If you are standing on top of Table Mountain, gazing over the the deep, blue Atlantic and countryside and wondering what is around you, we have provided just those details for your adventure just outside of Cape Town.
About an hour out of town, approximately 75km, on the N7 highway, you'll find the turnoff to Darling, a quiet, charming West Coast town, with a charming community. Another hour up the road, you'll encounter the sandy seaside town of Saldanha and Langebaan. Mostly fisherman and surfers is what you are sure to encounter. Keep going for another two hours and the string of fishing villages turns into a daisy landscape of the Cedarberg Mountains and and the Namaqualand wildflowers.
Leaving the city on the N1, you will soon reach the much talked about area of the Cape Winelands, where a network of roads links the vineyards of Stellenbosch, Franschoek, Paarl and similar wine toasted towns. But, it's not all wine out here, there's more to the winelands than meets the eye. Two hours out of Cape Town you'll roll through the valley of Ceres, known for its fruit farms and sometimes snow-capped mountains.
Turning right off the N1 at Worcester, you will soon find the towns of Robertson, Bonnievale and Ashton. The Breede River pumps water into these winelands and fruit fields, giving holiday travellers plenty of places to explore and plenty of things to eat and drink on their travels.
Heading out of Cape Town on the N2 highway, you'll climb over Sir Lowry's Pass and into the Overberg region, where whales frequent the shores of towns like Hermanus and De Kelders. Closer inland on the N2, you'll pass through Caledon and on your way to the Garden Route and the start of the scenic beautiful towns of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay.
It's a full hours drive out of Cape Town but you will hardly notice the time as you reach Cape Point, the wave-tossed tip of the Cape Peninsula. Venture any further south and you will end up in the Ocean, doggy paddling towards the Penguin colony that resides just outside of the seaside area of Simonstown.