Bo-Kaap Walking Tour
Tour description
All our tours are conducted in English.
We have 7 walking tours, each one of them focusing on a different topic and subject. Please make sure that the tour you intend to book is one that suits your interest.
If you are making a single booking for 1 person, there is a chance that your booking will be canceled should the minimum number of 2 persons not be reached.
We will be meeting outside the front door, on the pavement at Simply Asia Heritage Square restaurant 96 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town.
The guide will be wearing an official tourist guide badge.
Safe paid parking can be found at Heritage Square.
NB
- We will be walking on some uneven surfaces and there are some steps to climb as well, so please wear comfortable shoes.
- Make sure that each guest in your party has at least 500ml of water.
- For sunny days, a hat is recommended.
- For cloudy days, an umbrella or rainwear is recommended.
- Please be at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before the starting time.
- All our tours are based on proper research and facts, and the information shared is not meant to be disrespectful to anyone's gender, country, religion, ethnicity, culture, ancestors, place of origin, political persuasion, traditions or practices.
- Please note that the tour is approximately 90 minutes long.
- For groups less than 6 people, the tour may progress a little faster due to less people needing coffee, toilet, ATM, asking questions and taking photos.
- According to the GuruWalk platform, the recommended tip amount is from 10,00 Euros per person.
- We reserve the right to cancel a booking if guests show signs or behavior of being intoxicated.
- By signing up for this tour you hereby accept the GuruWalk Terms and Conditions.
- Our WhatsApp number is +27 825757123
Bo-Kaap
"Secret places . . . we'll take you there"
*Child friendly*
Itinerary:
- Muslim community
- Buildings
- Architecture
- Streets
- Works of art
- Places of interest
- Ruins
- Plants and flowers
- People
- Cultural heritage
- Public squares and open spaces
- Places of worship
- Cuisine
- Sites of significance
- Memorials and more.
The Bo-Kaap Walking Tour is one of those bucket list must do's when visiting Cape Town. It is the most Instagramned place in Africa.
This area is a photographer's paradise where one can admire the friendly locals casually going about their daily routines.
All our tours are based on proper research and facts, and the information shared is not meant to be disrespectful to anyone's gender, country, religion, ethnicity, culture, ancestors, place of origin, political persuasion, traditions or practices.
From Heritage Square we move into the largely Muslim quarter of the city.
Guests will have a chance to experience the area by using one's 5 senses:
- See the colorful houses;
- Smell the aromas of the spices and the home cooking;
- Feel the peaceful yet vibrant community lifestyle;
- Hear the sounds of the call to prayer from the various Mosques in the suburb, or the bang of the Noon Gun on Signal Hill above, or you made be fortunate enough to hear a fish horn echoing in the distance;
- Taste the Cape Malay cuisine which originates from the Bo-Kaap.
Learn and see how the naturally available rock was used in the construction of buildings and other features. Also, get a sense of how the geographic lay of the land influenced the development and direction of the suburb.
We'll visit places of worship including the oldest Mosque in Southern Africa. Get to know how slaves introduced Islam to the Cape and how stories of their suffering and hardship can be told by the locals who are largely descendants of these unfortunate people.
The area is rich in culture from Africa; the southeast Asian islands of the Indian Ocean as well as from Europe and the Middle East.
The tour finishes in the Bo-Kaap where one can enjoy refreshments at a restaurant in the area.
Please note, some of the roads are cobbled uneven streets.
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