Audio tour · South Africa

Cape Town

A self-guided audio walking tour of Cape Town.

Cape Town balances dramatic wilderness with urban life. Here, the jagged slopes of Table Mountain plunge directly into the turquoise waters of Table Bay. The city's original settlement, the Cape Town Bowl, anchors a deep cultural current against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean. From the historical buildings of the CBD to the wild beauty of Cape Point, this locale demands exploration. You can spend a morning among Kirstenbosch's diverse biomes and an afternoon watching the sun set over the harbor. In the app, 76 stops in Cape Town are narrated aloud, about 2h 11m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 80 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Cape Town

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Table Mountain. You are standing at the base of a massive, flat-topped mountain overlooking Cape Town.
South African Jewish Museum. You're walking past a place that tells the story of South African Jewish life, history, and culture.
Newlands Cricket Ground. You're standing in front of one of the oldest sporting stadiums in South Africa.
District Six Museum. When you stand here, you are standing in a place that remembers a massive forced displacement.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.
Groote Schuur. You are standing before a building with a deep, complex history.

All 76 stops in Cape Town

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Landmark (40)

Table Mountain
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
Rhodes Memorial
Cape Town City Hall
St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Mutual Building
Good Hope Centre
Iziko South African National Gallery
Groote Schuur Zoo
1 Thibault Square
Cape Town Civic Centre
Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Company's Garden
Harold Cressy High School
Statue of Nelson Mandela, Cape Town City Hall
The Cenotaph, Cape Town
Tokai Park
World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park
Hawthorndon House
Atterbury House
Statue of Jan van Riebeeck
Graaff Electric Lighting Works
Bertram House
Statues of Bartolomeu Dias
Media24 Centre
Statue of Maria van Riebeeck
Japanese Lantern Monument
Jagger Library
Redoubt Duijnhoop
Irma Stern Museum
Mandela Rhodes Building
Martin Melck House
Egyptian Building (Cape Town)
Standard Bank Building (Cape Town)
Community House (Salt River, Cape Town)
C. H. Pearne Building
Statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
Foreshore Place
Gallery Mau Mau
Centre for the Book
Two Oceans Aquarium

Religious (10)

Auwal Mosque
Groote Kerk, Cape Town
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George
Gardens Shul
Marais Road Shul
Central Methodist Church, Cape Town
Beit Midrash Morasha
Vredehoek Shul
Lutheran Church in Strand Street
Queen Victoria Mosque

Museum (9)

South African Jewish Museum
District Six Museum
Groote Schuur
Slave Lodge, Cape Town
South African Sendinggestig Museum
Rust en Vreugd
Iziko Museums of South Africa
Waterworks Museum (Cape Town)
Cape Medical Museum

Square (4)

Greenmarket Square
Grand Parade (Cape Town)
Nobel Square
Stalplein

Theatre (4)

Artscape Theatre Centre
African Theatre (Cape Town)
District Six Homecoming Centre
Little Theatre (Cape Town)

Park (3)

Arderne Gardens
Green Point Park
Company's Garden

Castle (2)

Lichtenstein Castle (South Africa)
Chavonnes Battery

Stadium (1)

Newlands Cricket Ground

Skyscraper (1)

Golden Acre (Cape Town)

Monument (1)

Artillery Memorial, Cape Town

Tower (1)

Commercial Union Building

Walking routes in Cape Town

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Table Mountain and the Gardens Quarter. A sweep from the iconic mountain slopes down through the historic Gardens neighbourhood past Jewish heritage sites, a Victorian theatre, and a pair of handsome Victorian landmarks. (8 stops)
Newlands, Rhodes Memorial and the Upper De Waal Belt. From the beloved cricket ground through Groote Schuur and up to the sweeping views at Rhodes Memorial, then back through the leafy campus and into the Claremont gardens. (8 stops)
District Six, City Hall and the Grand Parade. A compact and deeply moving walk through the memory of District Six and into the civic heart of the city where Mandela addressed the crowds after his release. (8 stops)
V and A Waterfront and the Harbour Edge. Along the working harbour edge from the striking Zeitz MOCAA silo to Nobel Square, the aquarium, and the city's oldest medical collection with wide views across Table Bay. (8 stops)
St George's Cathedral and the Church Square Lane. A close walk between the cathedral Desmond Tutu called home and the colonial and Methodist buildings, palm-shaded mosques, and grand commercial towers of the old CBD. (7 stops)
Greenmarket Square and the Merchant City. The cobbled market square at the core of the old Bokaap fringe outwards through the Victorian banking strip to the Mutual Building and the city's earliest theatre site. (8 stops)