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Today we are gonna bring you guys our top ten--
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- Good day guys, in this video we're gonna give you
our top nine things to do in Cape Town for your vacation
to Cape Town in South Africa, coming up.
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Welcome back everybody it is the 20th
of December 2019 and we thought we'd put this video together
to share with you our top nine things to do in Cape Town,
especially from this one
who lived in Cape Town for eight years?
- That's right, I did live here for,
well there for eight years.
At the moment we're actually in George filming this video,
you can see behind us it's a absolutely beautiful view
but yeah but that's not what's this videos about--
- That's right.
- We wanna talk about our recent trip,
yeah and just share the highlights of what it's all about,
what it was all about.
- So it was my first time there in Cape Town
and Robyn was taking me around and you know
and obviously she lived there for a while and
so she was playing tourist as well and so amazing place,
we had such a great time, so many places to eat,
beaches, the nightlife, everything was so beautiful and
so here is the first one on our list, hiking.
If you're going to Cape Town I highly recommend going
and doing some hikes I.e Table Mountain,
Robs did you wanna talk about that one?
- Yeah so, actually well we did two hikes up Table Mountain,
we did Skeleton Gorge and we did Platteklip.
Now--
- [Brad] Write those ones down.
- They're very different hikes,
Platteklip is quite a difficult one,
it feels like you're doing lunges and squats
for 45 minutes straight.
It's pretty challenging and--
- [Brad] It was so windy.
- It was so windy, depending on what time
of year you're gonna go to Cape Town,
the wind does play a part so particularly around December,
November, December the wind picks up
and boy oh boy did we feel that at that height.
- Just be warned, maybe check the weather the day before
you go up, is that a good idea?
- Yeah I think so.
- Check the wind forecast.
- And believe the forecast when it says windy
because when we were at the top of the mountain--
- [Brad] It was so windy, in fact--
- [Robyn] Was that gale force winds?
- It was so windy they stopped the cable car from running
so if you're watching this you can take the cable car up
and down Table Mountain, it's what most people do
but if you want a physical like slash fitness challenge,
do what we did and do Platteklip or Skeleton Gorge
but just be warned that if it is too windy they will stop
the cable car which does happen quite frequently in December
and you'll have to find your own way up
and down Table Mountain so...
- Skeleton Gorge is amazing because you start
by walking through Kirstenbosch Gardens,
they're absolutely stunning and
then it leads you up this hike which takes you
through ladders and just--
- [Brad] Amazing.
- [Robyn] There's a beautiful waterfall there--
- [Brad] So stunning.
- [Robyn] Really is a stunning climb and it isn't
as difficult as Platteklip,
so you've got two different options there
that we experienced which you can choose from.
- Absolutely stunning.
The second one, in terms of hiking is Lions Head.
- [Robyn] This one you have to do, you have to do it,
it's absolutely--
- [Brad] You have to do it, yeah.
- [Robyn] It gives you the most beautiful views
of Cape Town when you get to the top.
It can be a little bit extreme,
there is a section of it where you're climbing--
- [Brad] Chains--
- [Robyn] And staples and--
- [Brad] Ladders, yeah.
- [Robyn] Up the cliff face--
- [Brad] But it's fine.
- [Robyn] But there's also a route where you don't have
to do that at all so anyone can really climb this mountain
and in fact I used to climb it
at least three times a week early in the morning
and it's such a nice little trail you know, a fitness trail.
- For Capetonians that's what they usually do,
they use Lions Head or Table Mountain,
those two trails as a bit of a time yourself
and try and beat yourself from the previous time yeah?
- Yeah, yeah.
- There's hiking options for you.
The second one are beaches.
Noordhoek Beach, phew, probably one
of the best beaches I've ever seen.
White sandy beach, beautiful sea,
the problem is you can't swim in it because it's
so freezing and I'm talking ice bath temperatures,
you cannot swim in that beach unless
you have a wetsuit I'd imagine.
- [Robyn] Yeah.
- It is freezing, freezing cold but you can go there,
you can spend the day there, beautiful sunshine,
check the weather beforehand and make sure it's gonna
be a sunny day otherwise Noordheok beach is fantastic.
Camps Bay Beach is another one for cocktails and sunsets.
- It's nice 'cause it's on like a little strip and
so you have restaurants and bars and coffee bars
that you can go to whilst you're sitting on the beach.
- [Brad] Camps Bay is absolutely stunning and again,
a beautiful, you need a nice sunny day for
that but it does get windy, it was windy there.
