Location

Sea Point offers visitors a variety of pubs, music clubs, coffee shops, restaurants and a lovely promenade along which to walk. Characterised by high-rise, luxury apartments, Sea Point offers urban entertainment in an atmosphere reminiscent of the Big Apple.

The open-top double-decker buses of City Sightseeing are one of the best ways to take in the highlights of Cape Town. With the sun on your shoulders, and an elevated view of your surroundings, you’ll see why the CitySightseeing Bus is the popular official tour of Cape Town.

2 km from the Hyde - Cape Town Stadium hosts all major sporting events as well as international artists and events. 

2 km from the Hyde - Metropolitan Golf Course, Fritz Sonnenberg Road, Green Point, Mouille Point, Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town. At Metropolitan Golf Club you enjoy your game in the most centrally situated green belt of Cape Town.

Cape Town is South Africa's mecca for shopping. There are hundreds of shop to browse through, ranging from large department stores selling exclusive and designer labels to boutique jewellery and curio shops. If you are more into the arts and crafts, you will find these shops as well as stall dotted around this world-class shopping complex.

3.5 km from the Hyde to Dock Station - Once “home” to some of South Africa’s most famous political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, Robben Island is one of South Africa’s most visited tourist attractions, and rightly so. Do not leave Cape Town without visiting the island – it is likely to be one of the highlights of your trip.

Table Mountain is one of the official New7Wonders of Nature. You can get to the top of Cape Town’s most famous icon in just five minutes by taking a cable car up or spend the better part of your day hiking it. Table Mountain Cableway, established in 1929, takes visitors to the top in one of two cable cars, each with rotating floors and huge windows to ensure your views while travelling are almost as spectacular as those on the summit.

17.4 km from the Hyde - Kirstenbosch is South Africa’s world-famous national botanical garden, set against the backdrop of Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak, and home to more than 22 000 indigenous plants. Kirstenbosch is part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.

The Hyde Hotel is lucky to be located in the vicinity of the Atlantic Seaboard of Cape Town. The area is a vast stretch from Victoria & Alfred Waterfront on the north shore of Table Mountain all the way down the west side of the Cape Peninsula to Hout Bay. This is among the most visited beachside areas during summer.

Khayelitsha (meaning “new home”) is one of Cape Town’s largest townships and is situated some 30 km from the Mother City. It consists of both formal accommodation (houses of bricks and mortar) and informal settlements (makeshift shacks). This is a township with its eyes on the future.

Cape Point, the most south-westerly tip of Africa, is a spectacular, narrow finger of land, covered in endemic fynbos and home to picturesque bays, beaches, rolling green hills and valleys. Cape Point falls within the Cape Floral Region, a World Heritage Site, and is the most southerly point within the Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park.

One of the top six tourist destinations in the Western Cape, the Wine Route has been divided into five sub-routes, according to wine styles, climate and location. The sub-routes include the Greater Simonsberg, Stellenbosch Berg, Helderberg, Stellenbosch Valley and Bottelary Hills.

Spotting whales is an exhilarating reward for getting out of the room on Cape Town’s chilly days.

Great White Shark cage diving in Cape Town and Gansbaai, South Africa is the number 1 for most on their bucket list! This is one of the greatest experiences that you will ever experience being only inches away from a Great White Shark protected by a steel cage.

Just a short drive from the popular beaches and seaside towns of the Garden Route lies South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, a place of traditional villages, abundant wildlife, big smiles and no crowds. The Eastern Cape’s biggest draw is its reserves.

 Just a walking distance from the Hyde Hotel, in Mouille Point, is a mini golf course overlooking the sea and the Sea Point Promenade. The is a perfect and affordable spot to enjoy a lazy afternoon or simply and family outing.

If it's a perfect opportunity for birding you are looking for look no further than the World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary. It is the largest bird park in Africa and one of the few large bird parks in the World. It is home to over 3000 birds and over 400 species. The sanctuary is uniquely located along the Atlantic Seaboard, in Hout Bay so you can enjoy the drive as you make your way to get in touch with nature at the sanctuary.

Cape Town is home to some of the most world-class theatres with distinct characteristics. If you love live performances and you are a real theatre buff, you certainly will find one perfect theatre to suit you.

Paragliding in Cape Town has never been easier, and you can tick of your bucket list today! The joy of Paragliding will bring you the closest you can ever be to experience the flight of a bird! Paragliding in Cape Town is mostly done from Signal Hill and on occasion when the wind direction allows from Lions Head inside the beautiful Table Mountain National park.

Departing from the iconic V&A Waterfront, heading along the Atlantic coastline with picturesque views of Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles mountain range, this activity is perfect for any occasion from tying the knot with your special person, to yacht parties and corporate functions. Relaxing on the trampolines or on the padded cushions under covering whilst keeping an eye on the Atlantic waters for a chance to spot some of the incredible marine life that Cape Town has to offer such as Dolphins, Whales, Seals, Penguins and Sun Fish.