Vespa Food & Culture experience in Cape Town

Explore your way around Cape Town on a stylish Vespa whilst exploring the delicious tastes of Traditional South African Cuisine with a contemporary twist! You can put your ‘taste bud’ trust in our local knowledge 😉

Start time option:

Morning Start Time – 9am – 14h00 pm

Afternoon Start time 12 noon – 5pm

This Experience Includes :

Smooth and stylish LX125 Vespa
The Famous Chapmans peak pass lookout
Tour leader or Chauffeur driver depending on what drive option you choose

Up to 5 selected food tastings :

Delicious African Cuisine food tasting with famous Mrs. Balls Chutney
Boerewors Roll Tasting
Slap Chips & Sea Food tasting
Artisan Biltong Tasting (beef, Kudu, and Chilli Beef)
Traditional Cape Malay Koeksisters, Samosas and Potato Daaltjies

AND MORE …. We keep it flexible and spontaneous based on the day of the week and what is fresh, yummy & trending. Come ready to eat 😉

The Vespa drive options:

Option 1

You will be chauffeured by a local host ( you ride on the back of the Vespa )

Option 2

You drive your own Vespa. There is a group leader with his own Vespa leading the experience.

Option 3

You drive your own Vespa with a passenger on the back. ( passenger still pays full pp rate )

The Rates :

The rate is R3500 per person for the full tour.

Summarized Itinerary

8h55 am – A brief meet and greet introduction

9 AM	We depart Camps Bay on our Stylish Vespas along the Sea Point coastal road towards the V&A Waterfront Food Market.
9h30 AM – 11 AM	At the V&A Waterfront Food Market enjoy traditional African cuisine & a visit to an Afrikaans Artisan Biltong maker.
11 AM – 12 PM	We visit the cobbled streets and brightly colored houses of Bo Kaap and try some Cape Malay koeksisters. We also have a brief stop at the lively Greenmarket square.
12 PM – 12h30 PM	We cruise along The 12 Apostles mountain cliffs towering our left side. We pass by the breathtaking *Llandudno Beach town* and make our way into a small coastal neighborhood called Hout bay.
12h30 PM – 12h45 PM	We arrive at Chapmans Peak Pass where we take some time to absorb the magnificent views.
12h45 PM – 13h30 PM	We arrive at the ever buzzing Sunday Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay where will enjoy some Slap chips and seafood.
13h30 PM -14h00 PM	Passing Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens & the the University of Cape Town we make our way back into the mother city and end back at our accommodation in Camps Bay

Detailed Itinerary

We depart Camps Bay on our Stylish Vespas along the Sea Point coastal road towards the V&A Waterfront Food Market.

At the V&A Waterfront Food Market. We will be sampling some authentically prepared African stew with Mrs. Balls chutney ( a proudly South African sauce), this African Cuisine is enjoyed by the local Xhosa and another tribesman alike being the Zulu, Malawian, Zimbabwean and other Africans. We will find a sitting area to take our time and enjoy and share this African food amongst our group.

We will also be visiting an Afrikaans Artisan Biltong Maker and be sampling some of his amazing Biltong, be sure to also try the game biltong, Kudu game being a crowd favourite. Spicy food lovers should be sure to try the Chilli Beef flavour. You might discover flavours of Coriander, Balsamic vinegar, Ground Black pepper, and Paprika. Our Afrikaans Biltong maker will run through his preparation process and what goes behind the preparation of this South African snack delicacy. You will certainly see why Biltong is arguably South Africa’s most loved snack at any given time during the week.

We depart for the cobbled streets and brightly colored houses of Bo Kaap. in the 1700s, political exiles, slaves, and convicts were sent to the Cape by the Dutch from India, Srilanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia, although not technically correct most of these people were called Cape Malay and settled in the Bo Kaap. The eastern food influence quickly took hold in the Cape.

We visit a local food merchant to sample some amazing traditional Cape Malay Koeksisters, a Koeksister is a traditional Cape Malay pastry with a cake-like texture, finished off with a sprinkling of coconut flakes, you will discover flavours of cinnamon, aniseed, ginger, cardamom, and dried tangerine skin powder. A favorite local pastry to accompany your morning coffee.

AND MORE …. We keep it flexible and spontaneous based on the day of the week and what is fresh, yummy & trending. Come ready to eat 😉

We make a brief stop at Green Market Square one of Cape Towns liveliest and most historic public hubs, at a later stage perhaps a good place to do a little shop for gifts when you have more time.

It’s time for us to depart the Mother city. With the mountain air filling our lungs we cruise up kloof road with Lion’s head and Table Mountain alongside us.

Leaving Camps Bay we begin to find ourselves in a more natural setting, cruising along stunning coastal roads with the endless Atlantic Ocean to our right and the 12 Apostles mountain cliffs towering our left side. We pass by the breathtaking Llandudno Beach town and make our way into the Hout bay area.

We make our way towards the famous Chapmans Peak Pass where we will stop at a viewpoint and take some time to absorb the magnificent Sentinel Peak with endless views of the ever-present Atlantic Ocean.

We then head back into Hout Bay towards the ever buzzing Sunday Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay where will enjoy some for more food and drinks nibbles as well as some live music if we were lucky. We will immersive ourselves in some local ‘Deep South’ culture and see why Deep South local religiously love coming to Harbour Bay market every Sunday!

After Bay Harbour Market we will take a loop back towards the City taking an alternate route back passing Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Making our way past the University of Cape Town on our left side and arriving back in Cape Town with clear views of the Table Bay Harbour, Signal Hill, Lions Head, and the Majestic Table Mountain & Devils peak. we will end the day back at your accommodation in Camps Bay