Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town

There is no better way to learn about the history of Cape town than at Castle of Good Hope

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Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (South Africa)

Castle of Good Hope is also known as the Castle or Cape Town Castle locally. One of the most important places to check out when in South Africa, this 17th-century castle originally used to be on the coastline of the Table Bay. But after land reclamation, this castle now falls inland.

The Castle Of Good Hope, South Africa was named as a historical monument in 1936 and is considered the best-preserved example of a Dutch East India Company fort.

History of Castle of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope Castle was built by the Dutch East India Company. The castle was built between the years 1666 and 1679. The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town is one of the oldest buildings in South Africa. This castle replaced an older castle, Fort de Goede Hoop. The older castle was built with the help of clay and timber. However, the newer castle was much sturdier and was better.

Furthermore, this castle was established here in order to replenish the Dutch ships that used to stop at the harbor. Apart from this the castle also acted as the South African Army in the Western Cap and houses the Castle of Good Hope Museum which exhibits military weapons and other things.

Attractions of Castle of Good Hope

The best part about the Castle of Good Hope is that it comes with an impressive Castle Of Good Hope guided tour, which helps one to walk through the historical events of the castle. What’s more, is that the guide will only take an hour for a person to go through the various parts of the castle and to know what it has to offer. Apart from the Castle Of Good Hope guided tour, one can even take part in the Key Ceremony that takes part only during the weekdays and ends with a firing of the Signal Cannon or takes an underground tour of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town.

Facts About Castle of Good Hope

It took 13 years to complete the construction of the Castle of Good Hope. The construction started in the year 1666 and got completed in the month of April in 1679.

In the year 1936, the Castle of Good Hope was declared a national monument.

The castle has all the facilities from a bakery, church, workshops to various living quarters, prisons, and shops.

Even after the two battles that took place namely, Muizenberg and Blaauwberg, the Castle of Good Hope was never attacked.

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Guru's 10 days trip to Cape Town

The trip was well organized and the local drivers and guide allocated for our trip were very professional. The coordination by Travel triangle was flawless and had a great user experience. I will recommend to all my friends to utilize the services

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S's 5 days trip to Cape Town

The team at TravelLykke have been very professional in their approach right through. They have been very patient and understanding of the requirements and accommodative to all kinds of doubts and queries and options too. Fairly transparent in the dealings and have a good set of on-ground contacts in S Africa who too have been professional and on time without delays and exceptions. A suggestion: there were some legs where we were informed we need to take Uber (to & fro Robben Island & Table Top Mountain). For the kind of spends done by us (Rs 3 Lakhs +) overall, it would have been helpful if these too could have been accommodated in the package. It is the nuisance value of having to book, wait etc. Also more minute detailing of the Full day Cape Peninsula tour could have been share earlier - we got it on landing from the local guide and it was very educative. Why not share this ahead of time? Some travel agencies give a backpack or travel kit (the amount of Rs 3 Lakhs is HUGE) with your branding. In this case it is singularly absent. Wonder why? We stayed in 3 hotels - Emerald Guest house in Johannesburg (Rating Poor to Good only); Kruger Park Adventure Lodge ( Excellent); Holiday Inn Express at Cape Town (Excellent).

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Mayankmaki's 9 days trip to Cape Town

The trip was very well organised and all our requirements were met. We had issues due to flight delays and we were late for one tour, our travel planner Mrs Prerna was very helpful and proactive to adjust the tours to accommodate everything. From last minute hotel booking to providing rental car , she was quick to respond and also regular reminders before trips to ensure smooth communication between us and South African operators. Would surely recommend their services The views with clouds sliding in all around the mountains and ocean at the cape point during the cape peninsula tour.

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We had an amazing time at SA. Prerna ( Offbeat trippers) arranged everything as per our request.

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We had an amazing trip to South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Inderjit from Flyocity for planning our itinerary and being available for resolving all queries. We had no problems in a foreign country.

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Jennifer's 11 days trip to Cape Town

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Aniruddha's 9 days trip to Cape Town

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. It is a beautiful country to visit with very hospitable people around. Everything went well without any hiccups. The hotels, cab drivers and other details were well planned by Nikhil from Besten/MK Holidays, special thanks to him. Some elements which can be improved were the visits planned during our stay at Knysna as they were quite some distance away from our hotel. Will definitely recommend Travel Triangle to others for planning their trips.

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Sonaleeka's 6 days trip to Cape Town

Its good ..but i did not had same experience as travel factory they used to provide us our day activity one day ahead.but hear besten tour everything is clumsy and messy every time we have to call our agent to get the details through out the tour.and some othe place we have to pay from our pocket even after paying for the pacakge. We had a very bad experience with besten tour.Half of things which promised not taked care by the vendor.We paid extra from our pocket for some of the tickets (activity) even after paying the complete amont..vendor promised he will pay us back..but we are still chasing behind him.This is the worst experience I ever had...I will never reccomend any one neither nor besten tour..learn something from travel factory

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If you wish to know more about the castle and its history, you should join one of the many guided tours in the castle.

The Castle of Good Hope was painted yellow in order to reduce the effects of burning sun heat.

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