Cape Town
With Table Mountain as backdrop the Mother City, as it is affectionately known by South Africans, is set within the unique Cape Floral Region, and surrounded by the internationally acclaimed Winelands that stretch from coast to coast, Cape Town welcomes the world to a vibrant cultural experience that is as hospitable as it is unique.
Destination Facts
World-class Infrastructure
The Cape’s advanced infrastructure improves the region’s overall competitiveness when it comes to doing business which is why the number of company’s choosing the province as its base continues to rise year-on-year.
Easy Access
Cape Town International Airport is just 20 minutes from Cape Town’s CBD, and once in the city, getting around is easy and convenient by using the MyCiTi bus service, taxi’s e-hailing services or rail network.
Culturally Diverse
Cape Town is a unique and socially diverse city. Its inhabitants have come from all four corners of the globe to make the city their home resulting in a creative, culinary, and cultural melting pot that enriches South Africa’s heritage and history.
Global Appeal
Cape Town has consistently been voted as one of the world’s favourite tourist destinations and the city’s global profile as a modern and convenient city secures high delegate Interest
Natural Beauty and Climate
Cape Town enjoys a warm and moderate Mediterranean climate that sees visitors and locals alike flock to its sandy white beaches and hike beautiful mountains like Table Mountain. The region is also the proud custodian of two World Heritage Sites at Robben Island and the Cape Floral Region.
Centre of Business
As one of the continent’s leading business hubs, the province understands that economic growth is at the heart of development success. Government and the private sector collaborate on several programmes to create an enabling environment for investment.
Safe and Secure
Cape Town is a popular global tourism destination that takes the security of our visitors very seriously. The destination works closely together with all partners, to manage to the best of our ability the safety of all our visitors.
Knowledge and Innovation Hub
Four leading universities and several world-class research institutions in fields as diverse as science, technology, medicine, and social politics makes for fertile ground for intellectual dialogue and the exchange of ideas. The region prioritizes the development of our knowledge and innovation economies, underscoring the role the destination plays in uplifting the continent.
Culture and People
Centuries of trade and immigration have created a population ith genetic and linguistic links to different parts of Europe, southeast Asia, India and Africa. The diverse cultural backgrounds gives the province a cosmopolitan flavour with an interesting history dating back to the KhoiSan people – the first inhabitants of the country.
With its broad range of influences from numerous cultures – historical and contemporary – Cape Town has a dynamic rich artistic tapestry today.
Cape Town has a bustling art and music culture with worldclass galleries and exhibitions taking place all the time.
Talented painters, sculptors, photographers, and musicians are continuously experimenting and offering new innovative work to which the hundreds of venues in and around Cape Town attest.
Food and Wine
The essence of Western Cape food can be found in the complex, multi-cultural history of the province. A mixture of Asian, African and European food genres, every dish reflects waves of historical settlement and layers of culinary interaction. The Cape Winelands boasts some of the best award-winning wine farms in the world. Every year thousands of tourists from around the world flock to the amazing wine route situated in the Western Cape to indulge in the latest offerings in both food and drink.