Kirstenbosch National Botanical GardenKirstenbosch National Botanical Garden · photo: Didier B, CC BY 2.5

Self-guided walking tour of Cape Town

49 sights · South Africa · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Cape Town, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

Plan your walk through Cape Town

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

3-hour walk past the highlights of Cape Town

9 stops · 3.6 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

  1. Photo: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 9 min walkSt. Mary's Cathedral
  2. Photo: PhilippN, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 4 min walkSouth African National Gallery
  3. Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 3 min walkIziko South African Museum
  4. Photo: LiebeB, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 12 min walkAuwal Mosque
  5. Photo: Liridon, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 1 min walkNurul Islam Mosque
  6. Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 6 min walkPalm Tree Mosque
  7. Photo: PhilippN, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 5 min walkHouses of Parliament
  8. Photo: Ctac, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 4 min walkStatue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
  9. Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 4 min walkCape Town City Hall
Walk this route (with map)

More well-known sights in Cape Town

  1. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
  2. Two Oceans Aquarium
  3. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
  4. Rhodes Memorial
  5. Groote Schuur
  6. Artscape Theatre Centre
  7. Company's Garden
  8. Slave Lodge
  9. District Six Museum
  10. Irma Stern Museum
  11. Statue of Maria van Riebeeck
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