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TRAVEL TO CAPETOWN
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Cape Town is not only the most popular international tourist destination in South Africa, but Africa as a whole. This is due to its good climate, natural setting, and well-developed infrastructure. The city has several well-known natural features tha... |
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TRAINS
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The Shosholoza Meyl is the passenger rail operations of Spoornet and operates two long-distance passenger rail services from Cape Town: a daily service to and from Johannesburg via Kimberley and a weekly service to and from Durban via Kimberley, Bloe... |
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APARTMENT RENTALS
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Bali-Horn Bay Penthouse - Camps BayBeautifully located approximately 20m from the beach, wwith stunning uninterrupted ocean views and with dramatic mountain backdrops. This Three-bedroom luxury Penthouse is situated in paradise. Overlooki... |
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NIGHTLIFE IN CAPETOWN
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Long Street, which can be easily reached from St. George's Cathedral and the Greenmarket Square, is famous for its bars, restaurants and clubs. This is the ideal place if you want to end the day with a drink. It is also one of the few truly multi-eth... |
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HISTORY OF CAPE TOWN
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There is no certainty as to when humans first occupied the area prior to the first visits of Europeans in the 15th century. The earliest known remnants in the region were found at Peers cave in Fish Hoek and date to between 15,000 and 12,000 years ag... |
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THINGS TO DO
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Almost everything is possible in Cape Town, from a nice guided city tour through an adrenaline kick in an old fighter jet. The easiest way to get an overview on things to do, nice restaurants, clubs, tours etc is to walk into one of the visitors cent... |
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THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS
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The first Europeans to discover the Cape were the Portuguese, with Bartholomeu Dias arriving in 1488 after journeying south along the west coast of Africa. The next recorded European sighting of the Cape was by Vasco da Gama in 1497 while he was sear... |
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1652: THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUTCH
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The area fell out of regular contact with Europeans until 1652, when Jan van Riebeeck and other employees of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or simply VOC) were sent to the Cape to establish a halfway station ... |
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