What is Coming to Cape Town this Year, 2011?

Before Johannesburg took over, Cape Town held the title of South Africa’s capital city and the biggest tourist attraction in South Africa. But even now, when Johannesburg quite successfully shares the reputation of a great tourist destination with its former counterpart, Cape Town, the latter still enjoys the status of being South Africa’s second largest city that hosts some of the most eminent and vibrant of the country’s annual events. Moreover, Cape Town is known for possessing some classic tourist destinations that have no parallel all around the world.

If you’re planning to book cheap flights to Cape Town in the future, then let it be this year, because this year from July and onwards Cape Town has plans to entertain you as it has never before. As part of Cape Town’s signature annual events, this year the city will host a number of hip and happening events and an unlimited bash for precisely everyone of every age. Let‘s have a look at some of the sizzling events that the country is planning to host for you to join in.

Delheim’s Jazz and Cheese Fondue Fest:

Cape town has its own way of letting you unwind and this year it plans just the perfect trick to let you giggle, laugh and sing over lively jazz music with drinks and cheese delicacies, at the Delheim’s Jazz and Cheese Fondue Fest. This event is a popular feast that is celebrated in July on every Sunday of this month. This is your best chance to escape the chill and come to downtown Cape Town for some extreme relaxation. Let this year pamper you with a treat of glühwein, made in the most traditional way, to raise you a welcome, followed by singing, dancing and much more fun. Moreover, you can enjoy a taste of the most authentic Swiss cheese fondue with bread and crisp crudités served with traditional dips. And yes, there will be lots of wine and that too, a selection of Delheim’s finest wines. For those who prefer delicious deli over a cup of coffee, this event has all the sophisticated arrangements for them. So, this feast before its end; at Delheim Wines, Knorhoek Road, Stellenbosch.

Castle of Cape Town Guided Tours:

This year, grab a chance to visit the Castle of Good hope with a guided tour that covers the full history, the era of preservation and the present status of the Castle along with the activities that are held here. Castle Of Good Hope is one of the oldest buildings in entire South Africa and today this vast structure proudly holds the seat of Military in Cape Town. These tours would take you to the historical realities stringed to this marvellous building and would allow you to see all the important sections of the Castle. If you’re interested in acquiring an insight of most important and cherished fact about the city, this is probably the best chance for you.

Cape Town in for a bash for the month of August, September & December:

Cape Town is seen as celebrating a pre-Christmas celebration starting from August. You would witness the city bustling with festivity of both, limited and wide scale during the months of August through December. From Hosting the ‘Cape Town Book Fair’, which is a massive showcase of literature with the most intellectual discussions on history and literature, to the ‘Cape town Fashion week’, Jubilance is all that can describe the city’s expressions for this part of the year. The ‘Cape Town International Fashion Week’ is an awe-inspiring event that gets international media coverage and is known to most parts of the planet The event ramps both, upcoming and famous local talents of the country and presents them to the world.

November, on the other hand, is known for hosting ‘the Big Walk’. The inhabitants of the city and thousands of others hold a walk for charity purposes between Simons Town and Cape Town, which makes a distance of 80Km and hence, it is the biggest timed walk ever held in the world.

On the arrival of December, the whole city knows what the month is going to be like. Lighting and exciting events pop up every week before Christmas. This year the city would be hosting the Kirstenbosch Sunday Summer Concerts, the Mother City Queer Projects (MCQP) party and many another event before the Mega Event of Easter.