Custom Tour of Cape Town

With our expertise, design your own exploration of this exquisite coastal city

$523 and up

Private

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Semi-private

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Tour Details

About the Tour

Private Tour: $523 and up
Duration: 4 hours
Location: Cape Town

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Custom tour of Cape Town fit for the culturally curious
Led by a local expert and city insider

Tour Description

Unsure of what to do in Cape Town? In addition to our pre-designed Cape Town walking tours we can craft a wide-range of customized and personalized private tours of Cape Town. Drawing on our carefully vetted network of scholars, experts, and Cape Town guides, the limits of what we can do are circumscribed only by the bounds of our collective imagination. We can design the perfect tour to fit your trip.

Personalized Tour of Cape Town

With a network of local experts on the ground we can design a private tour of Cape Town on a wide range of topics. However, before requesting a custom tour, you might want to take a look at our full list of Cape Town walking tours. Chances are that we've already thought about it. For example, if you're looking for a solid introductory walking tour of the city take a look at our Cape Town City Tour or maybe our Cape Town Food Tour, which focuses on South Africa cuisine. We also offer a Bo-Kaap Tour which dives into the colorful neighborhood and community. First timers may be interested in our Welcome to Cape Town Tour.

“Hugely knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides keen to share their passion - it’s a great philosophy!”

Something Else in Mind?

But, if none of these pre-designed tours tickle your fancy, then we'll be happy to work with you to develop something personalized. Below, in the notes section, let us know the following:

How many hours would you like the walk to be?
What are your main goals for the walk?
Which sites and museums would you like to prioritize? Do you want to just pass by or explore inside as well?
Give us one or two words to describe your group.

Here are some examples of custom tours that we've designed:

Take a tour of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz Mocca) in the company of a local art historian or expert.
Have dinner in the company of Nelson Mandela’s ex-prison guard and great friend.
Focus primarily on the period of apartheid with a visit to the District Six Museum in the company of a local historian or expert.
Keen to learn more about the fynbos? Tour Kirstenbosch gardens with a local botany expert.
In the company of a local gallery expert, look at a few of the most prominent art galleries in Cape Town in the suburb of Woodstock.
Tour the Constantia wine region with a local wine sommelier.
Visit Stellenbosch with a local expert to tour the historic town, botanical gardens and taste some local wine.

Please note: Robben Island has their own guided tours, and does not allow outside tour groups. If clients would like to book this, they will need to do it separately.

FAQ

I know what I would like to do, but I don't see it in your regular offerings. Can you arrange it for me?
Please contact info@contexttravel.com with details of your request and we will be happy to look into the possibility.

Why is the price listed as $0?
When we know more about your time frame and expectations for your custom tour, we can work out the pricing. Pricing for a 2 hour tour begins at $280.

Where You'll Start

Tour Experts

Lynne

Lynne Quick is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cape Town with a specialization in palaeoenvironmental science and palaeoecology. Her love of southern African environments – past, present and future - has always driven the direction of her life and her research path, having transitioned from studying geomorphology and current land use changes to delving further back in time for her Master's and Doctoral degrees. She is fascinated by the origins of the physical landscapes and botanical diversity that is encountered (and often take for granted) on a day-to-day basis when living and working in Cape Town. This deep time story underpins the very foundations of the city and provides the context to how iconic landforms such as Table Mountain were formed. Lynne jumps at any opportunity to share her passions, which in addition to her research, includes hiking, running, South African wines and craft gin with visitors to her home city.

Kate

Kate is one of the few guides in Southern Africa to specialise in arts and architecture. Intrigued by the visual arts from an early age, Kate studied art history through school and as her major at university in the UK. She worked in London’s art world for 20 years including senior positions at the Whitechapel Gallery, Royal Drawing School and National Portrait Gallery. Her marriage to a South African architect took her to Cape Town in 2010. Here, she enjoys exploring South Africa’s rich and varied culture with their two kids, then sharing this with others through her art and cultural organisation she founded. Her network of contacts is impressive – you are likely to meet one of Cape Town’s creatives or collectors on your walkabout with her.