Cape Town Travel Guide

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Not all of South Africa's gems can be neatly bundled away in a velvet pouch. Kaapstad (Capetown in Afrikaans) is the uber-under-spot in the planetary travel circus. C-town is a touristic trapeze swinging between safaris, sea side strolls, and long clubby nights. One of Africa's, and the world's- most photogenic cities, Cape Town delights. Cupping the beautiful Table Bay harbor, the 2.7 million people that inhabit the city proper are mainly involved in the shipping, manufacturing, and tourist industries. A striking quartzitic sandstone mesa rises behind the city, similar to Grand Junction, Colorado's 'Monument' plateau, this geotectonic anomaly known as Table Mountain has a flat 2 mile expanse giving way to steep cliffs. Framing Table Mountain are the eastern 'Devil's Peak' and the occidental 'Lion's Head' mountains, rounding out the Table Mountain National Park. Below, rolling towards the harbor in this natural amphitheatre, Cape Town proper enjoys both mountainous and oceanic views. Pleasure craft moor along the waterfront promenade, vessels reflecting against the lapping waves and Dutch colonial architecture. At the convergence of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, nature is paramount, spend several days on a luxury, fully catered, and portered hiking experience along the Hoerikwaggo Table Mountain Trail. Test your luck at the Grandwest Casino, and reflect on the flora at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Before you blast off for a safari sesh, strike out for a spectacular view of the harbor from a chartered helicopter flight.

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