The ultimate hotel guide to Cape Town
A dramatic setting and vibrant arts scene might steal the show, but the South African city’s ever-growing choice of impressive hotels is reason enough to stay a little longer.
The pioneer: chef Abigail Mbalo's culinary revolution in Cape Town
From her restaurant in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha — somewhere she’d sooner not refer to as a township — Abigail Mbalo produces sumptuous riffs on the cuisine of her hometown.
Meet the changemakers: Ayanda Cuba and Buntu Matole from ABCD Travel
The young entrepreneurs started ABCD as a means of tackling community issues in Cape Town’s informal settlement of Khayelitsha through immersive running and cycling township tours.
A neighbourhood guide to Cape Town
The South African city’s dramatic location is well known, but its ongoing transformation into a modern, 21st-century city is just as remarkable as the scenery.
Cape Town: through the eyes of travel writers
For all its scene-stealing beauty, our contributors love Cape Town’s vibrant townships and cultural heritage — not to mention its masala steak sandwiches.
Surf & sand: 10 of the best South African beaches
South Africa has over 1,600 miles of coast, from its border with Namibia in the west to its Indian Ocean border with Mozambique in the east. We pick out the best beaches en route.
A gastronomic city break in Cape Town
A new generation of innovative chefs is shaking things up in Cape Town, bringing indigenous ingredients to the city's plates and unusual wines to its glasses
Where to go kitesurfing
A blend of surfing, wakeboarding, windsurfing, paragliding and gymnastics, kitesurfing is taking off everywhere from Dorset to Mauritius
