The World Famous Arabella Golf Club in South Africa

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. The price of accommodation, restaurants and golf green fees is a fraction of the equivalent cost in the United States or Europe when converted to dollars or euros.

There is a large choice of Cape Town golf courses available as well as golf courses around the Cape Town area. A total of 15 Cape Town golf courses are rated within the Golf Digest top 100 courses for South Africa. 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. Recommended Cape Town golf courses include Steenberg Golf Club, Royal Cape Golf Club, Clovelly Country Club, Atlantic Beach Golf Club and King David Golf Club, to name just a few. To find out more about Cape Town golf courses and the other Western Cape courses check out the Western Cape golf directory provided by GolfLinx.

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. Most of the wine estates in the region offer wine tasting and tours of their vineyards and cellars. 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 Western Cape accommodation directory.