City Cycle Tours http://www.citycycletours.co.za Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:46:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Discover Cape Town Tour http://www.citycycletours.co.za/discover-cape-town/ http://www.citycycletours.co.za/discover-cape-town/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:10:52 +0000 admin http://dev.wpcoder.com/dan/wordpress/?p=53 Waterfront, stand where the first ships SET ANCHOR in Cape Town over 350 years ago, cycle up LONG STREET and see the last vestiges of the Napoleonic-era armory at the CHAVONESS BATTERY and see a huge amount more! (see full list here) Price: R360 per person; includes bike rental, helmet and guide. Tour times: Tours held daily at 10am. Pre booking essential. Difficulty: Anybody can cycle with us as there are no serious climbs but you should be able to cycle 10 kilometres at a very easy pace. Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us. ]]> We cover ALL the main sights in and around the city center! See the Waterfront, stand where the first ships SET ANCHOR in Cape Town over 350 years ago, cycle up LONG STREET and see the last vestiges of the Napoleonic-era armory at the CHAVONESS BATTERY and see a huge amount more!

Find out:

  • how the Castle of Good Hope was saved from destruction
  • how much the Dutch Est India Company bought the Cape Peninsula for from the Khoi
  • why some historians have suggested that APARTHEID was inevitable given the Cape’s divided origins…
  • how Robben Island came to be a penal island
  • what wild animals roamed the City Centre only 300 years ago
  • how the historical Long Street architecture was preserved

Detailed list of Discover Cape Town

  • V&A Waterfront
  • The Green Point soccer/football stadium
  • Moullie Point light house
  • The Promenade
  • Gallows Hill
  • The Gold Museum
  • The Lutheran Church
  • Bo-Kaap
  • Long Street
  • Centre for the Book
  • The Company’s Gardens
  • SA Museum
  • The Planetarium
  • The Jewish Museum
  • The Holocaust Museum
  • Houses of Parliament
  • SA National Gallery
  • De Tuynhuys
  • St. Georges Cathedral
  • The Slave Museum
  • St Georges Square
  • Green Market Square
  • The Flower Market
  • The Grand Parade
  • The City Hall
  • The Drill Hall
  • The Granary
  • Rust en Vreugd
  • The Perseverance Pub
  • District 6
  • The Castle of Good Hope
  • Artscape & The Civic Centre
  • The Cape Town International Convention Centre
  • The Clock Tower

Price: R360 per person; includes bike rental, helmet and tour escort.
Tour times: Tours held daily at 10am. Pre booking essential.
Difficulty: The tours are aimed with no serious climbs but you should be able to cycle 10 kilometres at a very easy pace.
Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to reserve your spot!

]]> http://www.citycycletours.co.za/discover-cape-town/feed/ 0 Diesel and Dust Tour http://www.citycycletours.co.za/diesel-and-dus-tour/ http://www.citycycletours.co.za/diesel-and-dus-tour/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:25:45 +0000 admin http://dev.danphilibin.com/wordpress/?p=63 TABLE MOUNTAIN, drink a beer in the OLDEST TAVERN tavern in Cape Town, experience the finest SURVIVING EXAMPLE of EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY urban architecture in the country and see a huge amount more? Price: R485 per person; includes bike rental, helmet, guide and transport to the Cable Way. Tour times: On request – minimum 4. We will take fewer but the price per person will be adjusted accordingly. Difficulty: Anybody can cycle with us as there are no climbs on this route. You will however have a huge SMILE on your dial after the downhill. Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us. ]]> Want to experience an exhilarating downhill on TABLE MOUNTAIN, drink a beer in the OLDEST TAVERN tavern in Cape Town, experience the finest SURVIVING EXAMPLE of  EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY urban architecture in the country and see a huge amount more?
Price: R485 per person; includes bike rental, helmet and guide.
Tour times: Tours held daily. On request – minimum 4. We will take fewer but the price per person will be adjusted accordingly.
Difficulty: Anybody can cycle with us as there are no climbs on this route. You will also have a huge SMILE on your dial after the downhill.
Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us.
]]> http://www.citycycletours.co.za/diesel-and-dus-tour/feed/ 0 Winelands Tour http://www.citycycletours.co.za/winelands-tour/ http://www.citycycletours.co.za/winelands-tour/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:32 +0000 steve http://www.citycycletours.co.za/?p=288 Franschoek & Stellenbosch wine regions with some gentle cycling to add to the excitement of the day. Nothing too taxing, just a leisurely pedal between wine estates with a well deserved, hearty picnic lunch to reward your efforts. You should return to Cape Town well excercised, well fed and well "watered" - a great combination of activity and revelry. Price: R545 per person; includes wine tastings, picnic lunch, bike rental, helmet, guide and transport to and from Franschoek. Tour times: Tues, Thurs, Sat Difficulty: No fitness required! Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us. ]]> We visit the Franschoek & Stellenbosch wine regions with some gentle cycling to add to the excitement of the day. Nothing too taxing, just a leisurely pedal between wine estates with a well deserved, hearty picnic lunch to reward your efforts. You should return to Cape Town well excercised, well fed and well “watered” – a great combination of activity and revelry.