- [Robyn] Yeah.
- [Brad] When we were there too--
- [Robyn] As I say, wind is a big thing--
- It's a killer, wind is a killer.
- The peak season--
- In December anyway.
- Yeah.
The next one is Clifton Beach.
- [Robyn] Yeah.
- Quite exclusive?
- Yeah, I mean there are four different beaches,
there's obviously one, two, three and four and
so there's a family beach
and there's like a more chilled out version beach--
- Which is what?
- A social beach, one and two.
I used to go to two quite a lot, the most beautiful--
- This is at Clifton yeah?
- Yeah Clifton, beautiful white sand,
the water is still pretty cold but you can swim in it,
I used to especially if it's really hot but yeah,
I definitely say visit those beaches.
- Number three on my list is drives
and I've got three drives here,
I've got Chapmans Peak drive which is oh my God,
will blow your mind, I'm from Melbourne, Australia,
we have The Great Ocean Road there if you're familiar
with that, it is absolutely phenomenal,
it is a coastal road,
like The Great Ocean Road back home
but the cliff overhangs the road and is just mind blowing,
you can stop off on the side of the road at certain places,
take photos that will just absolutely blow your mind.
- It's absolutely stunning
and I would actually suggest doing it in the afternoon
if you can to catch the--
- The sunset. - Sunset.
You could always drive to Noordheok Beach,
spend some time in Noordhoek Village,
have some lunch there and then drive back
and you will get the most beautiful sunset shots,
you'll also see the Twelve Apostles
which you also have in Australia so.
- That's right.
Our next one for drives is Simons Town for Penguins.
You might have discovered
that you can do the penguin thing in Cape Town,
it's a very popular tourist attraction there
but they can drive to Simons Town and we did that,
we saw the penguins, we paid a little fee,
got in, saw the penguins and left.
Literally I went there for,
we literally went in for about 10,
15 minutes took three photos and left.
- Yes.
- Like, you don't need
to spend much time there in my opinion,
unless you're a penguin fan, that's different right.
The next, our third one for drives is
the Cape of Good Hope which is on the southern tip
of the peninsula, I think it's the point
where the two big oceans are divided.
- They meet.
- Oh they meet?
- Hmm.
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- Anyway, you can go there,
we never actually paid the money to go into--
- Apparently it's stunning,
I actually have never been in there
but it costs quite a lot of money.
- It costs a lot of money to go there.
- Particularly for a tourist,
if you're not from South Africa it's pretty expensive
to go in there but apparently it's beautiful--
- However, near the entrance
of the Cape of Good Hope is an ostrich farm
which we did go to which was phenomenal,
you should definitely come to a ostrich farm in Cape Town.
The one we went to, we'll throw the map up
and all that sort of stuff and link it up,
you can go feed the ostriches, you can handle snakes,
there's a snake tour, there's a crocodile farm,
all that kinda stuff so if you're in the area
of Cape of Good Hope go and check out the ostrich farm,
it is a good experience, especially if you have kids.
The next one, number four is the Promenade Walk.
- My favourite walk of all time,
I used to walk that all the time
when I lived in Cape Town and you start
from Mouille Point, the lighthouse
and you walk all the way to Camps Bay strip and back,
it's about 14k's in total but if you don't wanna walk
that far you can just walk to Camps Bay
and then get a Uber back to where your car is
but it's just absolutely stunning this walk,
you get such a nice view of the road
that is along the coastline and passes all the beaches
and yeah, you'll just get a really good--
- Yeah, you'll see the guys
that are paragliding landing near the Promenade Walk,
like it's a pretty cool place.
- [Robyn] Winchester Mansions there, yeah.
- Yeah, we'll get to paragliding later on,
that's another thing you can do too.
The next one is number five, eating out.
Now this is one of my favourite things
to do in Cape Town because we went
to a place called Hussar Grill
and Hussar Grill is phenomenal,
you must go there if you're a meat fan,
if you wanna try different game
while you're on your vacation here in South Africa.
While I'm here i tried springbok at Hussar Grill,
I also tried ostrich and I've also had--
- [Robyn] Kudu.
- Kudu, kudu, so you must go to Hussar Grill
if you wanna try the different game, highly recommended,
not being sponsored, you must go there, end of story.
