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The Cape Peninsula has a long and eventful history. Prehistoric people first left their mark here more than 600,000 years ago and traces of the tools of these Early Stone Age hunter-gatherers have been found in a wind-scoured depression near the Cape of Good Hope. The Middle Stone Age inhabitants (dating from 200,000 to 40,000 years ago) also left evidence of their life on the Peninsula. There are about six sites where artefacts, including scrapers and fragments of worked stone, dating from this period have been found and more than a 100 sites where signs of Late Stone Age habitation (from about 21,000 years ago) is evident. The San (or Bushmen) hunter-gatherers relied on the seashore for most of their food and are known colloquially as the strandlopers or beachwalkers.

Atlantic Coast
The road continue northwards, hugging the sheer mountainside and passes through the exclusive Atlantic Coast suburbs of Camps Bay, Clifton and Bantry Bay before entering cosmopolitan Sea Point. This area is a 24 hour hive of activity with hundreds of shops, coffee shops and clubs 

West Coast and Durbanville
There is much more to be seen though, to the north and west of the city is the rural beauty of the Durbanville winelands and the harsh but beautiful west coast. The west coast suburbs of Table View and Bloubergstrand are one of the fastest growing areas of the country, the coastal road leads through an area of modern, towering apartment blocks and wide beaches en-route to the distant towns of Langebaan and beyond.

Cape West Coast
The Cape West Coast area includes Darling, Langebaan, Saldanha, St Helena Bay and Yzerfontein. The beautiful coastal wild flower reserves unravel across green hills. Famous for seaside resorts, flower displays, the West Coast National Park, fynbos, watersports.

Garden Route
The Garden Route runs between Heidelberg and Storms River, parallel to a coastline featuring lakes, mountains, tall indigenous forests, amber-coloured rivers and golden beaches. Meandering trails are followed by hikers, the forests invite leisurely drives, and lakes and rivers.

Cape Winelands
The rich, fertile soils along the Breede River and especially the areas of Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl, have become world famous for their whites, reds, sherries, ports and brandies. It is the Mediterranean climate and winter rainfall of the south-western.

The Swartland
The main town of the Swartland, Malmesbury, lies at the centre of one of the country's most important wheat-producing areas. Lush fruit plantations, expansive protea farms and indigenous veld flowers complete the picture. The region is also known for its Khoi-San rock art.

Cape Helderberg
The Cape Helderberg includes Somerset West, Strand and Gordon's Bay. The region is comfortably close to Cape Town and the Cape Winelands, and is the perfect stop-over for tourists visiting the Cape Overberg or Garden Route. Famous for its seaside resorts.