Southern Suburbs
The green side of the mountain. Gardens, forest trails and the oldest wine valley in the country, twenty minutes from town.
Guides to this part of the city
What to see
Ou Kaapse Weg
Ou Kaapse Weg is the mountain crossing between Cape Town's southern suburbs and the southern peninsula, climbing from the Tokai and Steenberg…
Newlands Forest
Newlands Forest is one of Cape Town’s most popular natural escapes, offering shaded walking trails, mountain streams and peaceful woodland on the…
University of Cape Town Upper Campus
Explore UCT’s landmark Upper Campus, where historic architecture, mountain scenery and academic heritage meet on the slopes of Devil’s Peak.
Rhodes Memorial
A major Cape Town landmark where grand early-20th-century architecture and sweeping views meet the complex, contested legacy of Cecil John Rhodes.
Heart of Cape Town Museum
Inside Groote Schuur Hospital, the Heart of Cape Town Museum uses original theatres, recreated rooms and guided interpretation to tell the collaborative…
Mostert’s Mill
South Africa’s oldest surviving complete windmill is once again operational, demonstrating traditional wind-powered milling on scheduled monthly open days.
Walking and forest trails
Constantia Nek to Cecilia Forest
This gentle Contour Path walk connects Constantia Nek and Cecilia Forest on Table Mountain's southern slopes. With shaded indigenous forest, mountain streams…
Newlands Forest Blockhouse
The Newlands Forest to Blockhouse hike is one of the most accessible trails in Table Mountain National Park, combining shaded forest paths…
Skeleton Gorge
Skeleton Gorge is one of the most adventurous routes up Table Mountain, starting in Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. Climbing through lush indigenous forest,…
Constantia Nek to Upper Cable Station
A rewarding mountain hike from Constantia Nek up to the Upper Cable Station, climbing through fynbos, forest and open slopes with panoramic…
Cecilia Waterfall via Cecilia Forest
The Cecilia Waterfall hike is one of Cape Town's most peaceful short trails, starting at the Cecilia Forest entrance in Constantia. Winding…
Devil’s Peak via Saddle Rock
A hard, rewarding climb to the 1,001-metre summit of Devil's Peak via Saddle Rock, with sweeping panoramic views over Cape Town, Table…
Wine estates
Klein Constantia
On the upper slopes of the Constantia Valley with views to False Bay, Klein Constantia produces world-class cool-climate wines. Its historic Vin…
Beau Constantia
Perched high on the slopes of the Constantia Valley, Beau Constantia is a modern boutique estate producing handcrafted wines with panoramic views.…
Buitenverwachting
A historic Constantia Valley estate dating to 1773, Buitenverwachting pairs award-winning cool-climate wines with restored Cape Dutch buildings and peaceful gardens. Its…
Constantia Glen
On the mountain slopes of the Constantia Valley, Constantia Glen pairs award-winning cool-climate wines with a spectacular tasting terrace. Its gourmet platters…
Steenberg Vineyards
Founded in 1682, Steenberg is the Constantia Valley’s oldest farm and one of its most complete luxury estates. Enjoy award-winning wines, two…
Groot Constantia
South Africa's oldest wine estate combines Cape Dutch heritage, award-winning wines and historic cellars in the heart of the Constantia Valley.
Golf
Westlake Golf Club
Westlake Golf Club dates to 1932 and has an 18-hole parkland course associated with Dr D.C. Murray. It is in Cape Town's…
Steenberg Golf Club
Steenberg Golf Club is an 18-hole course inside Steenberg Estate in Tokai, with a public online tee sheet, dynamic green fees and…
King David Mowbray Golf Club
King David Mowbray is a mature par-72 parkland course in Mowbray, roughly fifteen minutes from Cape Town's city centre, with Table Mountain…
Rondebosch Golf Club
Tree-lined fairways, small greens, more than forty bunkers and two rivers crossing the lower holes make this a tighter, more thoughtful round…
Royal Cape Golf Club
Royal Cape Golf Club was established in 1885 and calls itself Africa's oldest championship golf club. It is a flat, tree-lined parkland…
Mountain biking
Rhodes Memorial Loop
A substantial Table Mountain loop built around sustained climbing, jeep track and mountain roads, with the Blockhouse and expansive city views among…
Constantia Greenbelts Cycle Trail
A relaxed point-to-point ride through Constantia’s public greenbelts, linking shaded paths, riverside sections and short suburban-road connections. Mostly gentle and non-technical, with…
Tokai MTB – Two Loops
A demanding two-loop ride through Tokai’s MTB network, linking long forestry-road climbs with purpose-built singletrack descents across the lower slopes of Table…
Constantia Nek to Kloof Nek Traverse
An officially demarcated cycling route between Constantia Nek and Kloof Nek, passing through Cecilia Plantation, the upper Kirstenbosch service-road network, Newlands Forest…
More about this area
Everything else in Southern Suburbs
Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia
Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia sits on Constantia Main Road at Constantia Nek, on the Beau Constantia wine estate, at the point where the Constantia valley starts climbing towards the Nek. Lunch runs seven days a week, from midday, with last orders at half past two. Dinner runs Monday to Saturday from half past six, […]
La Colombe
Constantia
Constantia is where South African wine began. In 1685 Simon van der Stel chose 891 morgen behind Table Mountain for its wine-growing potential, and the farm he laid out there describes itself as the origin of the country’s commercial wine industry — still producing, more than three centuries later. What survives is unusual. This is […]
Bay Padel Retreat
Claremont Tennis Club
Africa Padel Claremont
Yo Yoga
Yo Yoga is a hot yoga studio on the ground floor of the Old Warehouse Building in Black River Park, the office campus on the edge of Observatory. It is an easy stop between the city and the southern suburbs, with parking on site rather than on the street. The timetable is built around heat. […]
The Movement Lab Claremont
The Movement Lab’s Claremont studio is on Dreyer Street, running perpendicular to Cavendish Square, with parking in the shopping centre or on the street outside. It is the second of the operator’s two Cape Town studios. Its distinguishing class is hot mat, which the Sea Point branch does not teach: mat Pilates worked in a […]
Body & More
Body & More is a Pilates and yoga studio on Hemlock Street in Newlands, running what it calls Pilates fusion alongside a yoga timetable. Classes are taught in a studio with its own heating, humidification and ventilation system, so the room temperature is controlled rather than left to the weather. The class list runs from […]
Bloc11 Diep River
Bloc11 is a bouldering gym, which means climbing without ropes or harnesses on walls low enough to jump down from, over thick matting. The Diep River gym sits in an industrial unit on Estmil Road, a short drive from the M5, and is the older of the operator’s two Cape Town branches. Because there is […]