So much about a country and a culture is expressed through its cuisine. In South Africa much of the cuisine is a home cuisine and to get a taste you really need to search hard. As such this tour aims to combine the history of this country and city through exploring the back streets to find the tastes that represents all of the rainbow nation.
Today you'll walk the streets of Cape Town and experience its history, its people and its culinary delights. En-route you'll stop to taste a mixture of traditional food, South African street food and to visit some artisanal foodie and coffee shops. During the walk we will also taste some of the following items: African Soul food: pap, samp & beans, a meat stew and vetkoek; Falooda - a traditional Muslim Rose Milkshake; a gourmet bunny chow to get a little taste of Indian Cuisine; coffee from one of the micro artisan coffee roasters in the city; bobotie pies - this is a modern take on the traditional Bobotie dish which both the Cape Malay group and white Afrikaner group refer to as their traditional dish.
Please note that this is a half day walking tour and involves a variety of food and drink tastings en-route (please have a light or no breakfast at the hotel). You will be collected from your hotel at 0930 and return at around 1430.
The Best of South Africa Travel map displays the locations of the destinations and accommodation that we have selected and visited; for each item, hovering over or clicking the marker will display a short summary and photo of that place or hotel, and hotel pricing. Follow the links in the info box to the full page listing which has much more information.
Note that the online map offers both a satellite view (click satellite in the top right) and, for some locations, a street level view (Drag the person in the top left onto the map). These let you explore the country; and when you wish to explore in person, or if you have any questions about the places you see, give our staff a call, or request a quote. Our staff regularly visit the places and accommodation that we feature.
When you book a holiday with us we will provide full driving instructions for reaching your accommodation, where necessary; these can be used by yourself, or you could enjoy the luxury of a driver. Alternatively we will arrange private (car rather than coach) transfers for you; helicopter transfers are also possible for some destinations.
