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Private tour in Cape Town Lesley C
Cape Town Walking Tour
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Good day I have been a tour guide offering private tours for 21 years and love sharing the history, culture and heritage of Cape Town on foot. To absorb the true spirit of a city, I believe this is best enjoyed by walking. My walking tours are a mix of history, heritage, culture, architecture, memorial art, and stories about people and events which have shaped our community today. I will be able to tailor the route around your interests, use a pace comfortable to you and it will give us a chance to engage and reflect about our history and culture. Cape Town offers a mix of colonial and political history; you will feel comfortable to engage and ask questions about any subject. I am a traveler also, so, understand firsthand the level of service and experience you are looking for. Timing is flexible, if need a coffee stop, or to visit inside a church on route for example. I never stop learning. We are lucky to have active museums, and historical societies, and I regularly attend evening lectures. I am a volunteer committee member for a local heritage society and organize excursions and speakers to generate funds for heritage preservation. My new volunteer role is to reignite our heritage blue plaque program, whereby blue plaques are established on buildings around the city to recognize people and events which have made a key contribution to our history. I am looking forward to meeting you and welcoming you to Cape Town. Registered Tour Guide (Qualified as National Guide) BA (Hons) History (graduated in 2016) I am not offering driving tours (walking tours only), but I can arrange for a car and driver should the need arise.
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An in depth exploration of Cape Town City Centre
Overview of your Cape Town tour
Cape Town is a melting pot of cultures created by three and half centuries of colonial and political apartheid influences? The best way to absorb this rich tapestry of history is on foot and my walking tours are an exploration of history, architecture, religious buildings, memorial art and stories about people and events which have shaped our community through to today. This tour takes around 5 hours, at a pace comfortable for you, and there will be opportunities to pause for refreshments on route. It is better to select a mid-week day for this tour, so we can pause inside a couple of churches on route, and immerse ourselves into the true spirt of Cape Town.
Your Cape Town tour itinerary
Meet at Truth Coffee 36 Buitenkant st District Museum: guided visit around the 'Forced Removals' (around 20 minutes) Castle of Good Hope: guided visit, oldest building in South Africa (around 40 minutes) Grand Parade: City Hall (view outside), and view bronze statue of Nelson Mandela the site where he gave his first speech as a free man, February 11, 1990. Mutual Heights: our best example of Art Deco The Flower market. Two Minutes Silence memorial (WW1 memorial) Slave precinct: memorial art, slave auctions site, and the Slave Lodge (view outside), gain an understanding of the history of enslaved lives at the Cape. Company Gardens: first landscaped garden in South Africa Parliament buildings: view from the outside St George's Cathedral: story of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, political apartheid history Greenmarket Square: Town House and market Heritage Square: an example of heritage preservation Bo Kaap area: stories of enslaved lives, history of Islam at the Cape and the political apartheid era
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Type: Walking
This is a walking tour: guests meet me in town and we proceed on foot. At the end of the tour I ensure that you are safely in your uber or taxi to your next destination
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36 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Truth Coffee, 36 Buitenkant street.
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