 Lions Rugby Tour in June and the one thing he has requested is a yummy saffer surf&turf! :-)

Hi! I'm going to CT in May and really want to do a safari. Can anyone recommend several good ones? I really want the best experience possible, so am hoping for an overnight trip. And the more animals the better! Sadly, I also need something not so pricey. Thanks in advance for any tips!

Please can anyone tell me if you need an international driving licence to drive in South Africa (Cape Town & the Kruger). I already have a full UK driving licence (with 3 penalty points. Thanks

Hi there
can anyone out there advise of a person/school that teaches Spanish? I'm planning on going to South America and would like a head start on the language before I go.

Visiting Cape Town Jan 2010 and wanting to know how strenuous this walk is. I am fit but have had a successful hip replacement and enjoy cycling and cliff walks in Cornwall. Any advice would be welcome.
Also comparison between safari experiences at Botlierskop and Aquila.

Hi. I will be arriving in Cape Town tomorrow and wondering what standards tips i should be given for the following services:

1. Limousine Driver (i have a car service for the duration of my stay)
2. Bellboy
3. Waiters

Thank you so much.

I am posting this question both in the Knysna and the Cape Town Forum, because we are looking into different possibilities to experience a tiny bit of the Garden Route while visiting South Africa this coming March/April.

We do have a pretty tight schedule, staying with friends in Cape Town, planning various day trips from Cape Town, weekends with friends and hoping to find just a little bit of time to see a little bit of the Garden Route.

Our wish would be a 3 day/2 nights tour from Cape Town to whereever (Knysna) seeing as much as possible (or as different as possible). What we do NOT like all that much is all this commercial/artificial kind of stuff: Aloe Factory, Ostrich Eggs/Farm/Riding/Petting..... if you know what I mean! And, what seems to make it even more difficult: we do NOT drive, so we need some sort of transportation other than a rented car!

We were hoping to either find a 3 day tour to Knysna and back or go to Knysna, stay there for 2 nights and book (half) day trips from there....

Do you have any advice, if this is feasable? Any Knysna B&B recommendations? Bus recommendations? Tour operator recommendations?

Any advice is highly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

We are staying at the Cape Grace Hotel, and are "foodies".
Would love to try local fare.
Inexpensive to expensive, just great food that will introduce us to African cuisine.
Thanks

Hi all,
I'll try and keep this short and simple. I'm 40 in 2010 and have already started to plan what I should do to mark the occasion. Top of my list is swimming with great white sharks, now SA seem the best place (if not the only) to do this. So is this possible all year round or just selected dates? My birthday is in July so would ideally like to travel then, but is it not winter in SA during July?

Many thanks,
Neil.

Hi all,

my partner and I are planning to visit South Africa in December next year. We'd like to have some whale watching nearby Hermanus, but we're reading on the internet whale watching in South Africa is done from June to November.

Is that right? Do you think it would not be possible to see whales on late December?

Thank you!

Valeria

We are hoping to come to Cape Town again in 2009 but we don't know when is the best time. We are thinking of 2 dates: End of September (for 2 weeks) or middle of November (for 2 weeks). We have been to SA before and very much enjoyed whale watching in Hermanus. What is the temperature like in September and November? when would be the best time to travel between these 2 dates? We will also be going to the Kruger, so again what is the best time? I have been given a brief itinerary which includes staying at Arniston (near Cape Augulhas) and then Dolphin Dunes - Wilderness - can anyone comment on this? From here we would fly George/JNB/Kruger - I presume George is an airport? can anyone tell me about this please. All of your help would be great, thanks.

Hiii everyone...

I am planning to visit Cape town with my son which is 8 yrs old. Do you think it would be dangerous for us to be alone? And could you advise me about a national park not far from the city...

Thank you :)

I want to contact Ruth & Sarah Moore who sell paintings in the market in, I believe, St George's Mall. I bought once and wish to do so again by e-mail and would appreciate an e-mail address. I have moores@icon.co.za and mail is returned so no good. I would appreciate some help and a contact e-mail address. thanks..David Mills