Cape Town in March

[Hbommie]

Thinking of a last minute trip to Cape Town in March, the weather, hotel prices and scenery are appealing. It would be a first trip to South Africa, is March a good time of year to go and a question from my better half, is it safe?

We usually do weeklong city breaks in the winter in the Far East, would CPT work for this? Luxury hotel, nice food, a comfortable place to relax and not too much touring other than the city. Is it walkable (hence the safety question), or is better to use Uber etc?

Thanks

[Richie]

Will you want trips out to say Camps Bay and down to Simon’s Town etc?

[Not Long Now...]

Definitely go. Many holiday rents available for peanuts where you’ll get a fantastic whole apartment or house, or if you prefer then lovely hotels available, but equally superb B&B’s around for far less than hotels which tend to charge top prices. Driving is easy and relatively cheap to hire compared to the rest of the world at the moment, but Uber is big in Cape Town, and a 25 minute trip will get you pretty much anywhere for less than a tenner. Wine lands are the real culinary hot bed if you feel you could go that far, maybe an hour and a half max from Cape Town, and again massive range of beautiful accommodations available.
Weather generated lovely, but occasionally showery so take a coat in case… but please please go.

[Not Long Now...]

And as for safety, don’t wander around the less touristy bits of Cape Town after dark, but same goes for pretty much every city I can think of. Stats are far worse for most major US cities, but nobody seems to worry about going there…

[Hbommie]

I must admit that I haven’t done much research, but will be googling all of the areas mentioned.

Thankyou

[Amy C]

CT is magnificent and March a great time to go. Make sure you go around Chapman’s Peak drive and the peninsula, Bolders Beach, Simon’s Town, V&A waterfront, Table Mountain (of course), winelands, so many other sights. It’s a long way but no jet lag. I’ve been several times alone and always felt safe. I wouldn’t take a phone or camera equipment out in the main town centre because beggars descend from no where when they realise you’re a tourist. The hop on and hop off bus in CT is amazing value and the best I’ve been on in the world too. Use that to get around or Uber.

[Hbommie]

Thanks for the info Amy, that will keep me busy.