1 2014 Cape Town halfday and fullday Tour portfolio ICONIC TOURS CAPE TOWN p02 City Tour p03 City Tour and Township Futures p05 Peninsula Route p06 Robben Island and Table Mountain p07 Wine Route SPECIALISED TOURS CAPE TOWN p09 African Music Dinner p10 African Music Safari p11 Art Route p12 Beer Route p13 Cuisine Route p14 Fashion Route p15 Gourmet Food Route p16 Hip Hop Route p17 Jazz Safari p18 !Khwattu p19 Reggae Route p20 Secret Garden Route p21 Spirituality Route p22 Township Futures **launching 2nd half of 2013** African Coffee Safari, halfday African Traditions Route, halfday Madiba in the Mother City, halfday, full day, hosted dinners World Design Capital Tours, full and halfday For specialist multiday packages, including World Design Capital Cape Town 2014, please enquire. Coffeebeans Routes. 70 Wale St, Cape Town, 8001. coffeebeansroutes.com. Phone +2721 424 3572 @coffeebeansrout
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2014 Cape Town halfday and fullday Tour portfolio
ICONIC TOURS CAPE TOWN
p02 City Tourp03 City Tour and Township Futuresp05 Peninsula Routep06 Robben Island and Table Mountainp07 Wine Route
SPECIALISED TOURS CAPE TOWN
p09 African Music Dinnerp10 African Music Safarip11 Art Routep12 Beer Routep13 Cuisine Routep14 Fashion Routep15 Gourmet Food Routep16 Hip Hop Routep17 Jazz Safarip18 !Khwattup19 Reggae Routep20 Secret Garden Routep21 Spirituality Routep22 Township Futures
**launching 2nd half of 2013**African Coffee Safari, halfday
African Traditions Route, halfdayMadiba in the Mother City, halfday, full day, hosted dinners
World Design Capital Tours, full and halfday
For specialist multiday packages, including World Design Capital Cape Town 2014,please enquire.
City Tourhttp://coffeebeansroutes.com/tourscapetown/innercitytour/
½ day, 0900 1300 or 1400 1800R695 per personRequires minimum booking of two guestsStarts at Coffeebeans Routes HQ and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: New City Developments the Camissa, `Place of Sweet Waters’ the Oranjezicht City Farm District Six Museum The Slave Lodge The BoKaap local food tasters
Inclusions: local tasters Mineral water entrance fees at the District Six museum and Slave Lodge guide
Exclusions discretionary tips
Cape Town is deceptive. The inner city or the original, historic Cape Town city is very very small,and is often seen as being the city in its entirety. It is no longer the epicentre of Cape town, but it iswhere the story of the city begins.
This halfday journey through the innercity the city puts the guest in touch with its very earliest days asthe home of the Khoisan, right through to 10 years into the future and what is anticipated. It's not widelyknown, even by Capetonians, that the nation's first banks started here; that Cape Town as acommercial city began with the Camissa River, which flowed down the mountain and into the ocean, atthe point where the train station is; that before the arrival of the Dutch there were thousands of yearsother history and stories.
Full day, 0900 1700R1100 per personRequires minimum booking of two guestsStarts at Coffeebeans Routes HQ and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
What if the townships where the centre of Cape Town and not the periphery?
Highlights: New City Developments the Camissa, `Place of Sweet Waters’ District Six Museum The Slave Lodge The BoKaap local food tasters township context and future potential meet township residents shaping the future of the city
Inclusions: local tasters Mineral water township `chisa nyama’ or hot meat lunch all entrance fees guide
(The City Tour and Township Futures package looks at the city as an inclusive unit. It explores theoriginal city in the morning, as per description in 001 for City Tour, and adds Township Futures as anafternoon component).
You will hear a lot of things said about the Cape Flats and the Townships.
"The other side of town", "The danger zone", "Are you crazy, don't go there!"
These are just some of the mild things said.
Consider the facts:
Of Cape Town's population, the majority of us live in townships. Which means that the largestdistribution of the city's spend comes from the townships.
Of families living in houses, the majority are owned by the residents. Which means that there is veryvery little home loan debt, if any. Compare that with suburban areas, where the majority of residentsare NOT homeowners, and where the majority of people have major debt.
Consider that Khayelitsha is the fastest growing suburb in the country, with a large middle class.
