Excursions LAL Cape Town

City Tour

This tour is a must for all new arrivals! Get orientated in Cape Town and see the sights of the city. Visit Sea Point, Clifton, Camps Bay, the Company’s Garden, the Castle, Parliament, the Bo-Kaap and much more.

Helicopter Flight – The Hopper

This gentle taster of Cape Town from the air features the V&A Waterfront, the famous four beaches of Clifton, Camps Bay, the towering Twelve Apostles and the City Bowl below Table Mountain.

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

World-renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it displays, and for the magnificence of its setting against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. Kirstenbosch grows only indigenous South African plants. The cultivated garden (36 hectares) displays collections of South African plants, particularly those from the winter rainfall region of the country.

Township Tour

Come and experience the magic and mysteries of the townships. Learn about South African history and what the effects of apartheid had on the people of SA. You’ll be taught a little bit of Xhosa, the local African language, to help you interact with the local community. Includes the District Six Museum, Langa, community projects, a Sangoma (healer), Bonteheuwel, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha,the smallest hotel in Africa, and drinks in a Shebeen.

Spier Wine Estate & Cheetah Farm

The first stop for visitors at Spier is the Wine Welcome Centre. It is home to all the information visitors need. It is also the heart of Spier Wines, where the award-winning wines are informally tasted and sold.  Spier has made land available to a group of hand-raised cheetahs in the care of the Cheetah Outreach Programme. Learn more about these incredible cats from a distance, or get up close and personal and even step inside an enclosure. Entrance donations help fund the Cheetah Outreach Programme.

Full Day Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point

Penguins at Boulder’s Beach, hiking, swimming, seals. See False Bay, South-Western tip of AFRICA and much more! Understand why Sir Francis Drake named it the fairest Cape of all.

Blouberg Beach 

Blouberg Beach is situated between Big Bay and Table View Beach. The corner of the beach has some great rock pools to explore. Many photographs are taken of Table Mountain from here, with the waves splashing over the rocks and the mountain in the background. From the beach you can look out into Table Bay as well as look back down the beach at Table View and Milnerton.

When the beach is windy, the surf is dominated by the tricks and aerobatic skills of kites surfers and boardsailors. The conditions here are ideal for these sports as it’s often quite windy and there is plenty of space along the beach to accommodate all the sailors. When the wind is calm this is a great place to relax and work on your tan.

Grandwest Casino & entertainment complex

Gamble the night away at Cape Town’s premier casino. Blackjack, slots, roulette and more.

Mzoli’s

For an experience not to be forgotten, join the locals at Mzoli’s- a local butchery, turned music venue, turned fashion extravaganza. Come and enjoy a real township restaurant. The famous Mzolis is situated in the township of Gugulethu. This place pumps and is frequented by artists, musicians, actors and politicians, (includes transport, complimentary beer and tray of meat).

Access Park

Access Park is a large area of factory shops located in Kenilworth. There are a large variety of shops and in there really are some excellent prices to be found. Some of the more well known shops on offer:

• Levis
• Cape Union Mart
• New Balance
• Several baby stores
• Reebok, Nike and Addidas
• Several shoe stores
• Several luggage shops

There are some actual savings to be had at Access Park and consequently it can get quite busy so you may have to drive around to find parking.

Kalk Bay

Discover this wonderful seaside village on the south peninsula. There are markets, many antique shops and lots of bars/restaurants right on the water. Bring your swimming clothes and a towel as there is a beach there too.

Great White Shark cage diving

Enter the world of the Great White Shark and witness these magnificent creatures in their natural environment while coming face to face with these gracious predators. An experience not to be missed! Available every day! Includes breakfast, lunch, transport, equipment. This trip can be done any day of the week.

1-Day Safari

The safari takes place in Aquila Private Game Reserve, the best game reserve in the Cape with the only Big Five experience near Cape Town. An early morning departure leads to welcome drinks upon arrival whereby you will be taken on an open-vehicle, 2 hour game drive followed by lunch under the trees.

Safari Weekend

This is a 2 and a half day tour starting on Friday afternoon and finishing on Sunday evening. The first day is spent in Hermanus, a whale watching heaven. On the way you will stop by a penguin colony near Betty’s Bay. That evening can be spent exploring Hermanus’s nightlife. The next day you will go wine tasting after breakfast, and then take a game drive at the Garden Safari Game Lodge where you can see lion, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, cheetah and more. You will have dinner at the lodge and sleep there and there is also an outside Jacuzzi for use. An optional trip to the Gouritz bungy jump is also available. On Sunday there will be another game drive before heading back to Cape Town. On the way back you will stop at a reptile park and cheetah reserve.

4-Day Kruger Park Tour

This tour consists of two nights of camping and the third night in a 5 star game lodge in the Kruger. All game drives are conducted in open vehicles. This tour consists of 2 open vehicle, night drives, a morning walk in the Kruger, a Shangaan cultural evening and morning.

Horse Riding

Gallop along the beautiful Noordhoek beach, splash through the surf and feel the wind rush through your hair. Beginners welcome.

Action Paintball

Give your trigger finger a workout and practice your war game skills in the serenity of Tokai forest. Not For the faint hearted!

Table Mountain

The school is offering a transport to Table Mountain. Please note that you will have to find your own way back and that the trip is weather permitting.

Go Kart Racing

Bring out the Lewis Hamilton in you as you show everyone who really is the fastest driver! Fantastic fun for everyone.

Full day surfing and sandingboarding

We pick clients up from the school, and head to Muizenburg beach, one of the best beginner surfing spots in the country. Every person is provided with a wet suit and board specifically designed for beginners. We have two sessions in the water before lunch and we are off to the dunes where we will have some great fun sand boarding. Beginners or advanced

Lions Head

A relatively quick and easy hike (there’s one tricky bit where you’ll use chains or a steel ladder). The effort is well worth the superb view of the city, Atlantic Seaboard and beaches. Weather permitting.

Bo Kaap and Slave museum

Come and discover the multicultural character of the Cape as you spend the afternoon interacting with the locals of Bo Kaap. You’ll walk through the colourful streets of the old Malay Quarter which is crowed with history and untold stories.

Canal Walk

A shopper’s paradise; with over 400 shops, entertainment, cinemas, restaurants and coffee shops. Canal Walk offers the most comprehensive shopping experience in South Africa.

Paragliding

Experience the thrill of flying off Lion’s head – the most beautiful view over Camps Bay and the 12 apostles.

South African Museum

Dedicated to promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of natural history and anthropology, the South African Museum houses more than one and a half million specimens of scientific importance.

Dinner at Mandela’s

The best way to live, feel, and understand South African townships as they are today. Eat real Xhosa food, watch a Zulu choir sing and dance for you, dance with the locals to Kwaito (African hip-hop) music. An incredible evening that includes transport.