DetourmapPlaces worth the detour in Cape Town
16 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Cape Town, South Africa, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (12). Best known: Table Mountain. 9 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Within 30 km
- 16
- Oldest
- Koopmans-de Wet House 1914
- Little known
- 9 of 16
- Most from
- 20th century
All 16, ranked 16
Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.
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4.Table Mountain National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
National park on Cape Peninsula, South Africa, which protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain
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9.SS Oakburn and Bos 400
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Historic wreck and dive site at Duiker Point on the Cape Peninsula west coast
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10.SS Maori
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Shoreline historical wreck in Leeugat Bay on the Cape Peninsula west coast
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11.Silvermine Nature Reserve
Nature · Hidden gem
Part of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa
Questions about this page
What is worth seeing near Cape Town?
16 places within 30 km: 12 nature & landscapes and 4 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Table Mountain.
Is there anything near Cape Town that most visitors miss?
9 of these 16 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.
What is the oldest thing near Cape Town?
Koopmans-de Wet House, dated to 1914.
How is the 30 km radius measured?
As the crow flies from the centre of Cape Town, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.