OPEN VIEWPOINTS & WATERING HOLES TOURS:
Private, group tours, available 7-days a week.
We travel by bus between six exceptional pubs, bars and rooftops in the Cape Town inner-city, telling the mesmerising story of the city along the way, exploring the forces of history that shaped the city into what it is today. A day of fun, drinks, learning, changing perceptions and contemplating the future too. An experience that will touch you deeply.
Typical stops could include the Neighbourgood Bree Street (start), 14 Stories at Sun Square Hotel (Foreshore), Cloud 9 (Tamboerskloof), Athletic Club & Social (City Centre), Drinkery (Heritage Square) and Cape Town Gin & Spirits Emporium (Waterfront). Stops may alter from time to time depending on private event bookings at venues.
The story we tell along the way is not about the places we visit per se, but about the city you see from, and experience via, these exceptional venues. It is simply the best way to get an overview of the history of Cape Town – one of the most complex and astounding cities in the world, situated amidst the most spectacular natural landscape on the planet.
The storytelling, presented by Gerald Garner, is mesmerizing, intense, engaging and thought-provoking. It unpacks the contested history of Cape Town is six separate sessions, presented at the stops along the way.
Gerald starts off with the Scramble for Africa, the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and the imprisonment of King Cetshwayo. He then takes the audience back to pre-colonial times and unpacks how the Cape became Dutch, French, and British at different times since the mid-1600s. Next up is full British occupation during the Industrial Revolution, the war for control of gold, and the formation of the Union of South Africa by 1910.
Gerald then marches the audience through the troubled times of the 1st and 2nd World Wars and untangles how Cape Town became the Apartheid City of the 1960s, moving on to the struggle against Apartheid and the dawn of democracy. All along, he explains how world- and local politics shaped the city physically. He ends with a powerful analyses of the Cape Town of today and the future city it could become.
Group rates:
A minimum fee of R8000 applies for groups of 8 or less guests (covering bus transport/driver and storytelling/guiding. Any food or drinks for customers’ own accounts on the day.
A tour for 9 to 12 guests: R1000 per person
A tour for 13 to 22 guests: R950 per person
A tour for more than 22 guests: R850 per person.
Note that the fee covers the bus transport/driver and storytelling/guiding. It does NOT include drinks or eats along the way, which is for the clients own account on the day.
BOOKINGS:
To book, send a whatsapp to 082 894 5216 or email to gerald@localplaces.co.za
We will respond with confirmation and payment link.
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