Cape Town's story is told in its neighbourhoods: the Cape Malay kitchens of the Bo-Kaap, the empty ground of District Six, the townships of the Cape Flats and the island in the bay.
Our cultural days are led with the communities whose stories they tell, and they buy lunch, crafts and guiding locally.
We do not drive tourists past people's homes. Township visits are walked with a resident guide, the Bo-Kaap is explained by people who grew up cooking in it, and Robben Island is told by those who know what it meant.
The cobbled streets and painted houses of the Bo-Kaap, the Bo-Kaap Museum, and a hands-on Cape Malay cooking session in a family kitchen: samoosas, roti and a curry to finish.
The District Six Museum and the land that was cleared under the Group Areas Act, then the Slave Lodge, the Company's Garden and Parliament precinct.
Langa, Cape Town's oldest township, with a resident guide, the Guga S'thebe arts centre, a local shebeen or tavern, and lunch in Gugulethu at one of the famous open-air braai spots.
Transfer to the Nelson Mandela Gateway, the ferry across Table Bay and the island tour led by former political prisoners where available, then Nobel Square on the Waterfront.
The full heritage day: District Six, the Bo-Kaap, Langa and Gugulethu, finishing with Robben Island or Nobel Square, depending on ferry times.
An evening of Cape jazz or live music in the city or a township venue, with a Lidwala driver both ways.
Tell us which stories you want to hear and we will build the day around them.
