Due to Infections declining, it was confirmed that South Africa has moved back to Lockdown Level 1 restrictions and these are the changes: The curfew is from 00h00 – 04h00. Indoor gatherings may not exceed 50% of venue capacity with a maximum of 100 people in attendance. Outdoor gatherings may not exceed 50% of…
The adjusted level 3 lockdown regulation was announced on 01 February 2021 by President Cyril Rhamaphosa and are as follows: The hours of the curfew are now from 23h00 – 04h00. Businesses such as restaurants will need to close by 22h00 to accommodate travelling for staff and customers; Faith- and religious-based gatherings will now…
Due to the excellent rainfall we had this Winter, Cape Town’s dams have filled up to an amazing 80%. So we ask ourselves, should we really be on water restrictions (PS, the answer is YES)? Here are our current dam levels (Cape Town) which you can find here. Major dams Storage Ml %  Capacity…
Recently, United Airlines announced it will be flying non-stop, directly from New York to Cape Town from December 2019 – shaving four hours off the usual transatlantic journey and giving US tourists much more convenient access to Cape Town. The US tourism market offers the city huge potential. According to Wesgro, the US was ranked…
Is there water in Cape Town? According to a recent media statement day zero has been avoided for the time being. Recently, we were lucky enough to have a thunderstorm pass over Cape Town and this wonderful shot was captured by photographer Janik Alheit. Since this photo was taken, we have also had sufficient seasonal…
We recently attended “Celebrating the Art of Travel with TravelStart” event, arranged by the Travel Massive Cape Town Chapter and hosted by TravelStart in Cape Town. To match the Art theme, attendees were asked to visit doodle Stations arranged by 1000drawings.org where guests were encouraged to doodle their interpretation of the theme “The Art of…
The Table Bay Mall opened it doors on the 28th of September 2017. With over 65,000m2 of shopping space, this new mall is certainly one of the biggest malls in the Western Cape and will be certain to attract many thousands of shoppers from the local and of the wider community. *Images (Facebook) What stores…
We’ve recently embarked on opening our brand new Instagram account at instagram.com/capetowngetaways. Join our Instagram community! We’re calling on you all to either tag us within your images or comment on your images using the hashtag #capetowngetaways or by tagging @capetowngetaways in the image. We will from time to time make a selection that we’ll…
It’s new, but it’s familiar… We’re proud to announce our re-development and looking forward to be of service. We have revamped our listing engine and hope to bring you a great selection of local hosts, cool bars & restaurants to visit and also some interesting tour options. We would LOVE to hear your feedback, so…
Good news! We have decided to give all restaurants & coffee shops FREE listings on our website for the time being. All you need to do is get in touch here. Please note we reserve the right to decide what we list. What are the requirements? Images You’ll just need 10-20 great images (at least 1400px wide…
