Cape Town for people who live here (but feel like they haven’t really seen it)
Getaway Magazine | 11.02.2026 14:22
Living in Cape Town has a way of making you complacent, writes Zoë Erasmus. The mountain becomes background noise. The ocean is something you drive past on your way to errands. You tell visitors you’ll “do that hike soon” or “finally go wine tasting one day”, and then… life happens. Traffic, deadlines, load shedding, the same coffee order on repeat.