Is Cape Town dangerous? Our honest experience after 30 days
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- Olivia and Nathan here! Is Cape Town safe for tourists? The number one question and concern for people looking to visit Cape Town in 2023 is how safe is it really? Is Cape Town still as dangerous as they say it is, especially after being named one of the most dangerous cities in the world? Here's a window into our experience there and our best attempt at answering that question.
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Cape Town stunning but safe?
2:02 - Airport to City
3:02 - City Center First Impressions
3:45 - Challenges
4:07 - Lodging
5:03 - Touristy areas
5:33 - Private security
5:53 - Crime & CBD
6:18 - Safety tips
6:58 - The people
7:23 - Wealth gap
7:58 - More challenges
9:15 - But…
9:30 - Visiting a township
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The media always focuses on the negative. Doesn't matter what nation is reporting it. Thanks for sharing your experience and showing the positive.
Thank you for shedding positive light on not just Cape Town but our country , we are grateful 👏
I've been to Cape Town 3 times and I've never felt unsafe. I live in Atlanta so I'm much more worried at home. Lol
Cape town has more murders than any city in the world, Atlanta is not in the same universe
As a native Capetonian I love how accurately you’ve captured the experience. Awesome content. I’m definitely subscribing.
Thanks Candice for the support!
Ubuntu is one of South Africa's greatest exports. It has several meanings, but generally something like this: "I am because we are" or "it takes a village to raise a child". It's basically about individual effort and collective responsibility. As South Africans watching this video, we would do well to remember Ubuntu and put it into action every day. I loved what the guide said about us not being defined by past events. He was very gracious and that's a lesson for us all.
I have such respect for you two! What a candid, insightful, and truly well rounded look at an amazing place. I especially loved the end… we are all brothers…..without expecting anything in return. Love you guys!!
Great info. Thanks for sharing!
Great video!!! Well rounded video discussing both good and bad. Excellent!!!
Thank you for such positive information about our city
This is going to be my go-to vid to share when I'm asked about Cape Town safety for tourists! Thank you for making this well thought out, nuanced, amazing vid :)
Loved watching this video!
Well I wasn't expecting to get teary eyed at the end of this video. ❤ Thanks for this the world needs to see
wow .Im am tears, great stuff guys.thanks you
Wow amazing video, thank you!
Lol I stayed in that same Airbnb and yeah that security is serious even the checkin process was a lot. I also got stuck on that elevator when the load shedding happened but luckily their generator came on within minutes of it going off and before I panicked 🙌🏿
The security is no joke in Cape Town. We loved that stay although it was definitely more than we usually pay for accommodation. All the best to you!
I very much enjoyed sharing you trip through beautiful Cape Town and your honesty.
Great information, we’re heading there in September
Hey, how was it in September?
Thank you so much for letting the world know that my city Cape Town is not so bad after all. We South Africans are a resilient nation and we know how to unite when need to. I know apartheid as I was a high school kid who in 1976 protested for our freedom as non white South Africans. We still have a long way to go and I believe we will overcome our past. Once again thank you for your honest view of our city we Capetonians our very proud of our city
amen, we are not represented what happened during apartheid. we are good people, I have nothing but love for my fellow south africans and even though we still struggle with so much racism here, we are still surviving and those of us on the ground are not represented from our politics and corruption, we are represented by the unity we give to each other.
This has been the best video I've seen explaining the foreigner's view of our City of Cape Town. It encapsulates a lot of what the community is going through, the challenges, but also the hope and friendliest people on the planet. Thanks for showing the juxtaposition of the fearmongering and the actuality. Yes, here are major issues, but Cape Townians, more so than most, are trying to help in building a better life for (even many of the super wealthy you mentioned).
Just discovered your channel after visiting cpt in December and really enjoyed your thorough analysis. And also love the editing/videography!!!
