Top hotels and lodges at the famous Victoria and Alfred (V&A) Waterfront enhance this captivating and fascinating destination in Cape Town that promises special accommodation and packages with ocean and mountain views. There is something for everyone at the V& A in the Mother City including a range of luxury hotel accommodation and special holiday packages to suit every traveller’s needs.
For glamorous and trending Victoria and Alfred suites and rooms ask Voyage2Africa about our special Western Cape rates and packages – we combine your Cape Town city tour with a Winelands excursion and a jaunt on the Atlantic Seaboard. The V&A Waterfront is easily one of Africa’s most visited destinations, well-loved by local Capetonians, South Africans and foreign visitors alike. Its unique setting in the oldest working harbour in South Africa entices all tourists to shop till they drop, explore historic landmarks and museums, photograph Table Mountain from all angles and indulge in authentic South African foods and wines.
Experience boat cruises and kayak safaris alongside enormous international cruise ships and giant fishing trawlers being serviced in the dry docks, then admire the luxury catamarans and super yachts in the millionaire’s marina – all with iconic Table Mountain standing guard over the V&A Waterfront and seals playing on jetties and in canals.
The V&A Waterfront is the playground for children and adults, from all walks of life, with its nearly 100 restaurant outlets, numerous luxury hotels, five museums, an entire mall of indoor retail shops and speciality stores, plus free live entertainment in the amphitheatre every day of the year.
Try adventure activities and day tours ranging from boat and sunset cruises, helicopter flights, The Big Wheel which affords amazing views of the docks and mountain and city bowl, a skateboard park, rollerblading and kids play area add to talented buskers and musicians around every corner.
The V&A Waterfront is now home to the brand new, outstanding Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) – set in the historic Grain Silo building showcasing the world’s largest collection of contemporary art from Africa. The luxury Silo Hotel with its iconic glass windows is just next door and the newer section of the waterfront at the Clocktower provides hours of people-watching. Sip a cocktail at a rooftop vantage point, enjoy a decadent lunch with Table Mountain as your backdrop and it’s not hard to understand why the V&A Waterfront is one of the top attractions in Africa.
The Canal links the V&A Waterfront and the Cape Town Convention Centre (CTICC), featuring scenic pedestrian landscaped walkways and bridges where stand-up paddling or kayaking on the canal is ongoing – or simply catch a water taxi for a novel way to get around.
Cape Town is the core of the Big 7: The Table Mountain Cableway, Robben Island, Cape Point, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Groot Constantia, Boulders Beach and its colony of penguins. The V&A Waterfront remains firmly near the top of this must-do list. Voyage2Africa customises your package deal in classy accommodation for your Cape Town holidays.