And finally at least for the purposes of this writeup consider that the future of Cape Town lies in thetownships. That as the city grows and expands, it is expanding into the townships.
So what does the future hold?
On this four hour excursion we take the visitor into several of our townships, looking at some majorsites and projects of transformation, and meeting some of the people that are making this change. Welook at how the city and its townships were formed, and how the townships are being shaped into thefuture. It looks at models for economic and social integration. It looks at major transport changes. Itlooks at ways that townships might connect to each other and to the city as a whole.
And most importantly, this tour looks at the townships as the centre of the city, and not some fringesection. That is the most crucial difference in thinking.
Table Mountain is not simply the table topped mountain the world knows so well, it is an entiremountain range, stretching from the Atlantic down the Peninsula to the Indian Ocean. It is itself anisland, and the city has developed around it.
On the Peninsula Route, we follow the perimeter of the Table Mountain range, going full circle aroundthe mountain, passing incredible seascapes, and taking in some of the most magical sightseeingpossible.
There is the majestic pass called Chapman’s Peak. There are quirky little suburbs like the arty KalkBay, the naval Simonstown and the natural bay called Hout Bay. There are two oceans, the Indian andthe Atlantic. There is the Cape Point Nature Reserve, at the Good of Good Hope, the point of thePeninsula where these two oceans meet. There are the crazy penguins that hated the cold, justoutside of Simonstown, and there are troops of baboons and some deer and other animals, in additionto some of the most incredible fynbos and plant biodiversity.
The Peninsula Route is a magical blend of all these elements.
(Half day version goes direct to the Cape Point Nature Reserve, and excludes stops at otherdestinations along the route. It is really for those with superlimited time)
Full day, 0900 1700R1300 per personRequires minimum booking of two guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: Table Mountain by cablecar 360 degree views of the city Robben Island tour
Inclusions: cablecar fees Robben Island Ferry and Tour fees guide & transfers mineral water
Exclusions drinks discretionary tips lunch
Table Mountain and Robben Island are grouped together because they provide two poles of story, twoperspectives on history, and from a physical point of view, they are two significant spaces.
Part I. Table MountainTo start with the mountain, because from here we can see the entire city, and its important to start withan overview. It really helps to shape the city, physically and from a narrative point of view, in your mind.
We begin with a look at the `mother in the mountain', from the foot of Lion's Head, which provideslovely insight into the city, and from there we ascend Table Mountain itself by cableway. From here wecan see almost to the beginning of time, and so our guide maps out the city physically, and in doing so,provides a good introduction to what has happened between the physically spaces of the city, over along period of time. We have plenty of time up here to enjoy the elevated perspective, walk about and
enjoy the good air. We can walk to Maclears Beacon if we like.
Part II. Robben IslandRobben Island, known most famously for being the prison that Nelson Mandela was held in for the bestpart of 27 years. To visit this prison island is not only to commemorate in some way the actions andchangemaking decisions of leaders like Mandela, but also to see the city from a different perspectiveand with a changed mindset.
(NOTE: this programme is subject to change depending on weather and other conditions. If necessary,Robben Island tour takes place in the morning, and Table Mountain visit in the afternoon. If the weatherdoes not allow for either visit to take place, guests can use their tickets to experience both on anotherday)
Our Full Day Wine Route takes in three of our favourite estates, in two sometimes three different wineregions. Some of these favourites include:
Jordan (www.jordanwines.co.za), Stellenbosch Overgaauw (www.overgaauw.co.za), Stellenbosch Hartenberg (www.hartenberg.co.za), Stellenbosch Solms Delta (www.solmsdelta.co.za), Franschhoek Moreson (www.moreson.co.za), Franschhoek My Wyn (www.mywynfranschhoek.co.za), Franschhoek La Motte (www.lamotte.com), Franschhoek The Township Winery (www.townshipwinery.com), Philippi Babylonstoren (www.babylonstoren.com), Franschhoek Steenberg (www.steenbergvineyards.co.za), Constantia Klein Constantia (www.kleinconstantia.com), Constantia
We recommend three tastings at three estates, there are many wines to taste per estate, and theservings are large. After two tastings, most people’s palettes are loose, and a little worn, so we usuallydo two tastings in the morning, followed by lunch with a tasting combined, and then in the afternoon athird tasting and perhaps a cheese tasting too.
