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The Mother City (as Cape Town is fondly known) has the award-winning spas, shopping, beaches and cultural life of any cosmopolitan coastal holiday town but it also has a vast range of outdoor activities that excite vacation rentals outer banks north carolina the senses. These are just some of the luxurious Cape Town activities on offer:
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- Hire a vintage vehicle, luxury sports car, or a Harley Davidson and traverse the beautiful Cape at your leisure, on your own terms. Chapman's Peak is an exceptionally beautiful drive around the coast.
- Coffeebeans Routes offers interesting and niche tours of Cape Town such as the Art Route and Jazz Safari. Their latest additions are the Cape Town Fashion Route, the Cape Town Cuisine Route, the Theatrical Route, and the Cape Town Beer Route.
- Hire a vehicle and travel along the coastal road after Simon's Town towards Cape Point for a stop at Boulders Beach and some penguin spotting, as well as along the road for a sighting of the Cape's infamous Chacma baboons.
Unlike some of Africa's other star cities, Cape Town has a very pleasant, moderate climate but is still warm and dry enough to allow a rewarding outdoor lifestyle nearly all year round. Peppered with world-renowned icons and unexpected gems, you won't leave Cape Town without thinking you could have stayed longer.