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Cape Town Attractions

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Make sure to visit retail havens such as the Victoria Wharf at the V&A Waterfront complex and Cavendish Square in the Southern Suburbs. One should not, of course, forget the enormous Tyger Valley Centre and the Somerset Mall - a short drive from the city centre.

In Cape Town you will find beautiful and rare antiques. Discover art nouveau jewelry, rare books and precious objects, which can be found in the stalls along paved Church Street, or behind the shop fronts of the original Victorian buildings lining Long Street and its surrounds.

Informal markets and pavement traders are found in abundance in Cape Town. Here you will find a vast array of bargain items, original curios and collectables, clothes and food. Shop with the sound of djembe drumming or children singing filling the air.

Another must stop is the Khayalitsha Craft Market where you will find a range of uniquely crafted items such as hand-printed fabric.

Shopping in the city is essentially on foot, but if you don't have a car at your disposal, getting to any of the malls or larger centres is as easy as hopping onto a taxi, bus or train.

Outdoor Adventures in Cape Town
With the favourable climate of Africa, Cape Town is an outdoor adventurers paradise. You can Abseil, Bungee-jump, Cycle on hired road bikes or mountain bikes. Hire a Dune buggy or 4X4, Explore. You can Fish with line or spear, go big Game fishing on a deep-sea yacht, Horse-ride or Hike or Hunt in paint-ball war games, or Hire a Harley-Davidson. You can Ice-skate, Jump from a plane - singly or in tandem, Kayak or Kite-fly, flirt with a Life-saver, Mountain climb or bike, seize the Night, ride an Ostrich, Para-glide from Lion's Head to Camps Bay, Pick fruit on a fruit farm, Queue for a cue at a pool bar or go search for the re-bred Quaggas , Rollercoast at Ratanga Junction, go Rafting or canoeing on white-water winter rivers, Surfing or Spear-Fishing, Tablemountaining, go Up Up and Away in a balloon trip over the winelands, Dive with sharks at the V&A Two Oceans Aquarium or out in False Bay, Wind-surf, do X-rated Cape Town (see the smalls pages of the newspaper if your imagination fails you), Yacht, go cycle after Zebras in the Cape Point Reserve. The list is endless, choose your adventure and enjoy what Cape Town has to offer.

For deep sea game fishing you will find the big game of the cape shore that is among the best in the world in particular long fin, yellow fin tuna and broad billed swordfish.

The area in and around Cape Town offers the golf enthusiasts some of the best golf courses in the world. Visit South African Golf Tours for information on courses and golf tours throughout Cape Town.

Rugby is sacred among South Africans and Springbok team members, fondly known as the ‘boks’, are national heroes.

The Royal Cape Yacht Club is situated at the docks in Table Bay, and is the starting point for the famous Cape to Rio Yacht Race, which takes place every two years.

Scuba diving is one of the largest growing sports in Cape Town and there are many areas offering excellent visibility for this exciting sport. Don’t forget your full-length wet suits, because the waters in Cape Town are notorious for their icy temperatures.

Surfing is perhaps the biggest sub-culture in the Western Cape, and some of the world's leading surfers are resident here. Competitions are held during the summer months, and you’ll find perfect waves at Kommetjie, Noordhoek, Clifton, Rocklands.