Cape Town Β· South Africa

Cape Town New Year's Eve

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town; contextual city photograph, not a New Year display.
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town; contextual city photograph, not a New Year display. Image: Lawrence W.K. Ho Β· CC BY-SA 3.0 Β· Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

A southern-summer waterfront escape for New Year. Make Cape Town a longer stay, with the celebration sitting alongside time to discover the city rather than becoming the whole itinerary.

Destination background

The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major shopping mall, a marina, and multiple large hotels.

Adapted background from Wikipedia contributors, V&A Waterfront, CC BY-SA 4.0. This reference describes the place or tradition, rather than a current event programme.

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Make it your own journey

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