Camps Bay Retreat, a Cape Town boutique hotel, provides its guests a wide range of activities to participate in. The resident chef at Camps Bay Retreat will prepare a delicious continental breakfast every morning and is able to cater to all guests' lunch and dinner requests.
Take a guided walk with the resident horticulturalist and learn about the re-establishment of indigenous flora into the garden. Guests are invited to enjoy the activities available at Camps Bay Retreat before or after the treatments, like lazing at the pool, light lunch, tea or coffee or walking in the garden. For guests who want to venture further afield, Cape Town offers a myriad of activities and sights to see.
Skin & Body Centre
The Skin & Body Centre is conveniently situated at Camps Bay Retreat. Relax and be pampered in a haven of peace and tranquillity. Guests enter a relaxing environment where soothing therapies which combine an integrated program of beauty care, therapies, treatments and leisure activities all designed to relax the spirit and prolong its youth. The Skin and Body Centre at this small luxury hotel in Camps Bay is a place for people to escape to for peace and tranquillity for a total body experience and to be pampered.
V&A Waterfront
The V&A Waterfront is situated between Robben Island and Table Mountain in the heart of Cape Town's working harbour and has become South Africa's most visited destination. Set against a backdrop of magnificent sea and mountain views, it offers exciting shopping and entertainment venues. Shops are open til 9pm, 7 days a week. There are over 240 specialty stores, 11 cinemas And a variety of restaurants and cafés. Many of the restaurants and cafés border the marina offering delightful meals at the harbour's edge.
Adventure activities
Beside all the day trips, you can go shopping and sightseeing, there are number of adventure activities guaranteed to give you an adrenaline rush and fill your days with fun. One of the appeals of Cape Town is the variety of activities to enjoy. Adrenaline sports like abseiling, bungy jumping, skydiving and white water rafting can be arranged. Shark diving, scuba diving, sailing and almost all other water sports are easy to book and gentler nature based activities are a quick drive away. You are never bored on a Cape Town holiday!
Golf in Cape Town
Golf is extremely popular in Cape Town and is played all year round. From November to March -when it's cold in Europe - golf players from overseas enjoy playing in fine weather on one of the many golf courses of Cape Town. The Somerset West area is a golfer's paradise with no less than three 18-hole golf courses as well as a 9-hole course and a golf driving range. The areas around the Helderberg also offer world class golf courses eg. Stellenbosch golf course, Devonvale, Royal Cape, Arabella and many more.
Robben Island
Among the many day trips you can take, the Robben Island trip remains a consistent favourite. Situated 10km (6.2 miles) offshore and notorious for its former role as a maximum-security political prison, it has been developed as a nature reserve, museum and poignant memorial to South Africa's long liberation struggle.
Robben Island ferry trips depart at the Waterfront, taking only 40 minutes to reach the island. Guests on their Cape Town holiday leave the tranquil waters of the bay watching a video on the struggle in the old South Africa. At Robben Island you are shown the prison itself, and the cell blocks including the one where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.
Table Mountain
Experience the Cape's breathtaking scenery from a unique point of view -Table Mountain. Take the cable car to the top or take a beautiful hike up the mountain. Cape Town's famous 1000m (3280.8 feet) landmark presents a range of dramatic vertical cliff faces where you can try the world's highest abseil at 112m (367.4 feet) high!
Cape Winelands
Just 45 minutes from Cape Town and its international airport, the Winelands is the ideal base from which to explore Cape Town and its surrounds. Experience the hospitality and beauty of Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington and Franschhoek, where many wine farms offer a variety of excellent world-renowned wines. You will be spoilt for choice between small, boutique wineries and the larger, more commercial wine estates. Taste the fruit of the winemaker's labour on a tour of his cellar where the precious harvest is lovingly transformed into every wine lover's delight.
