Main airport - Cape Town International Airport. Runs several daily flights to Johannesburg, Durban and all other major South African cities.  
 
Average Flight time – 15 hours and 30 minutes (from New York)  
 

• Current conditions

  

  Sunny. Mild. Temperature of 79.2°F. Winds ESE 16.97mph. Humidity will be 54% with a dewpoint of 61° and feels-like temperature of 79.2°F.
  Hi: 79° F, Low: 66° F.

• Tomorrow's forecast

  
  Sunny. Mild. Temperature of 78.53°F. Winds SSE 12.72mph. Humidity will be 61% with a dewpoint of 64° and feels-like temperature of 78.53°F.
  Hi: 79° F, Low: 65° F.


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  mmmogren

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  Reviews: 11
  Posts: 13

  Get Your Cape On

  08/11/2008

  Rating

  90%

  Cape Town, South Africa

  Ok, so it might take at least three flights to get there (and about 36 hours of traveling), but if you have the opportunity to go to South Africa… Pack your bags and get on it! A few things worth checking out: Shopping on Long Street (and eating there, too). The place is chockfull of interesting stores, many which feature affordable clothes by local designers (imagine coming home and nonchalantly telling your friends, “Yeah, I bought it in Africa.”). I’d also recommend the obligatory trip to the top of gorgeous Table Mountain (hike it if you have the time and energy). If breaking away from the fanny packs and tourist traps is more your speed, take the hour drive to Boulder Beach. The first thing you’ll notice (after the giant rocks surrounded by turquoise blue waters... hence the name Boulder Beach) are the wild penguins that thickly populate the beach. That’s right. Penguins in Africa. I posted a photo so you’d believe me. Just be warned: They aren’t necessarily as cute as you’d think from three feet away.

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  Maxfocus

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  Reviews: 15
  Posts: 44

  One visit to Cape Town is not enough

  08/04/2008

  Rating

  100%

  Cape Town, South Africa

  The big challenge in planning a visit to Cape Town is not what attractions to include – but what to leave out. I have visited this amazing city dozens of times and still find that each visit is not long enough to satisfy my curiosity or quiet my interest. For over four centuries this,”most beautiful Cape” has provisioned sailing ships plying the trade routes from Europe and the Americas to the Far East. The majestic outline of Table Mountain greets every visitor whether arriving by sea, road or air. History has been written here by Holland, France, Spain and England. My wife explains the appeal of Cape Town by suggesting that if you were suddenly placed on a city sidewalk here, you could listen to the accents, watch the traffic and the people and believe yourself in any one of dozens of major cities around the world. So, what to do on your first trip? Take the cable car to the top of Table Mountain and watch the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean as I did on my honeymoon. Spend a day at the incredible Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, which displays much of South Africa’s unique flora. Then taste the wine at High (Groot) Constantia estate, established in 1685 (!) by the Dutch Governor or the Cape. Take a ferry to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for almost 27 years. See the Cape Penguin colony at the Boulders. Then you will begin to understand how necessary it is to return.

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