Sometimes we include a fourth tasting, depending on how our guests are feeling! But mostly we findthat three covers it well.
Our Half Day Wine Route takes in two of our favourite estates in one wine region, such as Constantia.
A Cape Town house party, created especially for you. It is exclusive. It is the best of everything that isCape Town in setting, food, music, and hospitality!
This is a magnificent evening of people and food and music curated especially for you. Held at aresidence with an award winning 5 level garden built on the slopes of Table Mountain, the home of AlanGrant is a heritage paradise in the city, a place of magic. It is an eccentric African villa.
Enjoy the garden, and dine at the Chef's table, with food prepared by chef Cynthia, who preparestraditional African spreads, and presided over by patron Alan Grant.
Each evening begins with an appetiser on arrival, at the top of the garden. It's a wonderful way to enjoythe sunset.
We then descend into the courtyard and the kitchen for a feast of Cape Town foods, spanning theCape Malay and isiXhosa traditions of the city.
The centrepoint of each music dinner is an exclusive music performance. We bring in some of the
city's finest musicians for an intimate concert that is part performance and part conversation. A greatway to get inside the music of the city.
For the guests wanting an expansive and moving experience of Cape Town, with food and music and amagical setting, there isn't a better way. For those wanting something fresh after years of themedAfrican restaurants, this is the perfect option.
African Music Safari½ day, available on requestR895 per personRequires minimum booking of four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: Meet traditional musicians in their homes dine on local cuisine in the homes of the musicians discover the city through her music
Inclusions: supper or lunch, subject to time of day tour runs juice and water with meal tea or coffee
Exclusions: alcoholic drinks discretionary tips
The traditional music of this city infuses all contemporary styles, and the various traditional styles stillhold their own as nearly undiluted forms of contemporary expression. The story of the traditional stylesof the city follow the migratory routes that have brought people here, by force or by natural nomadicmovement.
On this journey we will venture into goema, the unique sound of Cape Town that lies at the heart of theannual carnival, and that reflects the earliest forms of music of the indigenous Khoi and San, and thenthe various traditional African sounds that have come from further north of South Africa’s borders.
Art Routehttp://coffeebeansroutes.com/tourscapetown/artroute/
½ day, 0900 1300 or 1400 1800R695 per personRequires booking of minimum four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: Meet local artists in their studios
Inclusions: mineral water guide transfers any entrance fees is applicable
Exclusions: discretionary tips
Our artists are brilliant in this city. Some of them turn pavement weeds into art, and sell it back asindigenous ceramic works to middle class housewives full of complaints about pavement weeds notbeing removed by the city council! They have different ways of seeing the world, and of documentingour stories.
On this tour, meet Cape Town artists in their studios, get inside their creative processes, hear theirstories.
The tour visits usually an art gallery, followed by visits to two artists in their studios.
½ day, Monday to Saturday 1400 1830R695 per personStarting at Coffeebeans Routes HQ 70 Wale St, ending at guest accommodation if staying centrallyClosed shoes must be worn
Highlights: sample Cape Town craft beer learn about traditional African beer brewing from a traditional brewer tour a brewery
Inclusions: three tasting sessions beerinspired snacks mineral water
Exclusions discretionary tips
The Cape Town Beer Route is a rich halfday journey through Cape Town beer culture and stories,from traditional South African beer brewing history and techniques, through emerging craft beer cultureright through to mainstream beer production and megascale.
Beer was originally brewed by women, and they were revered for this skill. And so to start our tour wevisit a lady brewing traditional African beer, at home, in the ancient handmade way. We see theprocess, and taste in the traditional way. We learn about the cultural role of beer in South Africansociety.
Then we tour the Newlands Brewery, the oldest commercial brewery in South Africa. We explorebrewing history and style in the original buildings, before touring the modern production line. We endthis part of the experience with a tasting of the brewery's beers, which are some of Cape Town'sfavourites.
Finally we focus on craft beer or microbrewed beers. There has been an explosion in the last year incraft beer, and it seems like there is a new microbrewery opening up every month. Cape Town isleading South Africa in craft beer, and for this part of the journey we visit Cape Town's craft beerheadquarters, the Banana Jam Cafe, to taste and discover Cape Town's craft beers. We will tastetheir beers and hear their stories.
