Hva som skjer i Cape Town, South Africa gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, South African summer holidays

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Mountain fire season (1. nov – 15. mai (vanligvis)), The south-easter (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis)), South African summer holidays (15. des – 15. jan (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Cape wine harvest

  1. feb – 10. apr · vanligvis

  The valleys inland pick through February and March into early April, and the estates run harvest festivals and grape stomping alongside it. Local consensus puts March as the best month of the year here.

Fortsatt på gang: Mountain fire season (1. nov – 15. mai (vanligvis)), The south-easter (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Cape Town Cycle Tour

• Festival

  Cape Town Cycle Tour

  8. marSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Around 35,000 riders take the peninsula loop on a Sunday in early March, and most of the coastal road system closes for the morning. Plan nothing that needs a car that day. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday and Family Day on Easter Monday make a four-day weekend that often runs into the school holidays. South Africans head for the coast, the mountains and the bush, so accommodation books out, national roads are busy and many shops close on Good Friday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cape wine harvest (1. feb – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Mountain fire season (1. nov – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Easter long weekend

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Cape wine harvest (1. feb – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Easter long weekend (3.–6. apr), Mountain fire season (1. nov – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Mountain fire season (1. nov – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

• Natur

  Southern right whales

  1. jun – 30. nov · vanligvisHvalsesong

  The whales come inshore along False Bay and Walker Bay to calve, roughly June to November, and September and October are when you can watch them from a cliff path without a boat. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Southern right whales (1. jun – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  West Coast flower season

  1. aug – 20. sep · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September. The daisies only open in sun and close by mid-afternoon, so it is a late-morning drive. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southern right whales (1. jun – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa

• Festival

  Hermanus Whale Festival

  2.–4. oktHvalsesongMye folk

  Three days on Walker Bay, two hours east, built around whales that are close enough to watch from the cliff path. The town is full and the road out of Cape Town on the Friday is slow. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southern right whales (1. jun – 30. nov (vanligvis)), West Coast flower season (1. aug – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Hermanus Whale Festival

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Southern right whales (1. jun – 30. nov (vanligvis)), Hermanus Whale Festival (2.–4. okt)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Mountain fire season

  1. nov – 15. mai · vanligvisRøyksesongStengninger

  The fynbos burns most summers, and a bad day closes hiking paths, the cableway and sometimes a suburb's roads. The park keeps crews on standby from November to May; smoke can sit over the city bowl for a day after the flames are out. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  The south-easter

  15. nov – 28. feb · vanligvisVindsesongStengninger

  The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time. It is at its hardest from November to February and decides your mountain day far more than the forecast does. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Kirstenbosch sunset concerts

  20. nov – 31. mar · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March. Picnic blankets go down hours early and the big names sell out. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Southern right whales (1. jun – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, South African summer holidays

• Helligdag

  South African summer holidays

  15. des – 15. jan · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mountain fire season (1. nov – 15. mai (vanligvis)), The south-easter (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Kirstenbosch sunset concerts (20. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))