One of the best ways to really explore Cape Town is by car. The city has some of the most amazing roads, which wind around the mountains and offer stunning sea views.
Here are a few drives you can take to really soak up the splendour of Cape Town.
Chapman’s Peak: Chappies is the classic Cape Town scenic drive. In fact, it’s been used in dozens of car commercials, so look out for it next time you read a magazine or watch TV. The drive winds around the mountains above the Atlantic, with endless ocean views. There are places to stop and check the view too. Stard in Nordhoek and drive the M6 to Hout Bay with fish ‘n chips at Mariner’s Wharf.
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Day 5 — Cape Town → Greater Addo
Addo Elephant National Park is a Big Five reserve just 73 km north of Port Elizabeth. One big attraction of Addo is that, unlike the country’s other major game parks, they benefit from the fact that the Eastern Cape is malaria-free. Elephants remain the park’s most obvious drawcard, but with the reintroduction in 2003 of a small number of lions as well as the presence of the rest of the Big Five – buffalo, hippos and leopards – it has become a game reserve to be reckoned with. Other species to look out for include spotted hyena, cheetah, black rhino, eland, kudu, warthog, ostrich and red hartebeest.
