Must-see attractions in Green Point & ­Waterfront

  • Prison Barrack on Robben Island

    Robben Island

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Used as a prison from the early days of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) right up until 1996, this Unesco World Heritage site is preserved as a memorial…

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    V&A Waterfront

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This historic working harbour has a spectacular setting and many tourist-oriented attractions, including masses of shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas and…

  • Zeitz MOCAA Museum

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    The Waterfront's old grain silo has been transformed into this state-of-the-art museum for the contemporary Southern African art collection of…

  • Two Oceans Aquarium.

    Two Oceans Aquarium

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This excellent aquarium features denizens of the deep from the cold and the warm oceans that border the Cape Peninsula. It's a chance to see penguins,…

  • Green Point, Cape Town

    Green Point Urban Park

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    One of the best things to come out of the redevelopment of Green Point Common for the 2010 World Cup is this park and biodiversity garden. Streams fed by…

  • Blue Train Park

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    A fixture of the Mouille Point seafront for generations and great for toddlers, this child-sized loco and carriages chugs around a creatively landscaped…

  • Cape Town Stadium

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Shaped like a giant traditional African hat and wrapped with a Teflon-mesh membrane designed to catch and reflect natural light, this R4.5-billion stadium…

  • Nobel Square

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Here’s your chance to have your photo taken with Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. Larger-than-life statues of both men, designed by the artist Claudette…

  • Diamond Museum

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Really an extended sales pitch for the bling on sale in the attached Shimansky Jewellers, the displays at this museum have nonetheless been put together…

  • The Springbok Experience

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    You don't have to be rugby crazy to enjoy this attraction, which celebrates the history of rugby in South Africa and, in particular, the trials and…

  • Green Point Lighthouse

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Often mistakenly called Mouille Point Lighthouse (the remains of which are in the grounds of the nearby Cape Town Hotel School), this red-and-white candy…

  • Chavonnes Battery Museum

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This museum houses the remains of an early-18th-century cannon battery, one of several fortifications the Dutch built around Table Bay. It was partly…

  • Robinson Dry Dock

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    One of the Waterfront's most fascinating sights is this large dry dock, opened in 1882 and still used to repair ships today. Named after Governor Sir…

  • Cape Wheel

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    What was supposed to be a temporary attraction at the Waterfront has proved so popular that it's been made a permanent fixture. Your ticket gives you four…

  • Battery Park

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Designed to connect the Waterfront to the City Centre, Battery Park has transformed the Canal District of the V&A Waterfront. The centrepiece is the skate…

  • Maritime Centre

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This small museum, stocked with model ships, houses the John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre (www.rapidttp.co.za/museum), a resource for those interested…

  • Nelson Mandela Gateway

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Tours of Robben Island depart from this complex. Even if you don’t plan a visit to the island, it’s worth dropping by the museum here, with its focus on…

  • Clock Tower

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This red-and-grey Victorian Gothic–style building, dating from 1882, is from where the harbour master used to control the comings and goings in the docks.

  • Breakwater Prison

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Today it's Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, but in the past this complex housed thousands of prisoners whose hard labour helped build the V&A…

  • Jetty 1

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Preserved as a small museum is the Waterfront’s Jetty 1, from where boats sailed to Robben Island when it was a prison. You can view the tiny holding…

  • Kids Playground

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Next to Green Point Lighthouse, this is an imaginatively constructed playground with a giant ship-shaped climbing frame. Nearby are other family-friendly…

  • Cape Medical Museum

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    The 'Disease and History' exhibit at this quirky museum details in length (with some gruesome photographs) the history of major diseases in the Cape, from…

  • Time Ball Tower

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Built in 1894, this was once used to signal the time to ships in the bay; when the big red ball on the roof was lowered down a metal spike, ship's masters…

  • Old Port Captain's Office

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This beautiful gabled building, dating from 1904, was built for the Port Captain, whose office was previously located in the Clock Tower across the 'cut'…

  • Three Anchor Bay

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    This small, rocky beach has easy access from the promenade. It's from here that the bohemian poet Ingrid Jonker, considered the Sylvia Plath of South…

  • Putt-Putt Golf

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    Get some putting practice in at this fun course on the promenade at Mouille Point. Note, it's closed if there's bad weather.

  • Mouille Point Lighthouse

    Green Point & ­Waterfront

    The remains of Mouille Point Lighthouse, built around 1842 and last operated in 1908, are found in the grounds of the Cape Town Hotel School.