Was ANY vaccines REQUIRED to enter South africa (like malaria hep A , cholera etc ) keep in mind I'm from the Bahamas. I'm planning on going between September to October this year but I wanna know if any vaccines are Mandatory to enter
Beautifully done and we'll balanced video. ❤
Thanks for the tips. And by way. Your kitchen is amazing....
Thank you for a very balanced assessment of the situation. As South Africa we have many problems and tourists do need to be sensible when they visit, but I can promise everyone it will be worth your while if you make the trip
This video touched my heart to see how amazingly thoughtful you guys are as filmmakers not just sharing the places your travel but truly the spirit of humanity within the destinations. Your gift to us as viewers is felt by your efforts to share reality and this video leaves me with prayerful hope for this beautiful country. Thank you for sharing the heart and soul of Cape Town ❤
You've said it exactly right... They are super film-makers and really do capture the essence of the city and its people.
I appreciate you have to consider your safety. However, I stayed in the CBD Upper Long Street for two weeks as a solo middle-aged traveller in late 2022. Had a great time. Got to know the locals. Hung out, made many friends that I'm still in contact with. Did activities too numerous to mention and smoked things that I shouldn't mention. I'll be back for sure!
I must say that the infrastructure for the many tourist activities is of the highest order in terms of organisation, safety and friendliness. The Cape is still a top rank tourist destination.
Great video. Thanks for sharing the positive side of our City, but most importantly being very specific. Love it!! I'm a content creator in CPT that represents Cape Town and the beauty it holds, and seeing this is good ❤
I absolutely love your honesty and accurate reflection of the people of South Africa. We are a very resilient and joyful nation. Thank you for sharing your journey with the world to get a glimpse into that.
Nah you guys can have the land!!!👏👏👏 Thank you for this beautiful representation of our city. So honest, so genuine and the same view a lot of us have who were born and bred here and love our home. Glad you guys came and experienced the love of the Mother City 🤎
Good advice
Nathan, thank you for a brilliant review, next time make time to experience to have a braai with the locals😂. Really enjoyed the videos.
thank you for this. I'm considering to visit next month. Do you things things have changed for the better worse, or are they pretty steady since your visit?
Really good video. CapeTown SA
wow, a fascinating place. Resilient people. that last comment made me cry.
Made me feel positive about SA again with this video. Good job guys. Ubuntu Mzansi
thank you
Cheers!
Awesome video as always! Did you guys get any specific vaccines before going, or not necessary if only in the city?
No Vaccines required for South Africa, but if you travel to other parts of Africa then u will need .
Thank you for this! Thoughts on staying at the Mount Nelson hotel located? It looks very close to the central business district, but a 5 star hotel /:
I was in Langa in March 2023...but is different style to the Favela in Rio De Janeiro, BR.
Very well down you two are a class act. To bad some people in the US didn’t feel like your guide that we are all the same.
Wow. Ubuntu!! That gave me goosebumps!
I fucking love you two, come back soon
Just came back also stayed in De Waterkant we also felt safe and had no issues. Can you please share the Air B & B info for the next time we go? TIA
Excellent very well balanced
We are from Australia! How much was the apartment? Cape Town looks great 👍
I will be in Cape Town in two weeks...could you share where I can/should book my tours?
Depending which area you visit I think you will have a ball without really worrying.
As a South-African who lives in Cape Town...
No comment.
I'm South African. And the answer is no. Left South Africa 13 years ago. Visiting is totally different to living there
Thanks for the honesty.....I have heard the same from many South Africans.....not sure why western travellers are so afraid of calling South Africa what it is today.
Hi, can you please share the name of the Airbnb you stayed at while you were in captown?
The building is called “The Docklands.”
There is crime wherever you go so you have to be aware and cautious . Its better to be a warrior in a garden than to be a gardener in a war.
Crime is everywhere, not just in Africa or South Africa but all over the world, i love going to Africa, and the people, for the most part, are just amazing ❤.
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What tour guide company did you use?
Local Knowledge Travel company!
