We took a CitySightSeeing bus tour on the Blue Mini Peninsula Tour on 8th January 2012 to see what visitors to our city see and hear. The tour took us through Cape Town, past Kirstenbosch Gardens, Hout Bay, and back along Camps Bay. Each passenger receives a headset to listen to commentary in either English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Swedish, German, Portuguese, French, etc and there is even a young kids channel. You can hop off at any stop and hop on again when then the next bus comes past (every 25 minutes).
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Back where we first departed.... what an enjoyable and informative trip!
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Entering the V&A Waterfront
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Historic Somerset Hospital in use at the time of the Anglo-Boer War
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Historic Somerset Hospital in use at the time of the Anglo-Boer War
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Guns of Fort Wynyard.... right next to Cape Town Stadium so why is it not restored and on the tourist map! No mention even of it....
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Guns of Fort Wynyard.... right next to Cape Town Stadium so why is it not restored and on the tourist map! No mention even of it....
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Cape Town Stadium
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Green Point Park in foreground and Signal Hill in the background
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Passing Moulle Point lighthouse
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People playing Putt Putt
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Lots of small beaches along here... Robben Island just visible on the horizon
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Another stop at Winchester Mansions Hotel in Sea Point. You could have disembarked 1km back and walked along the promenade and caught the following bus here.
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Revolving restaurant at top of tower in Sea Point
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Approaching Moulle Point
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Graaf's Pool in Sea Point
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Entering Sea Point with its high rise apartment blocks
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Lifts going up to mansions above the road in Bantry Bay
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Clifton 4th Beach
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Camps Bay Beach
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Packed cafes at Camps Bay
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Camps Bay
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Camps Bay Beach
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Entering Camps Bay
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People sunning themselves at Camps Bay
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Busy cafes at Camps Bay
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Camps Bay Beach
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Entering Camps Bay on the Cape Town Mini Peninsula Bus Tour
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Coming into Camps Bay we see the Cable Car Station high above us on the mountain
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Travelling bar has stopped at another stunning site!
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Even better view of Twelve Apostles
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12 Apostles (mountain formation) above us
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Llandudno below us
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Part of the Apostle Battery on the hill
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View down towards Hout Bay as we climb Suikerbossie towards Llandudno
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The township of Imizamo Yethu shows the newer brick houses lower down jointly funded by an Irish trust
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More views of Hout Bay as we travel further down the road to make a U-turn
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Piggy's Promotions Bus going past and barman yells out the back "You're on the wrong bus!"... there's is a travelling bar stopping at similar sites...
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Another stop is at Mariner's Wharf at Hout Bay... Chapman's Peak Drive is in the background
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Mariner's Wharf at Hout Bay
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Entering Hout Bay we can see Chapman's Peak Drive in the background
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We pass the Craft Market on the go in Hout Bay
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We stop by Imizamo Yethu township at Hout Bay where there is also a tour of the township
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A stop at the World of Birds at Hout Bay (discounted entrance)
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Tree lined drive down into Hout Bay
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On the woodcutter's path down to Hout Bay we see stunning views of the Orange Kloof Forest and Eagle's Nest peak
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Opposite Constantia Nek Restaurant is the entrance to Orange Kloof and the Table Mountain Contour Path
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A stop at the Constantia Nek Restaurant (free tour of the winelands departs from here)
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Chantel contemplating the commentary about the Constantia vineyards in the distance
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Newlands Forest after pine trees were cleared...
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Bus stops by Gate 2 at Kirstenbosch Gardens
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Arriving at Kirstenbosch Gardens
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Passing through Newlands Forest towards Kirstenbosch Gardens
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Commentary explaining about our traffic light entrepreneurs...
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Passing UCT
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Passing Devil's Peak and watching out for antelope
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Passing Mostert's Mill
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Odd the Mount Nelson Hotel was not mentioned but the origins of UCT in Orange Street were...
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One of the most awesome sights in the world!
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Kaylyn listening to the commentary
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Palm tree growing outside Mosque in Long Street
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Sunlight reflecting off the Reserve Bank Building
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Travelling up Long Street in Cape Town
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A stop near Greenmarket Square allows passengers to disembark here too
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Beautiful mosaic on Cape Town Station
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Jan and Maria van Riebeeck's statues in Adderley Street
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History of Bartholomew Diaz explained as we pass his statue on the Heerengracht (also explained)
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Gone is the R10 daily parking by the old silos!!!
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The Red City Tour bus just in front of us
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Even this dry dock (and grain silos in background) are covered in the commentary
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Stunning views of Table Mountain from the top deck
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Headset controls by each set of seats
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Departing from the Waterfront
