Garden Tours · CAPE TOWN
The 4 best cape town garden tours you can book today, with what each costs, how long it takes and the month it looks its best. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Spend a full day exploring Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden at the foot of Table Mountain. Your ticket covers entry and the Boomslang Tree Canopy Walkway, plus themed areas for fynbos, succulents, and waterwise planting. Bring ID, comfortable shoes, and a bank card.
Spend about 8.5 hours with a private guide from Born in Africa Tours, visiting Hout Bay, Chapman's Peak, Boulders Beach, Cape Point, Scarborough, and Kirstenbosch. Guides such as Dave, Mike, Werner, and Chris are known for tailoring the day to your interests.
“Mikey the tour guide was really nice. He was very friendly with my kids buying them chocolates and sweets. He was also very professional, he changed the tour to adjust to traffic and busy times At Cape of Good Hope. We enjoyed the tour a lot.”
Start in Kirstenbosch with guides such as Dohann, Kieron, Tahir, or Emily, then climb Skeleton Gorge through native forest, ladders, waterfalls, and fynbos to Table Mountain’s high, pale beaches. Expect a steep 6.5-kilometer hike, strong shoes, plenty of water, and no cable-car ride unless arranged ahead.
“We are enourmously thankful to our guide Dohann to give us the most amazing experience of Table Mountain our second day in Cape Town and will recommend this trip to anyone who loves a hike and enjoy botanics! He is so knowledgable of South African flora and fauna and grasped our interest with enthusiasm. The hike was designed as we walked, based on our energy and wishes. We started from Kirstenbosch gardens, went up Skeleton Gorge (steep but gorgeous), to the water reservoir, towards Castle Rock and back on the green side of the mountain. Great walk for various landscapes, good birding and flower observations and if youre not good…”
Spend about eight hours with a private driver-guide visiting Robben Island, Kirstenbosch Gardens, and Groot Constantia. Expect a ferry ride, a prison tour led partly by a former political prisoner, garden time, and optional wine tasting. Pickup and Robben Island tickets are included.
“The ferry was not in operation due to bad weather conditions; they could have known that already at the time of booking..”
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