We have firmly established that Cape Town is a world-class city. It wouldn’t be topping so many destination lists if it wasn’t. This brings about two very important points. Firstly, world-class city means world-class prices. Secondly, those of us who live here are insanely lucky!
But, Business Tech recently shared insights into South Africa’s holiday destinations, and it turns out the Western Cape is the most expensive vacation spot in the country. When you think about our incredible wine farms, world-famous attractions and internationally recognised eateries, this is not much of a surprise.
The data was pulled from accommodation portal, Accommodation Direct. It was drawn from 20 000 accommodation listings from over 2 000 areas in South Africa. Staying in the Western Cape costs around R7 365, KwaZulu Natal is the second most expensive at R5 076, followed by the North West at R2 768. Plett is the most expensive town to stay in (Cape Town came in third) and nine of the 10 most expensive suburbs to find accommodation in are based in the Western Cape.
So, if you were planning on vacationing in the Western Cape, and this puts you off, don’t panic. Accommodation Direct CEO, Rupert Bryant says the primary reason the province topped the list is due to length of stay. This means people are staying here for longer in comparison to other places, and who can blame them? There is a ridiculous number of cool things to do, see, taste and experience in Cape Town alone, nevermind the whole province.
And to those of us who live here. The best things to do, such as hiking, sitting on the beach or taking in the magnificent views are all absolutely free!
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I don’t think cuz I’m enjoying my holiday here in cape town and the weather is beautiful and cool!
The waterfront is way over priced for starters.
Don’t know how this can be possible for foreigners with the value of the rand being so low …
I often said that we would ” kill the golden egg”.
Poor us ” locals” cannot often afford the prices. U0001f629U0001f629
Oops .. ” kill the chicken that lays the golden egg”.
we enjoyed a great holiday last year in cape town and we will be back this year we did not find it expensive if anything we found it very cheap bot excelent value and the people all were great it was a lovely holiday
Its not expensive for tourists at all, if you live here it is
Only expensive for residents, I lived there for 8years when the rand was approx. 1.50 to the pound but now it’s 22/23 so for tourists it’s brilliant
Well, the locals certainly can’t afford to go to many of the attractions.
Just spend a week holiday there. Was not that bad but one restaurant charged R180 a steak. Luckily I only eat fish when in Cape Town and that was cheap!
There are loads of places where Capetonians can go to that aren’t that expensive and similarly there are many restaurants that serve excellent food that are very reasonably priced.
Its cheap for us South Africans but cheap for UK ppl that is why you saw 400000 of them floaking there during last year holidays.For me R20k will end in just two days at Cape
Yes I would agree with that , but thank goodness because of our Politicians our Rand is so weak that it is very cheap for International Tourists to come here .
Climbed that mountain twice. Some cspetonians never have.
Your steak would equate to £9.43 which is very cheap compared to UK where a decent steak would cost at least £15 so I suppose it depends where you are from
Doug Hood very true but compared to what we pay in Jhb it was a bit much
Nou lag ek. Is that s bedpan in front. Sorry its soccer field.
YES i AGREE …. SA seems to think that because of our weak Rand, the tourists have endless buckets of money to spend … and charge exorbidant prices. Quite a few sites quote prices for SA citizens only 🙁 🙁 🙁
As a tourist guide and operator in Cape Town I must agree with this. It’s ridiculous how the charges go up from year to year. #capepoint #boulders #tablemountain #kirstenboschbotanical #restaurants #fishnchips at #HoutBay …to mention but a few
I am nuts about Sea Point.
People are being ripped-off in comparison to global standards. Food, Travel, Communications cost are just way to expensive. These costs hurts the ordinary citizen and most definitely hurts entrepreneurship – it’s wrong