Private tours in Cape Town & Johannesburg with your own guide

The classic first morning — the painted streets of the Bo-Kaap and the heart of the old city, then the revolving cableway to the top of Table Mountain.

Two icons, no detours — straight up Table Mountain by cableway, then down the coast to the African penguins at Boulders Beach, and home.

Cape Town's story told by the people who live it — the District Six Museum and the memory of a neighbourhood erased, then Langa, the city's oldest township, with a local host.

The ferry to Robben Island and time at the V&A Waterfront, then up Table Mountain afterwards — your guide-driver takes you between them.

Cape Town's most-booked day — Camps Bay and Hout Bay, the cliffs of Chapman's Peak, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, then the penguins at Boulders Beach.

A cellar tour and tasting at Jordan, then a long picnic and a second tasting at Hazendal — two of the most beautiful estates in Stellenbosch, and nobody has to drive.

Over the mountains to Franschhoek for the open-air wine tram's Red Line — Mont Rochelle, Rickety Bridge, Grande Provence — and a private ride home at the end.

Two hours through the Hex River mountains to Aquila Private Game Reserve — lion, elephant, rhino and buffalo from an open game vehicle, with lunch at the lodge.

Along the cliffs of Clarence Drive to Hermanus, the world's best land-based whale watching, then a tasting in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley on the way home.