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Suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape, South Africa

Tamboerskloof

Tamboerskloof is a neighbourhood and suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Tamboerskloof
Tamboerskloof · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Tamboerskloof is a neighbourhood and suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It lies on the slopes of Lion's Head and Signal Hill, adjacent to the neighbourhoods of Gardens and Bo-Kaap. Tamboerskloof is one of the contiguous group of neighbourhoods referred to as the City Bowl.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tamboerskloof

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Table Mountain

    Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors either using the cableway or hiking to the top.

    3.8 km · mountain in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cape Town Stadium

    The Cape Town Stadium is a football and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built as part of the country's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the planning stage, it was known as the Green Point Stadium, which was the name of the older stadium on an adjacent site, and this name was also used frequently during World Cup media coverage.

    2.9 km · sports stadium in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Castle of Good Hope

    The Castle of Good Hope is a 17th century pentagonal bastion fort in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay, following land reclamation in the Foreshore area, the fort is now located inland.

    2.2 km · 17th-century bastion fort in Cape Town, South African · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Table Mountain National Park

    Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation. The park contains two well-known landmarks, Table Mountain, for which the park is named, and the Cape of Good Hope, the most southwestern extremity of Africa.

    4.6 km · national park on Cape Peninsula, South Africa, which protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Lion's Head

    Lion's Head is a mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres above sea level.

    1.5 km · mountain in South Africa · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Signal Hill

    Signal Hill, or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain. The hill was also known as "The Lion's Flank", a term now obsolete.

    1.3 km · mountain in Cape Town · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Table Mountain Fire (2021)

    The 2021 Table Mountain fire was a major fire that started on 18 April 2021 in and around Table Mountain National Park and the neighbourhoods of Newlands, Rosebank, Mowbray and Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. The damage to sites in the Table Mountain area included the Rhodes Memorial, where a restaurant burned down; the upper campus of the University of Cape Town, where the Special Collections library was gutted; and Mostert's Mill, a historic windmill that burned down.

    5.9 km · Wildfires in Table Mountain · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Iziko South African Museum

    The Iziko South African Museum, formerly the South African Museum, is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country.

    1 km · museum in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Two Oceans Aquarium

    The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The aquarium was opened on the 13 November 1995 and comprises several exhibition galleries with large viewing windows: The aquarium is named for its location, where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet.

    2.7 km · aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

    Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is a public non-profit museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Zeitz MOCAA opened on September 22, 2017 as the largest museum of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora.

    2.9 km · museum of contemporary art in South Africa · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Tamboerskloof

Airports
Cape Town (CPT), 19 km
Stations
Cape Town railway station, 2.2 km
  • George → Tamboerskloof
    374 km · quickest by road, 6h 23m · R390–520
  • Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) → Tamboerskloof
    666 km · quickest by air, 4h 43m · R1,300–2,020
  • Kimberley → Tamboerskloof
    835 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · R1,510–2,340
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tamboerskloof

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tamboerskloof. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundMinibus taxis are used widely by locals but tourists are usually discouraged from using them, except for the Green Point - Sea Point - Clifton - Camps Bay route that is frequently used by tourists.
  • Get aroundSome minibus taxi operators have noticed the upsurge in the tourist market and are starting to provide safe and legal alternatives to the traditional minibus taxis.
  • Get aroundThey are more expensive than traditional minibus taxis, but still far cheaper than metered taxis.
  • Go nextCape Town is perfectly placed for many one or two day trips, which offer a variety in experiencing fresh landscapes and cultures.
  • Go nextThe tour takes 3½ hours including the ferry ride to and from the island.

From Wikivoyage: Cape Town, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SossusvleiNA

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,064 km
  2. 02
    South Luangwa National Park and MfuweZM

    12 ways of moving, 36 sources

    2,682 km
  3. 03
    Cape Maclear (Chembe)MW

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,765 km
  4. 04
    Ilha de MoçambiqueMZ

    11 ways of moving, 47 sources

    3,071 km
  5. 05
    ZanzibarTZ

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    3,755 km

If you know how people move in Tamboerskloof – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Tamboerskloof

Tamboerskloof is 2 km from Cape Town, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Cape Towncity in the Western Cape, South Africa1.9 km
  • Bo-Kaapneighbourhood in Cape Town, South Africa1.2 km
  • District Sixlocality in Cape Town, South Africa2.8 km
  • Camps Baysuburb in Cape Town, South Africa3 km
  • Sea Pointsuburb of Cape Town, South Africa1.9 km
  • V&A Waterfrontquarter of Cape Town in South Africa3.4 km