Nelson Mandela
A Guide to Cape Town Golf Vacations
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. If one converts South African Rands to dollars or euros, the cost of accommodation, restaurants and golf green fees is just a fraction of the equivalent cost in the United States or Europe.
There is quite a selection of Cape Town golf courses as well as courses near to Cape Town to choose from. In South Africa’s top 100 courses (as rated by Golf Digest), there are 15 Cape Town golf 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. Cape Town golf courses that are recommended include Royal Cape Golf Club, Steenberg Golf Club, Atlantic Beach Golf Club, King David Golf Club and Clovelly Country Club, to mention just a few. To find out more about Cape Town golf courses and the other Western Cape courses check out the GolfLinx Western Cape golf guide.
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.
Some of the finest wines in the world are produced buy the wine farms in the Cape Winelands. Wine tasting and tours of the cellars and vineyards are offered by most of the wine farms in the region. 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. If you are looking for beaches, then Cape Town has a fine selection – the beaches have soft, white sand and incredible mountain backdrops as the scenery.
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.
Biography: Need To Know: Nelson Mandela
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Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony $5.32 The profound effect of music on the eventual dissolution of apartheid in South Africa is the subject of this stirring documentary. Interviews with those on both sides of the conflict, as well as archival footage of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, F.W. de Klerk and Jesse Jackson, are used to illustrate the crucial role protest songs played in the nearly 50-year struggle of the nation’s black citizenry. … |
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Mandela & De Klerk [VHS] $1.20 Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela’s 27-year struggle to end apartheid. That segregation was abolished without bloodshed also had much to do with the political maneuverings of South African President F.W. de Klerk, played with convincing and tired resolution by Caine. Poitier plays the mo… |
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Biography – Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom [VHS] $14.95 The A&E Biography of Nelson Mandela tells, in clear, complete, and exciting detail, the story of the man who dedicated his life to the struggle to end the domination of the black race by the whites in South Africa. Through interviews with colleagues and scholars and wonderful historical footage, we learn both about Mandela’s amazing life story and the sweeping transformation that his nation has un… |
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Amandla: Revolution in Four Part Harmony [VHS] $0.90 The stunning documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony tells the story of protest music in South Africa–but as it does so, it tells the story of the struggle against apartheid itself, for the music and the revolution are inseparable. Through archival footage and interviews with musicians, freedom fighters, and even members of the former government police, Amandla! creates a vivi… |
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