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whats been done to demolish these townships and build attractive social housing to replace these townships
please answer this question
so the ANC BEEN I POWER FOR TWENTY YEARS WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS PROBLEM AND BUILD SOCIAL HOUSING
How much was your Abnb?
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For years all I ever heard was negative press about South Africa.
What about Johannesburg ?
Next trip, would love to check if out!
I‘ve lived in an English language school there for 1 month and after that returned several times to Cpt. One thing is… even in the day in areas like sea point, the mainstreets are fine but small side streets are to avoid. Situations can quickly escalate even in the day… i witnessed a knifefight in sea point on the main road at day and we needed to go into a shop which the security closed from outside so the people can be safe… At night Cpt is on another level. Even taxis ordered by restaurants cant be trusted. They sometimes drive you to a quiet road and rob you. That happened several times. One of my language school friend was shoot in the day in Joburg. Cpt is beautyfull, stunning, people are friendly but dont be naive. If situations escalate.. they escalate quickly. And dont trust on the police there.
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Highly recommend this video. Honest assessment of Cape Town Well researched. The good, the bad and the ugly. But in general, the country and people on the mend and improving, despite the many challenges. Vibrant, beautiful, happy, caring and fun loving as long as one stays away from the complainers and moaners who thought apartheid was good. Also there is the factor of the young crowd, who, like the young anywhere in the world who dont live in the past, who add the "Ubuntu factor", of forward looking and hopeful individuals, who bring a sense of positivity to balance out the doom and gloom "apartheid lovers," thankfully on the decline.. However the secret to Cape Town and South Africa, is a sense of humour. Every hardship is an opportunity to make fun of, joke about , laugh at oneself and the world at large. South Africa a resilient hopeful country prepared to survive anything, or die laughing in the attempt.
stay in the predominately white areas you will be fine...i am going back in March for 3 weeks
now why is this awful wide over the top wealth gap
"An All - Inclusive Approach,Involving The Tour Guides,The Community Policing Forums,The South African Police Services,The CAR Guards & TheSecurity Services Ensures The Peace Of Mind For EVERYONE"
But load shedding is real and businesses are loosing. Been there
Oh boy that's one of the vids that didn't😢 make me feel any better.
I’m seeing some crazy protests in Paris right now, most of Israel as well, but I have enough common sense to know that’s not what Paris or Israel is all about, also I don’t think New York, Milan, Miami… are 100% safe everywhere you go, we where is Paris two years ago and there are areas your shouldn’t go to, it’s common sense, I don’t think Skid Row is the total sum of what Los Angeles is, I think crime in South Africa is click bait and I’m disappointed that you guys felt the need to do this video, I couldn’t finish it by the way, I enjoy most of your content by the way.
You also use a lot of images of riots/looting that happened in July 2021, most of is not of cape town, i see some images fro Durban during that event, it would be highly unlikely that you would do a review of Vancouver and use the 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riots, 95% of the crime in cape town happen in Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Kraaifontein, Delft, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Harare, Philippi East, Samora Machel and Mitchell's Plain, none of those places you went to even accompanied by a guide.
Taxi's, unfortunately that how people is South Africa get around and I don't think they posed a danger to you at anytime, just like Bali has a lot of scooters.
i dont think the cbd is that bad . compared to other cities in SA for the most part its just people going about their day
❤the content watching from cape Town township where i stay all my life every country has its all problem its because of apartheid and colonization we have all this problems every country has its all problems
Yes, its safe if you use common sense and stay within typical tourist areas and avoid loitering around liquor stores and places where drug addicts might congregate. Capetown for the typical tourist is safe, fun, and well worth the visit. The developed area extends completely around table mountain and includes the very high end beach towns along its eastern shores. For Africa novices a great urbanized/European introduction to the continent. But certainly you will not linger there too long as there is the real Africa that just begins with the sojourns to its north. It will be an exciting fun revelation every step of the way. Safety also requires using common sense assumptions wrt to what their laws are likely to be, you do not want to be detained on your travels due to those types of careless decisions.
oo i know this one.......No it's not, unless you only party till 15h00.
