This small group Running City Tour was designed with Business and Leisure travellers in mind who desire to remain fit during their stay in Cape Town. We offer you a qualified Personal Trainer, a running tour through beautiful Cape Town City and V&A Waterfront and hotel pick up and drop off. Staying fit whilst travelling becomes much more enjoyable when joining a group of like-minded individuals led by a Personal Trainer. Our running tour begins in the heart of the City after hotel pick up and ends along the Atlantic seaboard in Mouille Point beachfront before hotel drop off.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Hotel pick up and drop off
✔ Chilled Bottled water
✔ Qualified Personal Trainer
✖ Meals, Drinks and Gratuities (optional)
✖ Personal Hand Towel (optional)
Pickup Locations
1. Cresta Grande Cape Town
2. The PortsWood
3. City Lodge Hotel Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
4. Radisson Hotel Cape Town Foreshore
5. SunSquare Cape Town Gardens
6. Radisson Blu Le Vendome Hotel, Cape Town
7. Southern Sun Cape Sun
8. The Table Bay
9. Radisson Collection Hotel, Waterfront Cape Town
10. ONOMO Hotel Cape Town - Inn On The Square
11. Taj Cape Town
12. Holiday Inn Express Cape Town City Centre, an IHG hotel
13. The Westin Cape Town
14. Southern Sun The Cullinan
15. Pullman Cape Town City Centre*****
16. Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town
17. Queen Victoria Hotel & Manor House
18. Victoria & Alfred Hotel
19. One&Only Cape Town
20. SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl
Additional Info: Pick up will be will be at guest's accommodation in Cape Town between 7:00 and 7:30am.
Itinerary
1
Cape Town International Convention Centre
After pick up we begin with a warm up stretch exercise in the heart of the city in Adderley Street. Here we will see some exciting historical monuments and buildings which are stalwarts of the city’s culture and history, including the Bartolomeu Dias Monument, the Jan Van Riebeek Monument and the Zacharias Waganaer Water Reservoir.
Duration: 15 minutes
2
Bo-kaap
Along our running session, your tour guide will make sure that Bo Kaap known as the Cape Malay, with its historical colourful houses is not to be miss before proceeding to the Waterfront. Adderley Street, the Company gardens, the South African House of Parliament, The High Court will be part of this fitness tour.
Duration: 15 minutes
3
V&a Waterfront
Running through the city with your qualified Personal Trainer/Tour Guide, we proceed over Fan Walk bridge which was built for the World Cup hosted in South Africa in 2010. This allows you an opportunity to feel the energy of the Mother City as it comes to life early morning. Proceeding to the Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront, we enter at the Silo District and Clocktower Precinct. Learn about the history of the Cape Town Harbour and Silo area before it became built up with hotels and art museums. Take a photo in the yellow frame with the spectacular Table Mountain as a backdrop. The clocktower precinct is also the Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island.
We continue our running tour to the main section of the V&A Waterfront by means of a newly renovated connecting swing bridge. We find ourselves in the hub of one of the most popular tourist destinations that is the V&A waterfront in Cape Town. Another photo opportunity presents itself with the majestic Table Mountain in the background. Your personal trainer/tour guide will share the history of the Waterfront, which first opened for trading in 1990. Take advantage of a photo with the four Nobel Prize winners' statues.
Duration: 45 minutes
4
Mouille Point Beach
Follow your Personal Trainer/Tour Guide as he/she guides you along the safe running pathways to Mouille Point Beachfront. Passing through Beach Road, learn about Somerset Hospital and the Cape Town Stadium. Cape Town Stadium in Green Point was one of the ten stadiums built for the FIFA World Cup hosted by South Africa in 2010. Be sure to take a photo here. Our tour ends with some stretch exercises under the guidance of our qualified Personal Trainer/Tour Guide at Mouille Point Beachfront. Smell the fresh Atlantic Ocean breeze and enjoy a chilled bottled water and a refresher towel. Drop off will be at your accommodation in Cape Town.
Duration: 45 minutes
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
