Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cape Town: The Southern tip of Africa

Cape Town the southern tip of Africa is widely known as the “The Mother City” of South Africa. The city holds a strategic position and has established airways and waterways connectivity with the rest of the world. The legislative capital and the financial power house of South Africa, Cape Town is also one of the best tourists’ destinations that can be visited at any time round the year. The adventurous city offers a variety of tourists’ attractions that will make your travel worth remembering.

The rugged wilderness of table Mountains, beautiful surrounding beaches and vineyards offers a fabulous picturesque to all its visitors. Tourists from across the world, who seek out for the best holiday destinations in Africa, visit Cape Town with perpetual zeal. Traveling through international airlines such as Delta Airlines that offer direct air flights to Cape Town, tourists visit the city and spend the valuable holiday time in the city.

One of the most beautiful cities of the world, Cape Town is easily accessible as several airlines often offer holiday discounts on the business class tickets as well as other coach class air tickets. The city possesses an array of hotels that caters to the best interest of all their visiting guests. A few airlines also include the hotel stay over their business class air travel to Cape Town. The city also offers a wide range of restaurants and bars that offer a fabulous nightlife to all its visitors.

Being the part of the gigantic zoo, Africa, Cape Town, also offers African safari to the tourists from across the world. Antelopes, buffaloes and black rhino are the major animals that one could spot at various national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. Besides, you can also get to see the Penguins as well. Several airlines offer free safari short trips to the passengers who book business class tickets to Cape Town. One may even find good hotels rest houses for the adventurous travelers who seek for more adventure in the city.

The two ocean aquariums that ideally display the merging marine life of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean form a home to 3000 marine species. These marine creatures draw the young tourists who visit Cape Town with their family and friends. The two wonderlands also offer diving sessions with ragged-tooth sharks, shoals of large predators, rays and turtles to the tourists from world over. Table Mountain the defining landmark that possesses sheer cliff faces offers hike back down sport to all the tourists.

Robben Island, Kirstebbosch Botanical Gardens, Castle of Good Hope and others make the city one of the best destination for the tourists from across the world. This is just a gist of Cape Town; to get the real feel of Cape Town one needs to spend time outdoors in the city. Going for a picnic or sunbathe at the splendid beaches or opting for mountain bikes in preference to cars will surely give you the African fell. There are several travel companies that offer air plane tickets to Cape Town, and some of them even offer fabulous discounts on air flights to the city.