We return home having sipped, swallowed and celebrated the city's rich and flavoursome beer stories.
(NOTE: the order of activities is subject to change, and the visit to the Newlands Brewery can beswapped out with a visit to a microbrewery, subject to availability of the Newlands tour)
½ day Monday to SaturdayR895 ppRequires minimum booking of two guests
Full day 0900 1700R1100 ppRequires minimum booking of four guests
Starts and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: experience local food in the home of a local cook Cape Malay and isiXhosa traditional foods
Inclusions: all food and nonalcoholic drinks
Exclusions discretionary tips
Have you heard of snoek? Injeera? Koesusters? Daaltjies? Ulusu? Umngqusho?
These are just some of the food we have in Cape Town.
Discover the city through our food!
With the incredible diversity of people in the city, you can imagine the kind of diversity of foods we have.So the Cuisine Route was designed to give guests the chance to explore the city through food. It's agreat lense.
On these Full Day and Half Day experiences you will sample the flavours and stories behind several ofthe different cultural foods of the city, including Cape Malay, isiXhosa, Afrikaans and panAfrican foods.
Half Day Cuisine Route: do a short Spice Tour we follow those spices into some of the Cape Malay foods, such as samoosas, daaltjies andthe wonderfully sweet and spicy koesusters. We'll also sample a little bit of curry. This happens in
a Bokaap family home we then go to Langa or Guguletu to experience the diversity of township cuisine, includingsteam bread, chakalaka, umngqusho, amagwenya and nyama, and the chisa nyama or hot meatbar culture.
Full Day Cuisine Route:The Full day experience adds a PanAfrican element to the halfday programme, and expands thetownship cuisine element into a cooking workshop. Together with the hosts, guests explore Langa orGuguletu to purchase ingredients, before learning in the host's home kitchen how to make the food. It'sa deep cultural experience, about making both food and friends.
Cape Town Fashion Routehttp://coffeebeansroutes.com/tourscapetown/fashionroute/
½ day, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1400 1800R695 per personStarting at Coffeebeans Routes HQ 70 Wale St and ending at guest accommodation if stayingcentrally
Highlights: meet local fashion designers in their studios or boutiques get behind the scenes of the city’s fashion scene
Inclusions: mineral water
Exclusions: lunch discretionary tips
Cape Town is a fashion city to the core. We have a rich history of bespoke tailoring and dressmaking.Everybody's auntie was a seamstress, and everybody's uncle ran a fabric wholesaler. This has alwaysbeen a city of elegant eccentricity. To this day, old school tailors exist all over the city, and, while thebespoke suit is not as in vogue as it once was in the city, a whole new generation of design ideas andinnovations make Cape Town something of a fashion capital in Africa.
Today we have so many designers. We continue to be surprised at how many there are in Cape Town,some are household names, some are working out of households. And the level of innovation andsurprise is high.
There’s Greer Valley’s Kushn, blending Kente fabrics and local leather into the most beautifulaccessories for tech devices. The Movement in Observatory must have the world's only corridor
fashion boutique, in a gracious Victorian semi. Olive Green Cat is blending amber, resin and diamondsinto exquisite unbling jewellery.
Our Fashion Route takes the guest deep inside the city's fashion world, meeting designers in theirstudios and boutiques. The tour is about the stories of Cape Town's Fashion world. It is a tour suitablefor anyone with an interest in fashion, from the high couture fan to the street fashion fan.
Gourmet Food RouteFull day, 0900 1700R1100 per personRequires minimum booking of four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation, if centrally located
Inclusions: all food tastings wine tastings lunch mineral water
Exclusions: discretionary tips
The Western Cape is home to some of the most incredible food. We have a strong agricultural sector,and we produce fine fresh food that makes its way all over the world. We are famous for our fruit, ourmeat, and of course our wines. And in recent years our olives and olive oil have garnered awardsworldwide, and craft beer has exploded too, we are producing some of the finest beer on the planetnow.
Artesenal food producers have started experimenting widely, and successfully, with all sorts of culinaryadventures, all across the metropole and the province.
And in this full day journey we are going to explore many different facets of this culinary magic.
We are going to visit a microbrewery and sample a selection of the finest beer in the country. We aregoing to visit wine estates producing cheeses and olives and olive oils, and sample all of those. We aregoing to explore charcuterie, and of course wine. And don’t forget chocolate!
