- Cape Town City Centre
The centre isn’t huge, so most places are a quick stagger up or down the road. If you want to be near pubs, clubs and happenings, this is your spot. There's a Google Map to Cape Town here.
- Cape Town City Bowl
Nestled just above the Cape Town city centre on the slopes of Table Mountain and overlooking Cape Town and the harbour, these residential suburbs are fairly laid-back, quiet and surrounded by plenty of greenery, lush gardens and parks.
- Green Point
Neighbouring the busy suburb of Sea Point, Green Point has much the same setting and vibe as Sea Point, overlooking the icy Atlantic seaboard and backing up against the mountain. Many backpackers make Green Point their home whilst visiting the Mother City.
- Observatory
The heartbeat of student life in Cape Town, spunky Observatory has an excellent local atmosphere and a lively vibe. It's jam-packed with snappy music and pool venues and has a gob-smacking choice of restaurants.
- Claremont
This is one of Cape Town's older suburbs which has a well developed entertainment and shopping infrastructure. There are no backpackers here.
- Northern Beaches
Along the Atlantic coastline, heading northwards towards the West Coast and Namibia you'll find miles of beach…There's Google map here.
- Muizenberg and Kalk Bay
Muizenberg beach is a surfer's paradise, with the best learner surf waves in the Cape. You'll find the Google map to the Southern Peninsula on this page.
- Simon's Town
This is where we've chosen to live, so it's gotta be groovy. It's the last village before Cape Point on the eastern side of the peninsula and very quaint. Not to mention romantic with its panoramic views over the Simon's Town navy and picturesque yacht basin.
- Scarborough and Kommetjie
Scarborough is one of the last suburbs you’ll find before Cape Point. It's a very quiet with wonderful stretches of wild beaches, incredible mountain walks and an oddly shaped landmark known as Camel Rock. It takes about 45 minutes to drive into Cape Town from here.
- Camps Bay
This is the perfect place from which to watch the sun go down - whether it's from the white sandy beach or one of the many bars or restuarants that line the beach front. There are no backpackers here.
- Hout Bay
It's about 15km from town and the entry point to the famous Chapman's Peak Drive. It's a little self-contained village with everything you need - restaurants, shops, auto banks and is close to plenty of good hikes and sunset drink slurping spots. There are no backpackers here.
Sea Point
Situated on the icy Atlantic seaboard close to the Cape Town beaches Sea Point stretches along the beachfront and up against the mountain. It is densely populated with apartments, peppered with restaurants and bars and has a thriving nightlife.
Sea Point kicks arse.
In the days before the Waterfront was built Sea Point was the gastronomic centre of the universe with a large side order of pubs and funky clubs. Things haven’t changed that much. In fact the Waterfront still doesn’t have a club to speak of. So head down Main Road and find some of Cape Town’s trendiest bars and finest late night eateries. Sea Point is still mostly dedicated to food and the streets are pretty busy at night. Read dodgy. But fun. The Promenade is a roller blading jogging walking heaven. Early mornings there’s the smell of the ocean and evenings there’s sunset and beautiful bods. The Sea Point salt water pool is a fine spot to do a few Olympic lengths and cool off if you can’t take the sea temperature, which will hover around 12 degrees for most of summer. Sea Point is a paradise for sun worshippers as it is the last place to catch rays on those lovely Cape summer evenings and as the waves break year round, it's also groovy two shoes for surfers.
In the days before the Waterfront was built Sea Point was the gastronomic centre of the universe with a large side order of pubs and funky clubs. Things haven’t changed that much. In fact the Waterfront still doesn’t have a club to speak of. So head down Main Road and find some of Cape Town’s trendiest bars and finest late night eateries. Sea Point is still mostly dedicated to food and the streets are pretty busy at night. Read dodgy. But fun. The Promenade is a roller blading jogging walking heaven. Early mornings there’s the smell of the ocean and evenings there’s sunset and beautiful bods. The Sea Point salt water pool is a fine spot to do a few Olympic lengths and cool off if you can’t take the sea temperature, which will hover around 12 degrees for most of summer. Sea Point is a paradise for sun worshippers as it is the last place to catch rays on those lovely Cape summer evenings and as the waves break year round, it's also groovy two shoes for surfers.
Heck is a place for people who don`t believe in Gosh.
Places to Stay
- Afrique du Sud Backpackers
Located in the bustling heart of Sea Point with easy access to city amenities, public transport and (yippee) the Sea Point swimming pools by the sea.
- Milton Lodge
A fantastic place to stay in the centre of Sea Point.
