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title: "20 Photo Quests in Cape Town, South Africa — GetMap"
description: "20 photo quests in Cape Town, South Africa — led by nature, art and food. Get there, take a photo within 200 m, and the check-in counts."
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/city/za/cape-town
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# Cape Town

South Africa · 20 quests

## History

1 quest
![Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJwUYG_oddzB0RZYGNwMhCuy0.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Castle of Good Hope](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJwUYG_oddzB0RZYGNwMhCuy0)
Five walls once stood beside the sea

## Nature

5 quests
![Lion's Head, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJ3c0kTQRnzB0RHyTnI5OYSd4.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Lion's Head](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ3c0kTQRnzB0RHyTnI5OYSd4)
Chains and ladders reach the rocky summit

![Silvermine, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJBR0GWSFqzB0RM6NPJSJFizE.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Silvermine](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJBR0GWSFqzB0RM6NPJSJFizE)
Reservoirs sit high among the fynbos

![Kirstenbosch, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJecz6YqhCzB0RZqXqcdmKfBs.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Kirstenbosch](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJecz6YqhCzB0RZqXqcdmKfBs)
A steel path hangs inside the tree canopy

![Table Mountain, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJgdxoiwsWzB0R56oDSE8qJGQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Table Mountain](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJgdxoiwsWzB0R56oDSE8qJGQ)
Some plants here grow nowhere else

![Arderne Gardens, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJl68pHNtCzB0RFkwA0Kg6hMY.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Arderne Gardens](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJl68pHNtCzB0RFkwA0Kg6hMY)
A huge fig hides among exotic trees

## Art

4 quests
![Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJ3dD0bFlnzB0RGBEddr2FeY8.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Zeitz MOCAA](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ3dD0bFlnzB0RGBEddr2FeY8)
A grain silo was cut open for art

![Pan African Women Market, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJ3X4haABnzB0Rs7KEAm8STJc.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Pan African Women Market](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ3X4haABnzB0Rs7KEAm8STJc)
Several floors hide a maze of African craft

![Labia, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJ9SlUsnFnzB0RBuDJN-_3nN8.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Labia](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ9SlUsnFnzB0RBuDJN-_3nN8)
It began with live theatre, not films

![Long March, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJjfZie7VdzB0RBZQfWe8nZdM.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Long March](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJjfZie7VdzB0RBZQfWe8nZdM)
More than 100 bronze figures form one procession

## Food

4 quests
![Lamb, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJFceKh3NnzB0RdrgYei8L3Gg.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Lamb](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJFceKh3NnzB0RdrgYei8L3Gg)
Its flavor starts with what sheep eat

![Doro Wat, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJFdamFsHKzR0RO2qULdgtLzQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Doro Wat](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJFdamFsHKzR0RO2qULdgtLzQ)
The bread is also the plate

![Tasting Menu, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJVWO4oURnzB0RNaPCKWYBfZE.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Tasting Menu](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJVWO4oURnzB0RNaPCKWYBfZE)
The courses change with South Africa's seasons

![Bobotie, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJ7Rdn5mZnzB0RyOHHPQvv-1Q.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Bobotie](https://getmap.travel/quests/p3ssXQawzeAaZQhyjpnI)
Spiced meat below, baked egg on top

## Beach

2 quests
![Miller’s Point, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Beach/ChIJH17G4dE_zB0RuTCMJin_PkU.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Miller’s Point](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJH17G4dE_zB0RuTCMJin_PkU)
Boulders hide a pool filled by the sea

![Muizenberg Beach, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Beach/ChIJK0_pHVZAzB0RqcyfKL4LfEs.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Muizenberg Beach](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJK0_pHVZAzB0RqcyfKL4LfEs)
Bright huts line this famous surfing beach

## Sport

2 quests
![Newlands, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJgY6ehSxdzB0RvDUTz1lf3F4.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Newlands](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJgY6ehSxdzB0RvDUTz1lf3F4)
Why does a mountain stand behind the wicket?

![DHL Stadium, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJMW70K09nzB0ROXRQqLI9zac.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[DHL Stadium](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJMW70K09nzB0ROXRQqLI9zac)
The old ground gave way to a white sports bowl

## Party

2 quests
![Gin Bar, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJSXxE6GVnzB0RtsJEWII0esg.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[Gin Bar](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJSXxE6GVnzB0RtsJEWII0esg)
Honest Chocolate's alley ends at a gin courtyard

![House of Machines, Cape Town](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJw4PxgGZnzB0RYeCBVQAgNbY.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) 🇿🇦 Cape Town
[House of Machines](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJw4PxgGZnzB0RYeCBVQAgNbY)
Motorcycles share the room with the bar

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South Africa

## Photo quests in Cape Town

What the catalogue actually holds here, and which of it is worth rearranging a day around.

