What is Special About a Cape Town Golf Holiday
Cape Town is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and is South Africa’s most popular tourist destination. Many golfers worldwide have also discovered that Cape Town is a golfers paradise, with many world class golf courses to choose from. Couple this with the numerous tourist attractions that Cape Town has to offer, and you have a golfing destination second to none. The favorable South African Rand exchange rate is also an attraction for tourists coming from Europe or North America. The price of accommodation, restaurants and golf green fees is a fraction of the equivalent cost in the United States or Europe when converted to dollars or euros.
There is a large choice of Cape Town golf courses available as well as golf courses around the Cape Town area. Golf Digest has ranked 15 of these courses in South Africa’s top 100 courses. This includes the internationally renowned Arabella Golf Club and Resort which is one hour’s drive from Cape Town. This championship course is arguably the best course in the Western Cape, and with good reason. This golf course has hosted many South African opens, and is set in spectacular surroundings right next to the Bot River lagoon. Arabella has a good selection of tee boxes to suit golfers of all levels. There are many top golf courses in the Cape Winelands area, which is situated near to Cape Town – some of these courses include the Jack Nicklaus designed Pearl Valley Golf Course, De Zalze Golf Club, Erinvale Golf Club, Paarl Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club.
Within the city and suburbs of Cape Town itself there is a wide selection of top courses with enough variety for an extended golfing vacation. Cape Town golf courses that are recommended include Royal Cape Golf Club, Steenberg Golf Club, Atlantic Beach Golf Club, King David Golf Club and Clovelly Country Club, to mention just a few. To obtain further information about all the Western Cape and Cape Town golf courses go to the Western Cape golf directory provided by GolfLinx.
Besides the Cape Town golf courses there are many other top tourist attractions in Cape Town. There is Table Mountain which towers over the city of Cape Town. At over 3000 feet high, it can be seen from anywhere in Cape Town. You can take a revolving cable car, or hike up to the summit of the mountain using numerous hiking trails. The viewing station at the top has a restaurant and a bar with spectacular views of the city and the Atlantic.
Wine estates located in the Cape Winelands area are responsible for producing some of the world’s best wines. Wine tasting and tours of the cellars and vineyards are offered by most of the wine farms in the region. There are numerous wine routes one can take through the region, and there are many guided bus tours which leave from Cape Town. Another popular attraction in Cape Town is its beaches. If you are looking for beaches, then Cape Town has a fine selection – the beaches have soft, white sand and incredible mountain backdrops as the scenery.
The V&A Waterfront is Cape Town’s most visited attraction, and offers good shopping facilities, wining and dining establishments, various live shows and the Two Oceans Aquarium. Many boat trips can be booked from the V&A Waterfront, including a boat trip tour to the Robben Island where one can tour the maximum security prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated. Besides the Cape Town golf courses, theses are just some of the other attractions that Cape Town has to offer.
To find available accommodation in Cape Town, take a look at the Western Cape accommodation guide provided by GolfLinx.
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