Hip Hop Routehttp://coffeebeansroutes.com/tourscapetown/hiphoproute/
½ day, 1400 1800R695 per personRequires booking of minimum four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if centrally located
Highlights: Meet local hip hop artists discover the city through hip hop
Inclusions: visits to two hip hop artists performance mineral water
Exclusions: discretionary tips
While hip hop was made global via the USA, it started in Africa. And some of the great minds of hip hopcame from Cape Town, like Prophets of the City, for example, they broke new ground for hip hopeverywhere.
Today Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South African hip hop, and Cape Town is where it isat its most expressive. From Spaza to Afrikaaps, on this journey through the Cape Town scene, we’llmeet some of the city’s most powerful wordsmiths.
Jazz Safarihttp://coffeebeansroutes.com/tourscapetown/jazzsafari/
½ day, available as a scheduled tour Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, or availableprivatelyR895 per personStarts at Coffeebeans Routes HQ 70 Wale St, ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Meet local jazz musicians in their homes dine on local cuisine in the homes of the musicians discover the city through her music
Inclusions: supper juice and water at supper tea or coffee entrance fees to jazz venue if applicable
Exclusions: alcoholic drinks discretionary tips
Cape Town is an incredibly musical city. This is the city where music is at its most creative in SouthAfrica, something which is due partly to the natural environment we have, which encourages creativity,but mainly it is because of the history of the city and the diversity of people and cultures and soundsthat have ended up here.
On this special music journey we are doing to travel deep inside the jazz music of the city, by visitinglocal jazz musicians in their homes.
Part one is a visit to the home of a jazz musician for dinner, with music and conversation, and part twois a visit either to the home of a second musician for a nightcap, or to a jazz venue for the late set.
The experience is intimate and deep, full of music and engagement and fun. It is a unique opportunityto meet local musicians away from club stages, and an excellent way to discover more about CapeTown and the lives of the people that live in it through the music.
Our hosts include will Cape Town musicians young and old, all of them composers and performers.These are the musicians defining the sound of the city.
Requires minimum booking of five guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if centrally located
Highlights: A tour of the estate on a tractor carriage An easy walk on the trail A visit to a replica traditional San village An introduction on the San languages A refreshing drink at the boma An exhibition at the photo gallery
Inclusions: transfer from Cape Town central to !Khwa ttu estate, approx 1.5hours drive guided tour on estate mineral water
Exclusions discretionary tips lunch
If you have an interest in indigenous cultures, then this is a mustdo in Cape Town.
On this journey guests enjoy deep insight into how ancient culture is relevant today. This is not a themepark, not a cultural village it is a contemporary journey into ancient indigenous lifestyle, on an 850hectare estate on the West Coast, just an hour and a half or so out of Cape Town. It is a beautifullyassembled and progressive project, celebrating ancient indigenous San.
We'll collect you at 1030am and take you on a beautiful drive along the West coast to the estate. Weare there around midday for lunch at the estate's excellent restaurant, they serve up exquisiteinterpretations on classic indigenous dishes, with freshly baked farm bread.
The tour is at 2pm so lunch is a leisurely affair, perhaps with some wine from the West Coast.
The San tour ends at about 4pm, after which we have another 30minutes or so just to relax in the sunor enjoy the shop.
And then by 1630 we depart for the city, to be back by 1800.
½ day, Fridays, 2200 0230R695 per personRequires minimum booking of four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: reggae storyteller meet the Rastafarian leaders of the Marcus Garvey community dance at a township dancehall
Inclusions: Ital vegetarian Rastafarian inspired snacks nonalcoholic drinks at home of Reggae storyteller Dancehall entrance fees
Exclusions discretionary tips refreshments at dancehall
Reggae has deep roots in Cape Town. It has been the music of political dissent. It has been the musicof partygoing pleasure. The songs of icons like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh still resonate strongly withour struggles. The writings of Marcus Garvey continue to provide inspiration.
On this Friday night journey, we discover more about reggae and Rastafarian culture in Cape Town.We start with our reggae storyteller for stories about reggae and some Ital Rastafarian snacks. Alanlived in Jamaica at the time that reggae was becoming a worldwide phenomenon. He knew all thepioneering figures, and is full of stories of the characters behind the music. This is a visit you would notbe able to make anywhere else in the world.
