Cape Town Golf Holiday Guide

Cape Town is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and is South Africa’s most popular tourist destination. With many world class golf courses to choose from, golfers worldwide have discovered that Cape Town is a bit of a golfers paradise. Couple this with the numerous tourist attractions that Cape Town has to offer, and you have a golfing destination second to none. The favorable South African Rand exchange rate is also an attraction for tourists coming from Europe or North America. If one converts South African Rands to dollars or euros, the cost of accommodation, restaurants and golf green fees is just a fraction of the equivalent cost in the United States or Europe.

There is quite a selection of Cape Town golf courses as well as courses near to Cape Town to choose from. Golf Digest has ranked 15 of these courses in South Africa’s top 100 courses. This includes the internationally renowned Arabella Golf Club and Resort which is one hour’s drive from Cape Town. This championship course is arguably the best course in the Western Cape, and with good reason. Arabella is situated right next to the Bot River lagoon in spectacular surroundings. This course has a selection of tee boxes to suit any level of golfer, and the course has hosted several South African opens. The Jack Nicklaus designed Pearl Valley Golf Course, Erinvale Golf Club, Stellenbosch Golf Club, De Zalze Golf Club and Paarl Golf Club are some of the recommended golf courses in the beautiful Cape Winelands area, which is near to Cape Town.

The Cape Town golf courses and the golf courses in the Cape Town area will provide any golfer with enough variety for a memorable golfing holiday. Atlantic Beach Golf Club, Clovelly Country Club, Royal Cape Golf Club, Steenberg Golf Club, and King David Golf Club are just a few of the Cape Town golf courses that are highly recommended. For more information on the courses in Cape Town and the Western Cape, take a look at the GolfLinx Western Cape golf guide.

Besides the Cape Town golf courses there are many other top tourist attractions in Cape Town. There is Table Mountain which towers over the city of Cape Town. At over 3000 feet high, it can be seen from anywhere in Cape Town. You can take a revolving cable car, or hike up to the summit of the mountain using numerous hiking trails. The viewing station at the top has a restaurant and a bar with spectacular views of the city and the Atlantic.

The wine farms in the Cape Winelands produce some of the finest wines in the world. The majority of the wine farms in the area offer tours of the vineyards and cellars, as well was wine tasting. There are numerous wine routes one can take through the region, and there are many guided bus tours which leave from Cape Town. Another popular attraction in Cape Town is its beaches. The numerous beaches in Cape Town have spectacular mountain backdrops as the scenery as well as soft, white sand.

The V&A Waterfront is Cape Town’s most visited attraction, and offers good shopping facilities, wining and dining establishments, various live shows and the Two Oceans Aquarium. Many boat trips can be booked from the V&A Waterfront, including a boat trip tour to the Robben Island where one can tour the maximum security prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated. Besides the Cape Town golf courses, theses are just some of the other attractions that Cape Town has to offer.

To find available accommodation in Cape Town, take a look at the GolfLinx Western Cape accommodation directory.