Four Days in Cape Town

Cape town is a cool visit, but seriously, stay out of the dangerous areas. SA shanty towns are closer to Haitian slums than the "dangerous downtowns" in the US TD prattles on about. They aren't something to frick with.

I was there about 15 years ago, so I won't try to make any specific restaurant or vineyard recommendations. Definitely go to the top of Table Mountain, but you won't necessarily be able to schedule the day, as it's extremely weather dependant. If you catch a clear morning, just race up asap. It tends to get heavy fog and cloud cover very quickly.

The vineyards are nice and worth the trip out. SA is better known for their whites than reds, but both can be enjoyable. Just enjoy the experience more than worrying about the wine.

If you see anyone on the street selling bags of macadamia nuts, do it. Probably stolen, but fricking worth it

If you have time for excursions, I did a day with a charter cage diving with great whites. Very cool bucket list kind of item. Also generally gives me one of the more interesting travel anecdotes at cocktail parties

For things just outside of Cape Town (and perfectly safe):

Simon’s Town and Boulder Beach for the penguins. There’s a good pub there, The Two and Sixpence. Simon’s Town Country Club has good lunch and dinner specials and a bar, you don’t have to be a member. The South African naval museum is there as well. The harbor are is nice to walk around and take your picture with the statue of Just Nuisance.



Mariner’s Wharf in Hout Bay is a good restaurant and market area, the beach at Hout Bay is nice as well.



One of the best steaks I’ve ever had was at Nelson’s Eye steakhouse in Cape Town. They also have crazy game on the menu like Springbok and ostrich.

I also suggest driving out to the national park where the Cape of Good Hope is. It’s a beautiful park with wildlife and great views. It’s kind of in the middle of nowhere but an easy drive/ride from Cape Town.

Definitely try and do some wine country stuff. I didn’t get the chance but I have been hooked on SA wine ever since I went down there.

People have hit some good stuff already. Boulder beach and stuff was cool.

Make sure you take the Chapman's Peak route. One of the best drives in the world.

For wine country I went to Franschhoek. Beautiful town. View from my stay there.



Believe I had lunch Dieu Donne Vineyard which is when I discovered that ostrich is very good. All the vineyards are very close to each other. You could also go to Stellenbosch

I suggest a fine dining meal at Le Petite Colombo if you go to Franschhoek.

I left a pretty extensive review in the pinned thread at the top of this board.

In Cape Town I ate at a "steak house" called Carne. They have the usual stuff as well as African game meats if you want to get adventurous.