Directions Cape Town International Airport to Cape Town City Centre

Directions on how to get from the Airport to Cape Town will guarantee you an easy drive into the Mother City

Directions from Cape Town International Airport to Cape Town

Follow Airport “Exit” signage then pick up on the N2 “Cape Town” signs as you leave the Airport area. After 3km join the N2 double lane motorway heading for Cape Town. Pass the twin concrete cooling towers on the right hand side of the N2 motorway. The N2 turns left relatively sharply - follow “N2 City” signage.

Keep following N2 – Cape Town signage and where highway splits, as driving onto the gentle outer slopes of Table Mountain, keep to the right, also when it splits again, stay on the right hand side. The highway makes a few bends, until at the end of this highway you will pass the Cape Town International Convention Centre and arrive at a very large intersection with a few sets of traffic lights. This is Buitengracht.Take a right to enter the V&A Waterfront, and straight ahead Cape Town awaits you.

Directions to Camps Bay
If you need directions to Camps Bay from the airport, all you need to do is to continue straight at these traffic lights on Buitengracht and keep going straight. Buitengracht goes over into Kloofnek Road and Kloofnem Road will take you over the mountain in between Table mountain on your left and Lion’s Head on your right. Form the top of the hill you will see Camps Bay. Simply drive this winding road to get to the heart of Camps Bay.

About Cape Town:

Cape Town is not only one of South Africa’s most popular holiday spots, but has also become one of the world’s most popular tourism destinations.

The Mother City, as it is fondly known, has a rich, diverse landscape, surrounded by mountains, Fynbos, two different oceans and breathtaking beaches.

Wherever you are in Cape Town, you will always have a view of Cape Town’s famous landmark, Table Mountain. On some days, cloud covers the mountain in the blink of an eye and when this happens, Capetoneans call it the Tablecloth.

There are so many things to do during the day, night, winter or summer, that one could easily stay here for a couple of weeks or more on holiday.

The one thing that makes Cape Town truly unique, other than it’s cosmopolitan atmosphere, the beautiful beaches, the wide variety of restaurants and it’s interesting people is the fact that it is surrounded by natural beauty and near-by Winelands. You could drive from Cape Town in any direction, and 20 minutes later you’ll find yourself in a completely different environment.

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