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Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall.


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The Best Things to Do and Visit around Newlands


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1 - Newlands Forest

Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir.

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2 - Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of ten National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.

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3 - Coasteering in Simon's Town

Coasteering is a new adventure activity that allows you to get up close and personal with the ocean! Pioneered in Wales, Gravity is proud to be the first to offer this activity near Cape Town. Coasteering bears some resemblance to canyoning or kloofi...

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4 - Rondebosch

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.

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5 - Table Mountain National Park

Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.

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6 - Hiking / Trekking in Cape Town

Witness Table Mountain's unique biodiversity on this hike through Kirstenbosch Gardens. A botanical garden on a grand scale, Kirstenbosch is home to some of South Africa's rarest and most interesting flora and fauna. Nestled against the e...

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7 - Devil's Peak

Devil's Peak is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town, South Africa. When looking at Table Mountain from the city centre, or when looking at the standard picture postcard view of the mountain, the skyline is from left to right: the spire of Devil's Peak, the flat mesa of Table Mountain, the dome of Lion's Head and Signal Hill.

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8 - Cecilia Forest

Cecilia is a section of the Table Mountain National Park on the lower eastern slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, located just to the south of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.

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9 - Rock climbing in Cape Town

Table Mountain is as iconic as The Matterhorn and just happens to have a modern, cosmopolitan, city at its feet - Cape Town. Not only does Cape Town have gorgeous beaches and amazing wine, but mountain playgrounds are easily found, Table Mountain bei...

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10 - Table Mountain

Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top.

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11 - Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is a cable car transportation system offering visitors a five-minute ride to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.

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12 - Abseiling in Cape Town

Go on a half day or full day abseiling trip in the best spots of Cape Town (Silvermine, Table Mountain, Lions Head) with NQF certified Adventure Guides! Cape Town is scattered with awe-inspiring hills and mountain tops littered with bullet hard and e...

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13 - Constantia

   6 km away

Constantia is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, situated about 15 kilometres south of the centre of Cape Town. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious suburbs in South Africa.

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14 - Cape Town

   6 km away

Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and also the legislative capital of South Africa.

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15 - Zip-Lining in Cape Town

   6 km away

Jump off mountains and travel across waterfalls on this all-action zip line canopy tour in the heart of the Hottentot-Holland Mountains Nature Reserve. Ever been tempted to dangle your foot over the edge or lean an inch too far into a gaping gor...

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16 - Lion's Head

   8 km away

Lion's Head is a mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres above sea level.

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17 - Two Oceans Aquarium

   8 km away

The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The aquarium was opened on the 13 November 1995 and comprises several exhibition galleries with large viewing windows: The aquarium is named for its location, where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet.

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18 - Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

   8 km away

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is a contemporary art museum located at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the largest museum of contemporary African art in the world. The museum opened on September 22, 2017.

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19 - Signal Hill

   8 km away

Signal Hill, or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain. The hill was also known as "The Lion's Flank", a term now obsolete. Together with Lion's Head, Signal Hill looks like a lion sphinx.

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20 - Camps Bay

   8 km away

Camps Bay is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and the small bay on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula after which it is named. In summer it attracts many South African and foreign visitors.

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21 - Green Point Park

   9 km away

The Cape Town Stadium is an association football and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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22 - Sea Point

   9 km away

Sea Point is one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District.

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23 - Hout Bay

   10 km away

Hout Bay is a seaside suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of the Central Business District.

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24 - Chapman's Peak

   15 km away

Chapman's Peak is the name of a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula, between Hout Bay and Noordhoek in Cape Town, South Africa.

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25 - Muizenberg Beach

   16 km away
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