A Guide to Cape Town Golf Vacations
Cape Town is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and is South Africa’s most popular tourist destination. With many world class golf courses to choose from, golfers worldwide have discovered that Cape Town is a bit of a golfers paradise. 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 quite a selection of Cape Town golf courses as well as courses near to Cape Town to choose from. 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. Set in spectacular surroundings on the Bot River lagoon this stunning golf course has hosted numerous South African opens and offers tee boxes to suit all levels of golfer. Recommended golf courses in the beautiful Cape Winelands area near Cape Town include the Jack Nicklaus designed Pearl Valley Golf Course, Erinvale Golf Club, De Zalze Golf Club, Stellenbosch Golf Club and Paarl 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. Atlantic Beach Golf Club, Clovelly Country Club, Royal Cape Golf Club, Steenberg Golf Club, and King David Golf Club are just a few of the Cape Town golf courses that are highly recommended. To find out more about Cape Town golf courses and the other Western Cape courses check out 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.
Some of the finest wines in the world are produced buy the wine farms in the Cape Winelands. 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. Cape Town beaches have soft, white sand, great surrounding scenery and spectacular mountainous backdrops.
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 GolfLinx Western Cape accommodation directory.
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