Cape Town holds 20 quests across every category the catalogue keeps, led by Nature with five — though only just, with four in Art behind it.

Three of them are tier 1 — finds rather than fixtures, and the one tier whose check-in asks for PRO; the other 17 are open on any plan. Tier 3 covers 13 of them, which is the label for what a visitor would expect a travel app to have anyway.

Nature quests want weather and daylight rather than opening hours, so the season decides more about a trip here than the distance does. Art covers the work and the building around it, so a mural on an ordinary street counts alongside the collection with a ticket desk. A hillside has no door to stand in, so the quest is a point on the map and the photo has to be taken within 200 m of it.

### By category

Each of these opens the whole category across every city, with the Cape Town quests among them.

- [History quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/history) — one in Cape Town
- [Nature quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/nature) — five in Cape Town
- [Art quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/art) — four in Cape Town
- [Food quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/food) — four in Cape Town
- [Beach quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/beach) — two in Cape Town
- [Sport quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/sport) — two in Cape Town
- [Party quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/party) — two in Cape Town

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Tier 1

## The unexpected ones

The three quests in Cape Town the catalogue files as finds rather than fixtures — the half of a city a guidebook has no room for.

- [Miller’s Point](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJH17G4dE_zB0RuTCMJin_PkU)
  Boulders hide a pool filled by the sea
  Beach
- [Long March](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJjfZie7VdzB0RBZQfWe8nZdM)
  More than 100 bronze figures form one procession
  Art
- [Arderne Gardens](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJl68pHNtCzB0RFkwA0Kg6hMY)
  A huge fig hides among exotic trees
  Nature

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Nearby

## Cities near Cape Town

Ranked by distance rather than by border, because from here the next useful stop is often the one in the next country.

- [Rio de Janeiro 4 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/br/rio-de-janeiro)
- [Florianópolis 9 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/br/florianopolis)
- [São Paulo 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/br/sao-paulo)
- [Montevideo 10 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/uy/montevideo)
- [Buenos Aires 15 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/ar/buenos-aires)
- [Al Giza 15 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/eg/al-giza)

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Questions

## About quests in Cape Town

### How many photo quests are there in Cape Town?

20, across all seven categories the catalogue uses. The deepest groups are Nature (5), Art (4) and Food (4). Among them: Castle of Good Hope, Lion's Head and Zeitz MOCAA.

### What is there to do in Cape Town beyond the obvious?

3 of the 20 quests in Cape Town are tier 1, which is the catalogue's own mark for a find rather than a landmark: the pipeline that writes it is told that tier 3 is "everything a visitor would expect a travel app to have", and that tiers 1 and 2 are "only the unexpected finds". Cape Town holds three at tier 1, four at tier 2 and 13 at tier 3. The tier 1 quests here are Miller’s Point, Long March and Arderne Gardens, which fall under Nature, Art and Beach.

### Can you do all the Cape Town quests on one trip?

Not as one walk. The outermost of the 20 is 34 km from the middle of the Cape Town list, which makes this a region rather than a neighbourhood: several are a day out in their own right and are worth planning as such rather than fitted in.

### Which Cape Town quests can you do for free?

17 of the 20 can be checked in on the free plan, and all 20 can be read and travelled to without paying anything — the catalogue is open signed out, on every plan. PRO covers the check-in on the hardest tier, which in Cape Town means three quests: Miller’s Point, Long March and Arderne Gardens.

### How do I prove I visited a place in Cape Town?

Take the photo at the place and upload it. Your browser reads the location the camera wrote into that file and measures it against the quest's own coordinates; inside 200 m the check-in counts. The distance is measured to the point, not to the city: being in Cape Town is not what is checked, and a photo taken across town from Castle of Good Hope fails exactly the way one taken at home does. A file with no location in it cannot be checked at all, and a photo that has been through a messaging app usually arrives that way — upload the original out of the camera roll rather than a copy someone sent back to you. The Food quests in Cape Town sit on the room where the dish is served rather than on the dish, so that address is what the 200 m is measured from.

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