Other options to eat out at are Brass Bell
for seafood and harbour house, another one on
that sub list for eating out is the Waterfront,
which is a beautiful little area where you can go
and eat at restaurants, have your drinks and cocktails,
watch the sunset, they got live performances on the street,
they've got places you can buy things at,
you can do shopping there, it's a good social vibe,
it's really, really, I highly recommend the Waterfront,
it's as I said before,
it's a little bit like Darling Harbour in Sydney,
that's the kind of feel that it has for me so Waterfront.
The next one for eating out is Hout Bay.
- Yeah, best calamari in town at the Chapmans Peak Hotel,
you've gotta go there--
- [Brad] You gotta go there.
- [Robyn] Lovely view--
- [Brad] Hout Bay--
- [Robyn] And literally they serve the calamari
in the pan that they cooked it in
so it's lovely fresh seafood.
- Number six is wine trips to Franschhoek and Stellenbosch.
- Man if you come to Cape Town
there's such a massive food and wine culture here--
- Huge.
- It's massive so it really is an experience if you wanted
to get a company to take you out there so you don't have
to worry about drinking and driving they do offer that.
- Like day trips.
- Yeah, otherwise you can go and stay there,
I would recommend at least two nights,
there's so many vineyards out there,
we went to Haute Cabriere and we went to Delaire Graff,
completely different experiences
but both absolutely exquisitely beautiful,
just an amazing experience.
So yeah, if you come to Cape Town make the most
of the Wine lands here.
- Again, it's like the Yarra Valley back in Victoria,
just outside of Melbourne for the wine fans
who come to Melbourne they go to Yarra Valley,
if you're coming to Cape Town as a wine fan you gotta go
to Stellenbosch and Franschhoek,
I'm not really a wine person to be honest with you
but I had a great time, we spent two nights there,
we'll do separate videos on that experience
but highly recommend day trips there.
Next one, number seven is paragliding.
Robs did paragliding.
- [Robyn] I did.
- [Brad] I didn't get a chance 'cause the wind--
- [Robyn] It was cancelled--
- [Brad] That's the wind for you--
- [Robyn] Glad it was when you saw those gale fore winds--
- Dam!
It was windy--
- Knowing what I know--
- It was windy, it was windy.
- But what an experience, it's,
there are two launch sites off the mountain,
Signal Hill and Lions Head.
Lions Head is pretty rare
because they obviously watch the wind directions
to see where you can jump off,
I jumped off Signal Hill, I haven't done the Lions Head--
- [Brad] We'll link a video to her vlog,
the paragliding one.
- [Robyn] Yeah you guys gotta watch it,
you'll get a full idea of like what it's like.
- Yeah, great little experience I'm sure
but make sure you book, if you're spending 10 days
in Cape Town make sure you book something like
that early on in your week so if it is cancelled
there's an option to reschedule,
I booked mine on the last day
so there was no chance we were gonna reschedule, anyway.
Eighth one on my list is Kirstenbosch Gardens.
This one is spectacular,
this reminds me of the Botanical Gardens back in Sydney,
it's just a beautiful place,
just a beautiful set of gardens.
- You're surrounded by the fynbos, they have--
- What's the fynbos?
- It's all the vegetation, indigenous vegetation
to South Africa and the cape particularly
and they have like open-air cinema there
and they also have concerts,
they hold concerts there which are absolutely so much fun.
- We did the Canopy Walk as well there
and the Canopy Walk is really, really awesome
because you literally walk on the tree tops of Kirstenbosch,
it's just an amazing view from,
you know you get to see Kirstenbosch
from the Canopy Walk and you also see the mountain ranges
as well, can you see Table Mountain?
- Yes.
- Yeah, Table Mountain,
yeah so I highly recommend Kirstenbosch, check it out.
Number nine and last one is the ostrich farm,
I mentioned that before.
- Yes you did.
- All right, that's it guys.
- Guess it's eight guys.
- It's eight.
Anyway, if you've been to Cape Town
and you're watching this video
then you've already experienced the amazing place there,
if you have any other suggestions
or recommendations please leave them
in the comments below to help other people.
I'm sure we've missed heaps,
I mean there are a lot of other things you can do helicopt--
- Like shark cage diving.
- You can dive with sharks
and you can do the helicopter ride,
you can go to Robben Island and see
where Nelson Mandela was locked up for 17 years
or something like that, there's so many different things,
we hired a small plane
and we flew around Cape Town in a small Warrior,
I'll do a separate video on that
so there's so many things you can do
so otherwise if you have any
other suggestions leave them below,
if you have any questions leave them below,
this one will answer them for you,
otherwise guys thank you so much
for watching and we'll see you in another video.
- See you guys later.
- Bye.
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