Private tours · 8 itineraries

Cape Town tours,
with a local guide.

Every tour is private and capped at 8 guests: your guide, your vehicle, your pace. Choose a morning outing or a full day, then talk to us about the stops that interest you. We can adjust the itinerary together.

Morning outings

First Light Mornings

Short private outings to the hills, neighbourhoods and coast around Cape Town, with stops for breakfast or lunch.

Dawn over Lion's Head and the city from Signal Hill2½ hours

01 / Starts 45 min before sunrise

Eerste Lig

Afrikaans for "first light"

Signal Hill before the city wakes

We collect you in the dark and are on the ridge with a flask of moerkoffie before the sky turns. Below you the City Bowl switches from streetlights to sunlight in about twenty minutes, and you get to watch all of it.

Private, from R1,900 per group of up to 8

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Painted houses on a cobbled Bo-Kaap street in early light3 hours

02 / 07:00 to 10:00

Minaret

For the oldest mosques in South Africa

Bo-Kaap before the buses

We walk Bo-Kaap early, visiting its streets and spice shops and learning about Cape Malay history with a local guide.

Private, from R1,600 per group of up to 8

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Devil's Peak above the city at morning5 hours

03 / 06:00 to 11:00

De Kuil

"The hollow", the old name for the crater below Devil's Peak

Devil's Peak, by the shaded route

Climb Devil's Peak early, on the shaded side, with views over Table Bay as you gain height.

Private, from R2,400 per group of up to 8

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Fishing boats in Kalk Bay harbour4 hours

04 / Timed to low tide

Kalk

Dutch for "lime", once burned from shells on this shore

Kalk Bay at the tide's own pace

We start at Kalk Bay harbour, then walk into the mountains behind the village to explore the caves.

Private, from R2,100 per group of up to 8

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Sunrise to sundowner

Long Light Days

Full-day and evening outings around the Cape, with time for the main sights and smaller stops along the way.

Chapman's Peak Drive above the Atlantic at golden hourFull day, 9 to 10 hours

01 / 07:00 to 17:00

Twee Oseane

"Two oceans", the line the Cape is famous for

The Cape Peninsula, the way locals drive it

This is the famous day: Chapman's Peak, Cape Point, the penguins. We just run it backwards from the coaches, so you're at Cape Point while their buses are still on the road out.

Private, from R4,800 per group of up to 8

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Table Mountain cable car above Cape Town city bowlFull day, 8 hours

02 / 07:30 to 15:30

Moederstad

"Mother City", the name every Capetonian uses

Table Mountain and the city, told by locals

Cape Town is built in a bowl between the mountain and the sea. This day goes up to the top, then down into the streets to show how the city got here, from the Castle to District Six to Bo-Kaap.

Private, from R4,200 per group of up to 8

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Vineyards below mountains near StellenboschFull day, 8 hours

03 / 09:00 to 17:00

Wynkelder sonder Slot

"A cellar with no lock", our kind of open door

The Winelands, through the back gates

Visit small family cellars around Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, with time to taste and learn about the wines.

Private, from R5,200 per group of up to 8

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Milky Way over fynbos outside Cape TownEvening, 5 hours

04 / Golden hour to late

Suiderkruis

"Southern Cross", the stars that point south

Dark skies an hour from the city

Leave the city at golden hour for dinner by a fire and a guided look at the southern sky away from city lights.

Private, from R3,600 per group of up to 8

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Made to measure

Planning a few days in Cape Town?

Tell us how long you're staying and what you'd like to see. We can suggest a day-by-day plan and adjust it for the weather and your interests.