Explore Cape Town's beauty en history in just one day with our immersive audio tour.
Beyond the famous sights, our audio guide unveils the city's hidden secrets and legends as you enjoy a leisurely walk at your own pace. The tour covers over 35 stories and spans 7 km. Once activated, you have until the end of the next day to complete your exploration. Take your time to enjoy a coffee, lunch, or a museum visit along the way. There's so much to discover.
WHAT TO EXPECT?
A diverse route:
The tour leads you to renowned landmarks such as the Castle of Good Hope, the Company’s Garden, and Bo-Kaap, along with hidden treasures like a haunted alleyway and the city's oldest surviving house.
Engaging narratives:
Dive into Cape Town's rich history and culture. Explore Greenmarket Square, learn about the early Dutch settlers, and discover stories from the apartheid era to the present day.
Flexibility:
Stroll at your own pace and pause whenever you wish. You have all day and the next to finish the tour.
Convenience:
Download the CityAppTour app and activate the audio tour with the code sent to your email. The app will guide you along the route and remember your progress if you take a break. Play the stories whenever you choose.
TRANSFORM YOUR VISIT TO CAPE TOWN INTO AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE!
Why Visit: This kaleidoscope of fuchsia, turquoise and yellow houses has been home to Cape Town’s Muslim community since the 1760s.
Once a slave quarter, Bo-Kaap (“above the Cape”) sits on the slopes of Signal Hill. On New Year’s Day, the Cape Minstrels parade past in satin suits and white face paint. Your audio guide Cape Town explains how residents painted their homes in bold colours after apartheid ended – previously facades had to be white. Koeksisters and samoosas perfume the cobbled lanes.
Ever Wondered: what it means when 60,000 people are forcibly removed because an area is declared “whites only”?
Housed in a former Methodist church, the museum preserves street signs and family photos from the bulldozed district. Former residents guide tours, pointing out their homes on a giant floor map. Any walking tour Cape Town should pause here to grasp apartheid’s impact on everyday lives.
The Story Behind: Founded by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 to supply VOC ships, today the garden shelters over 8,000 plant species and plenty of squirrels.
South Africa’s oldest pear tree still grows here. President Mandela took morning walks from nearby Tuynhuys. This self guided tour Cape Town stop highlights the slave bell that marked working hours and the Cecil Rhodes statue targeted during #RhodesMustFall.
Local Secret: This star-shaped fortress (1666) is South Africa’s oldest surviving colonial building – the Batavian bell (1697) still rings daily.
Lady Anne Barnard lived here and chronicled colonial society. The dungeon below sea level flooded at high tide. Today it houses the military museum, and soldiers still whisper about the ghost of Governor Van Noodt (d. 1729).
What You’ll Find: The neighbourhood’s oldest house (1760s) set up as a 19th-century Muslim home, complete with bridal room.
Linked to Abu Bakr Effendi, an Ottoman scholar who helped shape early Afrikaans Islamic literature. The kitchen displays original cookware for Cape Malay cuisine. A walking tour Cape Town here shows Dutch colonial architecture meeting Malay traditions.
Back in 1986: Archbishop Desmond Tutu preached against apartheid here; his purple vestments still hang in the vestry.
Designed by Herbert Baker (1901) using Table Mountain granite, the “People’s Cathedral” welcomed all races during apartheid. The crypt holds the ashes of anti-apartheid figures. Nelson Mandela’s national memorial service took place here in 2013.
