City Cycle Tours » Cape Town 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 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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