10 things to experience in and around Cape Town

When your staying in a self catering luxury house in cape town you have freedom to experience whats around. Cape Town certainly offers a lot to its visitors, be it friendly restaurants, thrilling mountain walks, whale watching, the list is endless.

Here is our reccommendations for the 10 best things to do in Cape Town.

1. When you step off the plane, a little tired, drive to The Beach House and then head into Hout Bay to eat calamari with the locals on the terrace at The Chapman Peak Hotel. Then have a snooze!

2. Have a leisurely lunch outside at the restaurant Constantia Uitsig and wonder how you can get enough money together to buy a Cape wine estate.

3. Share a bottle of wine on Llandudno beach while watching the sun go down.

4. Walk up Table Mountain, abseil down and then take the cable car to the bottom. Follow a morning of exertion with a celebratory seafood lunch at Baia in the Waterfront.

5. During the season, attend one of the evening concerts at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens with a picnic and wine.

6. Take the spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive and continue down to the Cape of Good Hope National park.

7. Ever seen a whale? Watch one from The Beach House garden and if they aren’t there drive to Hermanus.

8. Take a helicopter trip of a life-time. The all time best is a flight around the Cape of Good Hope and out to a wine estate like Vergelegen for lunch. It's not cheap but is unforgettable.

9. Take a trip out to Robben Island and a tour around the prison. If you ever wondered why Nelson Mandela is regarded as a hero all over the world this trip will tell you.

10. If the history of Cape Town is your thing, take a half day organised trip which will take you round The Distict 6 museum and into the townships. Townships are communities not war zones.