V & A Waterfront Information

Among the most popular offerings from the many charter companies operating from the harbour are round-the-harbour boat trips, twilight cruises, and even game-fishing expeditions and helicopter flights. Quay Four and Quay Five in the Victoria Basin offer boat charters and cruise trips into Table, Bay, and all the way around Clifton and other superb spots along the Atlantic seaboard. Particularly recommended are the one-hour cruises around Table Bay, the 90 minute Sunset Cruise and the two-hour Robben Island Cruise offered by Condor Charters. The luxury boat trips depart from Quay Four daily and their vessels have a fully-enclosed lounge, pub and aft-deck.

One of the highlights of a day at the V&A Waterfront will almost surely be a cruise to Robben Island. This holding place of political prisoners during the days of apartheid has attracted enormous interest since the release of its most famous inmate, Nelson Mandela.

Not only is the V&A Waterfront a hive of activity, should you wish to adventure into the heart of the City, you can catch a shuttle bus which departs from the Waterfront at regular intervals and takes you into the centre of town within five minutes, where you can shop until you drop at the infamous Green Market Square, or take a stroll through St George’s Mall which is a bustling pedestrian concourse fringed with shops, arcades, kiosks, and bistros and where the local street musicians show off there many talents as they perform to the rhythm of the African beat.

Making your way up the famed Long Street, you will find the Long Street Baths, comprising a swimming pool, Turkish baths and steam rooms for either men or woman and a number of antique shops, such as the capetionians favourite, Second Time Around, which stocks vintage clothes.

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