Cape Town is my favorite city in the world and I love the shimmer you suggest. Cape Town is where billionaires go to die because its natural beauty is unbelievable. Your biggest decision is whether to visit the Atlantic Ocean side or the Indian Ocean side. Tough choices. My first look at the Atlantic side was of friends carrying their wind-surfing buddy across the beach (broken leg); the nearest hospital might be 1.5 hours away. The Indian side has always been calmer in my experience, plenty of surfers there, too. (Wondering, Joseph, which side you've chosen?) Joseph's prose dances atop the thin crust of local violence; newcomers should be aware that Cape Town is one of the murder capitols of the world--for every reason. Also, baboons have fangs powerful enough to ward off leopards and lions. They can be too friendly. Which makes the alluring suggestion of psychedelics nearly irresponsible. There are better, safer places for that. You don't need drugs to enhance the experience of Africa, anyway. The people are wonderful and the scenics extraordinary. Cape Town is my favorite city in the world.
Fun fact! Cape Town is all only Atlantic ocean. I definitely remember going on a school outing to Cape Point and believing that what I was seeing was the meeting of two oceans, but alas, the actual meeting points of the oceans are at Cape Agulhas which is a few hours drive down the South African coast. I presume by "Indian side" you mean False Bay?
Like most South African cities, safety isn't equally distributed (contextually and geographically), and there's a certain presence of mind that often makes tourists easy to spot.
Cape Town is my favorite city in the world and I love the shimmer you suggest. Cape Town is where billionaires go to die because its natural beauty is unbelievable. Your biggest decision is whether to visit the Atlantic Ocean side or the Indian Ocean side. Tough choices. My first look at the Atlantic side was of friends carrying their wind-surfing buddy across the beach (broken leg); the nearest hospital might be 1.5 hours away. The Indian side has always been calmer in my experience, plenty of surfers there, too. (Wondering, Joseph, which side you've chosen?) Joseph's prose dances atop the thin crust of local violence; newcomers should be aware that Cape Town is one of the murder capitols of the world--for every reason. Also, baboons have fangs powerful enough to ward off leopards and lions. They can be too friendly. Which makes the alluring suggestion of psychedelics nearly irresponsible. There are better, safer places for that. You don't need drugs to enhance the experience of Africa, anyway. The people are wonderful and the scenics extraordinary. Cape Town is my favorite city in the world.
Fun fact! Cape Town is all only Atlantic ocean. I definitely remember going on a school outing to Cape Point and believing that what I was seeing was the meeting of two oceans, but alas, the actual meeting points of the oceans are at Cape Agulhas which is a few hours drive down the South African coast. I presume by "Indian side" you mean False Bay?
Like most South African cities, safety isn't equally distributed (contextually and geographically), and there's a certain presence of mind that often makes tourists easy to spot.