I live here i dont even enter langa if not needed 😂
(not CT but still SA)
i was in JHB visiting family and friends for 4 days, staying at an airbnb in northriding, on the 4th day at 02:30am they tried cutting through the burglar bars to get into our accommodation. If I hadn't been awoken by the noise of the bars being cut, my wife and i would have been faced with "intruders" in our airbnb and a VERY high chance of being killed..... on my previous trip to JHB, staying near northgate, they stole 30 meters of electrical cable out of the ground outside the property where the airbnb was....
it's funny how, after 30 years of ANC in power, people still whine about 'apartheid', yet NEVER mention the 3 trillion rand stolen by the ANC and the huge unemployment rate that went from 15% in 1994 to over 55% now..... at what point do black people ACTUALLY start taking responsibility..??????
Its not only that, the population has skyrocketed in the past 30 years. South Africa has to deal with its own problems from systemic racial division, with the intent of not developing the non-white areas to keep the population uneducated, trapped in gang wars etc.
Add all the migrants coming to South Africa for a chance at a better life
Then you add corruption
Its a recipe for disaster
U are clearly a racist from the last part of your comment. White people own 80% of this country's wealth. How is this country supposed to grow if the rand is being manipulated by white people colluding with the west to assure the failure of the government and the disposition of the POC citizens. Yes there is corruption, but corruption is in every government in the world. even the DA managing Cape Town is currently in court due to corruption. Yes corruption should not be a factor, but the white government took all the wealth with them when apartheid ended and kept control of the economy. Black people are charged higher interest rates because of the rand manipulation currently being investigated. before you talk through your neck about what your racist family told you, look at things with an unbiased viewpoint instead of exercising your white supremacy colonist mindset because we don't have time for your kind here. DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT COLONIZATION AND APARTHEID IS OVER!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD HEAL, BECAUSE NO WHITE MAN WILL EVER BE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY AGAIN. THANK GOD YOU LEFT!
If they had to concentrate on social economic restorative justice and land justices Cape Town and South Africa 🇿🇦 as whole social ills could have been halfed
5 weeks - you're nuts. You have no idea. Try 10 or 20 years, you will never go there again after you get attacked. I was nearly murdered, and when it happened I was shocked by the number of work colleagues who came to tell me their story. The smiling faces turn to murderous in microseconds. But if you stay in daylight and in public you will admittedly be safer
I love your content but your thumbnail is very offensive...🤢
Hey Younghils! What is offensive about it?
Do you seriously believe that if violence broke out on a large scale that the security guards are going to stay and defend a well off white person if you do you probably also believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden. I have spent considerably more time in SA than you have and on occasions ended up in a place where I was the only white person .I have always been shown great kindness by all. The people of SA.Perhaps your next video could be is it safe to speak to a NY policeman.
If i was white i wouldnt feel safe outside the usa but since im black i no ill be good in Cape Town
How many kidnappings are there in Cape Town?
In the first six months of 2022 an average of 1,143 kidnappings a month were reported to the police, double the monthly average in 2021 (700)
No 1 rule. DONT PICK UP HITCHHIKERS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
Otherwise Welcome to the best City in the world.
More murders than any city in the world, still best city in the world
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You will always be welcome here in beautiful Cape Town.
Thanks! 😃
Are you describing San Francisco or Los Angeles?.
Thanks to the cANCer who shipped hundreds of thousands of their voters into the city for the vote on the province. One they bussed them there and the vote done (obviously lost) they just left them there. 30 plus years later we have sprawling shanty townships everywhere and obviously an influx of criminal activity. The cANCer also opened the borders of SA 30 years ago and an influx of people from all over Africa came to SA! The rest is obvious!!!!
It is not safe
Thank you for making this video. We love our country and our people. We have many challenges, but I will never live anywhere else in the world.🇿🇦🫶