From there we will move across the city to the Marcus Garvey dancehall in Philippi. The community ofMarcus Garvey (the area is named after the great writer and thinker Marcus Garvey) is a Rastafariancommunity. Every Friday night is Dancehall night in Marcus Garvey, and Rastafarian communitiesfrom all over Cape Town come together for a classic late night reggae dance session. It's like nothingyou have ever experienced before, unless you were around in Kingston in the 70s. It is easy going andeasily the best party on a Friday night in Cape Town.
Before entering the Dancehall, we meet some of the elders of the Marcus Garvey community, whoprovide us a little bit of background to the area and the dancehall, and some insight into Rasta as a
½ day, 0900 1300R695 per personRequires minimum booking of four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if centrally located
Highlights: visit incredible Cape Town gardens visit two award winning private gardens, one suburban, one township visit an extraordinary community garden
Inclusions: tea or coffee mineral water entrance fees where applicable
Exclusions: discretionary tips
Cape Town has an abundance of extraordinary private gardens, and this route focuses on theindigenous private gardens, gardens that reflect the natural magnificence of the city, and the creativityof their gardeners. At each home, guests will enjoy a high tea with the creators of the gardens.
Some gardens are in townships, and are a tribute to the triumph of the garden over adversity. Andsome are in the suburbs where, traditionally, gardens have thrived. It is a great way to learn aboutCape Town's natural environment, while getting a greater insight into the city and its people.
½ day, 0900 1300, or 1400 1800R695 per personRequires minimum booking of four guestsStarts and ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
Highlights: conversations with two spiritual leaders see completely different parts of Cape Town
Inclusions: visits to two different spiritual leaders mineral water guided experience
Exclusions discretionary tips
In a world of religious intolerance, discover how Cape Town's many faiths coexist in an atmosphere ofrespect and tolerance. On this journey we visit two very different Cape Town spiritual leaders. Formost people, this is a journey into the unknown, an opportunity to discover how faiths different to theirown are engaging with the world. It is an opportunity to understand the role of different faiths anddifferent forms of spiritual expression and healing in our world.
We regularly visit an Imam at his Mosque, Islam has a deep tradition in the Cape. This visit allows toget really explore the tenets of Islam with a progressive leader.
We also regularly visit a traditional healer or Sangoma. A sangoma is a diviner, called upon to interpretdivine ancestral messages. A sangoma has a special psychic ability with which they are able todiagnose patients according to the cause of their illness or misfortune. They also use this ability torecommend treatment.
While this programme is clearly aimed more at the Westerner trying to get perspective on differentspiritual outlooks, we can easily adjust it for guests look to explore other elements of spirituality. Pleaseget in touch with us.
R695 per personStarts at Coffeebeans Routes HQ 70 Wale St, ends at guest accommodation if staying centrally
What if the townships where the centre of Cape Town and not the periphery?
Highlights: township context and future potential meet township residents shaping the future of the city Langa Quarter
Inclusions: local tasters Mineral water township `chisa nyama’ or hot meat lunch all entrance fees guide
Exclusions discretionary tips
You will hear a lot of things said about the Cape Flats and the Townships.
"The other side of town", "The danger zone", "Are you crazy, don't go there!"
These are just some of the mild things said.
Consider the facts:
Of Cape Town's population, the majority of us live in townships. Which means that the largestdistribution of the city's spend comes from the townships.
Of families living in houses, the majority are owned by the residents. Which means that there is veryvery little home loan debt, if any. Compare that with suburban areas, where the majority of residentsare NOT homeowners, and where the majority of people have major debt.
Consider that Khayelitsha is the fastest growing suburb in the country, with a large middle class.
And finally at least for the purposes of this writeup consider that the future of Cape Town lies in thetownships. That as the city grows and expands, it is expanding into the townships.
On this four hour excursion we take the visitor into several of our townships, looking at some majorsites and projects of transformation, and meeting some of the people that are making this change. Welook at how the city and its townships were formed, and how the townships are being shaped into thefuture. It looks at models for economic and social integration. It looks at major transport changes. Itlooks at ways that townships might connect to each other and to the city as a whole.
And most importantly, this tour looks at the townships as the centre of the city, and not some fringesection. That is the most crucial difference in thinking.
