History tour

Get to grips with South Africa’s rich, varied and sometimes turbulent past on this city tour of the Mother City and surrounding areas.

What you'll do

Known by many as the Mother City, Cape Town packs a historic punch. From colonisation by the Dutch in 1652, to the torrid apartheid years and the release of Nelson Mandela in 1994, South Africa has been through a lot and this tour of Cape Town offers an informative look at the country's past. Your seasoned guide will take you on a journey through the city where its history is told through the architecture, monuments and museums. Learn about the origins of colonisation at the Company Gardens and Castle of Good Hope, and discover the truths of apartheid at the District Six Museum. Take a step back a few thousand years at the Iziko South African Museum, where you'll learn about the country's original peoples, and walk beside the smartie-coloured houses of the Bo-Kaap, which tell yet another side of South Africa's history.