Things To Do in Cape Town and Western Cape
Things To Do in Cape Town and Western Cape
Category: Museums

Bo Kaap Museum
Where: Bo Kaap
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Bo-Kaap Museum, situated in the historic area that became home to many Muslims and freed slaves after the abolition of slavery, ... more information

C.P. Nel Museum
Where: Oudtshoorn
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The CP Nel Museum, famed for being one of the best small town museums in South Africa, is housed in the former Oudtshoorn Boys™ High ... more information

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
Where: Cape Agulhas
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Cape Agulhas Lighthouse has stood for over 150 years as a maritime chaperone over the notorious 'Cape of Storms', at the most southern ... more information

Chavonnes Battery Museum
Where: Waterfront
How much (per person): On Request
Visit the Chavonnes Battery Museum and step back into Cape Town of 300 years ago. When completed in 1726, there was no Waterfront, no Clock ... more information

Darling Museum
Where: Darling
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The museum was founded in 1978 by the Darling Women’s Agricultural Association as a Butter Museum and one section of the museum now houses ... more information

Elgin Apple Museum
Where: Grabouw
How much (per person): R1 to R100
One of only two apple museums in the world, the Elgin Apple Museum depicts the history of the apple and fruit industry in South Africa. ... more information

Heart of Cape Town Museum
Where: Observatory, Cape Town
How much (per person): R101 to R200
The steady beat of your own heart will escort you to the Heart of Cape Town Museum where the worlds first ever human heart transplant was ... more information

Koopmans-de Wet House
Where: Cape Town Central
How much (per person): R1 to R100
Dating from the early eighteenth century, this museum is furnished as a lived-in house of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth ... more information

Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum
Where: Lwandle
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum is 40 kilometres (30 miles) outside Cape Town. It is a memorial to the system of migrant labour, single ... more information

Lwandle Township Walking Tour
Where: Lwandle
How much (per person): On Request
Join our township walk. Starting from the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum, the guided walk includes meeting the residents, visiting the ... more information

Museum Cafe & Gallery
Where: Bonnievale
How much (per person): R1 to R100
Bonnievale has the "Littlest Museum" in South Africa, originally an initiative of Oom Daantjie le Roux. The collection started many years ... more information

Relive History at the C.P. Nel Museum
Where: Oudtshoorn
How much (per person): R1 to R100
A sublime sandstone building and it's clock tower ticks on a foundation over a 100 years old. Originally the Oudtshoorn Boys High School ... more information

Rhodes Cottage Museum
Where: Muizenberg
How much (per person): On Request
Located on Main Road in Muizenberg is Rhodes Cottage. Cecil John Rhodes purchased the cottage is 1899 and died there in 1902. After being ... more information

Rupert Museum
Where: Stellenbosch
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Rupert Museum showcases the unique private art collection of Anton and Huberte Rupert. Located in the historical town of Stellenbosch, ... more information

Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery
Where: Durbanville
How much (per person): Free to Browse
A visit to the Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery in Durbanville is well worth the journey to see works of art by established and emerging South ... more information

South African Air Force Museum
Where: Milnerton
How much (per person): On Request
Any flying enthusiast should visit the South Africa Air Force Museum branch at the Ysterplaat Air Force Base. Responsible for recording ... more information

South African Maritime Museum
Where: V&A Waterfront
How much (per person): Free
The Iziko Maritime Centre features an overview of shipping in Cape Town, and the earliest existing model of Table Bay harbour, completed in ... more information

Strandveld Museum
Where: Gansbaai
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Strandveld Museum is situated in Frikkiesbaai, Franskraal 5km south of Gansbaai. The quaint building dates back to the 1860s where ... more information

The Franschhoek Motor Museum
Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Franschhoek Motor Museum offers visitors a special opportunity to look back at more than 100 years of motoring history with its unique ... more information

The South African Rugby Museum
Where: Newlands
How much (per person): On Request
A visit to the South African rugby museum has become a regular port of call for locals and tourists visiting the city of Cape Town. The ... more information

Tour of Robben Island
Where: Cape Town
How much (per person): R101 to R200
Declared a World Heritage Site a tour of Robben Island takes 3 and a half hours and lasts a lifetime in your mind. The ferry ride ... more information

Tour the Castle of Good Hope
Where: Cape Town Central
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Cape of Good Hope, South Africa's version of America's Pentagon, is a five point, star shaped fortress, and South Africa's oldest ... more information

Toy and Miniature Museum
Where: Stellenbosch
How much (per person): R1 to R100
The Toy and Miniature Museum in Stellenbosch houses a collection of 1:12 scale miniatures, room boxes, miniature houses, antique dolls, ... more information

Visit Groot Constantia
Where: Constantia
How much (per person): Free
Located in the beautiful Constantia Valley, 12 km from the city center you will find Groot Constantia, the oldest wine-producing estate in ... more information

Visit Iziko Museum at Groot Constantia
Where: Constantia
How much (per person): R1 to R100
Groot Constantia is a national monument and is the oldest and first farm to produce wine in the Cape. The estate is the benchmark by which ... more information







