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A Guide to Cape Town Golf Vacations
Filed under Reader ArticlesDec 20The World Famous Arabella Golf Club in South Africa
Cape Town is one of the world's most beautiful cities, and is South Africa's most popular tourist destination. Many golfers worldwide have also discovered that Cape Town is a golfers paradise, with many world class golf courses to choose from. As Cape Town also includes many other tourist attractions besides its golf courses it is truly a top destination for golfing holidays. The favorable South African Rand exchange rate is also an attraction for tourists coming from Europe or North America. The price of accommodation, restaurants and golf green fees is a fraction of the equivalent cost in the United States or Europe when converted to dollars or euros.
There is a large choice of Cape Town golf courses available as well as golf courses around the Cape Town area. Golf Digest has ranked 15 of these courses in South Africa's top 100 courses. This includes the internationally renowned Arabella Golf Club and Resort which is one hour's drive from Cape Town. This championship course is arguably the best course in the Western Cape, and with good reason. Arabella is situated right next to the Bot River lagoon in spectacular surroundings. This course has a selection of tee boxes to suit any level of golfer, and the course has hosted several South African opens. Recommended golf courses in the beautiful Cape Winelands area near Cape Town include the Jack Nicklaus designed Pearl Valley Golf Course, Erinvale Golf Club, De Zalze Golf Club, Stellenbosch Golf Club and Paarl Golf Club.
The Cape Town golf courses and the golf courses in the Cape Town area will provide any golfer with enough variety for a memorable golfing holiday. Atlantic Beach Golf Club, Clovelly Country Club, Royal Cape Golf Club, Steenberg Golf Club, and King David Golf Club are just a few of the Cape Town golf courses that are highly recommended. To obtain further information about all the Western Cape and Cape Town golf courses go to the GolfLinx golf directory for the Western Cape.
Besides the Cape Town golf courses there are many other top tourist attractions in Cape Town. There is Table Mountain which towers over the city of Cape Town. At over 3000 feet high, it can be seen from anywhere in Cape Town. You can take a revolving cable car, or hike up to the summit of the mountain using numerous hiking trails. The viewing station at the top has a restaurant and a bar with spectacular views of the city and the Atlantic.
The wine farms in the Cape Winelands produce some of the finest wines in the world. Most of the wine estates in the region offer wine tasting and tours of their vineyards and cellars. There are numerous wine routes one can take through the region, and there are many guided bus tours which leave from Cape Town. Another popular attraction in Cape Town is its beaches. The numerous beaches in Cape Town have spectacular mountain backdrops as the scenery as well as soft, white sand.
The V&A Waterfront is Cape Town's most visited attraction, and offers good shopping facilities, wining and dining establishments, various live shows and the Two Oceans Aquarium. Many boat trips can be booked from the V&A Waterfront, including a boat trip tour to the Robben Island where one can tour the maximum security prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated. Besides the Cape Town golf courses, theses are just some of the other attractions that Cape Town has to offer.
To find available accommodation in Cape Town, take a look at the GolfLinx accommodation guide for the Western Cape.
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