TRAVELLING TO CAPE TOWN

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AIR

Delegates to Cape Town mostly arrive and depart by air. Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town have modern airports with facilities to match. Apart from shops and restaurants, international arrival halls have banks and foreign exchange outlets. Lounges are available for business-class travellers. All of the airports offer wireless Internet (WIFI) access throughout the building or designated ‘hot spots’ where coverage exists. Cape Town International Airport offers direct flights to a number of centres in Africa, Asia and Europe but the bulk of international carriers fly into Johannesburg. Cape Town is a two-hour domestic flight from Johannesburg and on average there are flights every half hour between the two cities with a variety of domestic carriers.

Cape Town International Airport has won numerous awards during the past decade, including the World Travel Award for Africa’s Leading Airport, seven years in a row between 2008-2015.

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GROUND TRAVEL

The new Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) System offers international visitors a scheduled bus service between the city centre, the airport and select suburbs in Cape Town. By consolidating existing rail, bus, minibus and metered taxi services, the IRT provides an efficient and robust transport network. CCTV surveillance cameras and security personnel ensure commuter safety and infrastructure is wheelchair friendly.

MyCiTi is Cape Town’s safe, reliable, convenient bus system. It is the perfect way to connect with the city from the airport and to explore some of the destinations Cape Town has to offer.

MyCiTi operates up to 18 hours a day, depending on the route. The MyCiti airport-to-city service runs between the Cape Town International Airport and the Civic Centre bus stations via the N2 and Nelson Mandela Boulevard at a cost of around R80. The MyCiti inner-city bus service provides convenient transport to hotels, accommodation nodes, restaurants, entertainment areas, parking areas and places of interest. Prices vary from point to point and can be calculated at myciti.org.za.

ONCE IN CAPE TOWN

The city is ideal to explore on foot and this is the perfect way to experience the energy and vibrancy of the city.

Cape Town offers a wide selection of car rental companies with good road systems. An international driver’s license is required and driving is on the left hand side of the road.

The City of Cape Town is working to develop its bicycle infrastructure, and there are a growing number of safe cycling routes and places to ride in the city and surrounds as well as a number of bicycle hire shops. Cape Town’s natural environment is also abundant with tarmac roads, single tracks, switchbacks and jeep tracks to suit everyone from the leisure cyclist to the technical rider.

Luxury air-conditioned coaches and shuttle buses usually transport delegates between the airport, hotels, the CTICC and their functions. Metered taxis are also available.The online travel service, Uber, is also a very popular and convenient way to travel around Cape Town.