We depart from Cape Town for the Franschoek wine region, where we begin our cycle along the quiet Robertsveli Rd – 7 kms into the town of Franschoek. We explore this charming French Huguenot village, then cycle on a further 3km to Augusta winery, where we stop for a wine tasting and cellar tour.

We then Continue a further 2 kms to Mont Rochelle winery for another tasting and a well-deserved picnic lunch amidst spectacular surroundings. After lunch we transfer to the picturesque university town of Stellenbosch, with it’s distinctive Cape Dutch architecture, ending with a final tasting at Spier winery, before transferring back to Cape Town, well exercised, well fed and well “watered” – a great combination of activity and revelry.

Price: R545 per person; includes wine tastings, picnic lunch, bike rental, helmet, guide and transport to Franschoek.
Tour times: Tues, Thurs, Sat
Difficulty: No fitness required!
Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us.

* NOTE exact wineries may differ depending on availability.

]]> http://www.citycycletours.co.za/winelands-tour/feed/ 0 Cape Point & Peninsula Tour http://www.citycycletours.co.za/cape-point-peninsula-tour/ http://www.citycycletours.co.za/cape-point-peninsula-tour/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:39:34 +0000 steve http://www.citycycletours.co.za/?p=330 "the Cape of Good Hope"? Join us on a journey of discovery as we explore the splendour of the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town. We follow the Atlantic Seaboard, past Clifton & Camps Bay, to the fishing hamlet of Hout Bay for an optional boat cruise to Duiker Island to experience thousands of Cape Fur Seals in their natural habitat (R45). We continue along the scenic Chapman's Peak Drive to Simon's Town to meet up with a colony of rare Jackass Penguins at Boulders Beach. Price: R545 per person; includes entrance fees and picnic lunch, bike rental, helmet and guide Tour times: Tours run daily Difficulty: No fitness required, just some wonderful cycling and walking. Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us. ]]>

Where do the two oceans meet? And why is it called “the Cape of Good Hope”? Join us on a journey of discovery as we explore the splendour of the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town. We follow the Atlantic Seaboard, past Clifton & Camps Bay, to the fishing hamlet of Hout Bay for an optional boat cruise to Duiker Island to experience thousands of Cape Fur Seals in their natural habitat (R45). We continue along the scenic Chapman’s Peak Drive to Simon’s Town to meet up with a colony of rare Jackass Penguins at Boulders Beach.

You would’ve noticed the bicycles behind the bus by now! Once inside the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, we swap four wheels for two to get some fresh air into our lungs and to build up a healthy appetite.

Our legendary scrumptious picnic lunch will then be served somewhere in the reserve… maybe at one of the stunning beaches! Are you brave enough to challenge the Atlantic?

After lunch we hike to the top lighthouse at Cape Point and then to the Cape of Good Hope. Both hikes offer breathtaking vistas and REAL FRESH AIR! We return home via Scarborough and Kommetjie.

You will need:

  • Comfortable walking shoes
  • Shorts or trousers
  • A sweater/windbreaker
  • Sunscreen (For summer time… SPF 30+)
  • Bathing costume. (Should the weather allow it, we will have lunch at one of the beaches and swimming might be possible!)

Price: R545 per person; includes entrance fees and picnic lunch, bike rental, helmet and guide
Tour times: Tours run daily
Difficulty: No fitness required, just some wonderful cycling and walking.
Bookings: Call +27 21 511 4766 or click here to contact us.

Cape Point with Daytrippers & City Cycle Tours

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