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Kelp forests, penguins and two oceans at Africa's southern tip
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Most international visitors fly into Cape Town International Airport (CPT), around 20 km from the city center. In peak season the airport has direct or one-stop connections from hubs such as London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Zurich, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul and major African cities, plus frequent domestic flights from Johannesburg and Durban.
There are no regular passenger ferries from other South African cities, so overland access is by domestic flight, long-distance bus or self-drive via the N1 or N2 highways. Many dive travelers combine Cape Town with the Garden Route, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal or safari regions using open-jaw flights and internal connections.
In the city and Atlantic suburbs, most visitors rely on a mix of app-based rides (Uber and Bolt), metered taxis, hotel shuttles and the MyCiTi bus network, which includes a dedicated airport route and frequent buses along the Atlantic Seaboard and central city.