Coffeebeans Routes

Cuisine Safari, Cape Town

With the incredible diversity of people in the city, you can imagine the kind of diversity of foods we have. So the Cuisine Safari was designed to give guests the chance to explore the city through food.

PRIVATE TOUR ONLY
Duration: 4 hours (approx)
Starting from USD 250 pp / ZAR 3791 pp

Book via info@coffeebeansroutes.com

 

Highlights:

  • Sample Cape Malay and isiXhosa traditional foods
  • Experience local food in the home of a local cook
  • Taste local street food

Inclusions:

  • all food and non-alcoholic drinks
  • Collection from and return to central accommodation
  • mineral water

Exclusions:

  • discretionary tips
  • items of a personal nature

Best Suited for:

  • Families
  • Groups of friends
  • Foodies interested in traditional dishes
  • Incentive groups (please email us a request for large groups)

Have you heard of snoek? Injeera? Koesusters? Daaltjies? Ulusu? Umngqusho?

These are just some of the foods we have in Cape Town.

With the incredible diversity of people in the city, you can imagine the kind of diversity of foods we have. So the Cuisine Route was designed to give guests the chance to explore the city through food. It’s a great lense.

On this half day experience you will sample the flavours and stories behind several of the different cultural foods of the city, from street food to chisa nyamas or hot meat bars to traditional home-cooked cuisine.

The tour generally includes food elements across a wide ambit of Cape Town, including the historic city, and townships such as Langa and Guguletu.

Example itinerary:

  • 0900 Collection at accommodation, overview of the programme
  • 0930 Tasting of Cape Malay dishes in local eateries
  • 1100 Tasting of iconic township street foods
  • 1145 Tasting of isiXhosa dishes in the home of a township based cook
  • 1300 Drop off at accommodation

In the Media

NEW YORK TIMES
"...authenticity ...an adventure"
TIME MAGAZINE
"A cultural treasure hunt"
NEW YORK TIMES
"A Culinary Gateway to Cape Town"
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
"A fascinating window on life"
SUNDAY TIMES UK
"A new & novel way to get inside the city"
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
"...an especially rich experience"