Attractions IN Mitchells Plain
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Westridge Gardens
Thanks to the floral diversity of this park, it is a particularly pretty oasis in the heart of a bustling neighbourhood. Indigenous Cape fynbos is one of the park’s most valuable treasures that is not only botanically valuable, but also breath-takingly ...
Attractions AROUND Mitchells Plain
Nature Reserves
Rondevlei Nature Reserve
One of the country’s oldest ornithological field stations, has some easy walks and fantastic bird hides that offers the bird lover hours of entertainment. Strandfontein’s Waste Water Treatment Works is yet another example of a significant wetland, ...
... and a little further afield
Memorials
Amy Biehl Memorial
When young, American student, Amy Biehl, came to South Africa to work and study at UWC’s Community Law Centre, no one could have imagined that she would be brutally murdered by PAC supporters in the township of Gugulethu as she dropped her friend at home ...
Cultural / Popular Tourist Routes
Cape Care Route
The Cape Care Route, situated in and around Cape Town, offers those who take it a chance to experience the 'other' side of Cape Town, and the creativity and innovation that have come out of the more depressed communities in the Mother City. Designed by ...
Airports / Landmarks
Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport is the base from which millions of international travellers begin their exploration of this uniquely beautiful country. It is the second largest airport in South Africa, second only to the OR Tambo International Airport in ...
Cultural / Miscellaneous
Cape Town Township Tour
This is a full day visit to the poverty stricken "Townships" of Cape Town. Experience Township life, visit schools and be entertained by the school’s cultural groups, converse with the locals. The tour starts with a visit to the District 6 Museum, ...
Nature Reserves
False Bay Ecology Park
False Bay Ecology Park, FBEP for short, lies in Cape Town and is 1200 hectares that includes Rondevlei Nature Reserve and Zeekoevlei Nature Reserves, a strip of the coast, the Cape Flats Waste Water Treatment Works, and the Coast Park landfill site ...
Memorials
Gugulethu Seven Memorial
Built to commemorate the death of seven young black activists from the Cape township Gugulethu (meaning our pride) on 3 March 1986, the Gugulethu Seven Memorial consists of seven solid and powerful granite statue-like constructions, sculpted by the South ...
Marine Protected Areas
Helderberg Marine Protected Area
Helderberg Marine Protected Area lies on the north eastern shore of False Bay. It lies adjacent to the Macassar Dunes Reserve. There are no signs or beacons designating the boundaries of the MPA, and few people know of its existence (but it is ...
Nature Reserves / Landmarks / Birdlife or Wildlife Sanctuaries
Khayelitsha Wetlands Park
This wetlands area has a continuously growing ecosystem, which nurtures and conserves a range of species; both faunal and floral. This is also an excellent example of sustainable development in the heart of an informal settlement. It was established ...
Cultural
Liziwe's Guest House
Liziwe Ngcokoto is the owner of Liziwe's Guest House. Before the establishment of the house she bought the plot, lived in a shack on the plot for five years in Gugulethu and then decided to build a house. Together with her husband, they worked towards ...
Miscellaneous
Macassar Dunes
The sand dunes of Macassar are protected as a conservation area. Described as a core flora conservation site they contain some of the only remaining, and certainly the best examples of, strandveld - dense, bushy shrubs and thickets ...
Mitchells Plain as a destination
Also in the neighbourhood
Athlone, Gugulethu, Matroosfontein, Philippi
Staying Overnight
Camdene Guest House
Camdene Guest House offers accommodation in an Halaal friendly environment and is a home away from home. Ideally situated to explore the charms o...
Cheval Vapeur
Cheval Vapeur offers self catering Philippi accommodation on a horse farm in the heart of Cape Town's seasonal wetlands. All the units are self c...
Hotel Verde
Located 400m from Cape Town International Airport, Hotel Verde offers 145 rooms, conference facilities, restaurant, bar, indoor gym, outdoor jogg...
Liziwe's Guest House
Experience township life, a warm welcome and a relaxed atmosphere at Liziwe's Guest House. The guest rooms are decorated with a tasteful touch of...
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