Cape Town is often regarded as the World’s most beautiful city. Combining the fast pace of a great urban metropolis with the immense natural beauty synonymous with Africa, it certainly is a city of contrasts. Nestled on a peninsula between lush valleys and rocky heights and overlooked by the great Table Mountain, whether it’s stunning wildlife or crazy nightlife you are after, Cape Town has it in spades.
Flights to Cape Town begin at around £400 and peak at £600 in the summer months – bear this in mind when booking. A bed in a hostel costs around £7 and you can eat out cheaply too – just get off the main streets and hunt out the smaller places that will offer you cracking seafood or game animals by the half kilo. It’s also worth remembering that South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere so has seasons opposite to the UK’s (their winter is during our summer, etc). Also Cape Town has a Mediterranean-type climate with hot summers and warm, wet winters. The South Africans are also well-known for their partying, so will certainly be able to show you a good time if you stop by Cape Town.