Cape Town private tours

Tailoring each tour to your wishes by locals who love their city

Top private tours in Cape Town

From exploring cool neighborhoods to eating with the locals to seeing iconic sites, these are some of our favorite experiences

When in Osaka
make sure to try
“kushikatsu”!

See the city like
you would with a friend who lives there

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When in Osaka
make sure to try
“kushikatsu”!

See the city like
you would with a friend who lives there

The best Cape Town private tours & experiences with locals

Looking for the ultimate private tours in Cape Town to help you experience the best of the Mother City basking in the shadow of Table Mountain? You’ve come to the right place. At City Unscripted, we have a range of diverse Cape Town private tours with local insiders who are equally diverse! Our handpicked local guides come from all ages and backgrounds, and on private tours in Cape Town, we’ll pair you with the person that shares your interests and can take you exactly where you want to go. Whether you have a full day or just three hours to spend in one of the most beautiful cities on earth, we’ll help you make the most of it on our Cape Town private tours.

Meet some of our Cape Town local hosts

Like the people who travel with us, they have different backgrounds and interests – but they’re all so passionate about the place they call home, they choose to spend their free time sharing it with the like-minded travelers matched to them.

We’ve handpicked them and we’ll match you to your perfect one!

Be a Capetonian for a day

From the mountain to the seaside to incredibly unique flora, many of Cape Town’s vibrant attractions stand out – you don’t have to seek them out. But on Cape Town private tours, you can step off the tourist trail, away from the obvious attractions, and uncover all the hidden gems only locals know about. With a local host leading your private tours in Cape Town, you’ll see the city through a local lens. We’ll help you discover eclectic boutiques on colorful Long Street, the sleekest rooftop bars in beautiful Camps Bay, and unassuming restaurants serving the best Cape Malay cuisine.

Cape Town private tours tailored to you

Cape Town is overflowing with diverse districts, and for your private Cape Town tours, we’ll take you to places you’ll adore. If it’s Cape Town wine tours you’re looking for, leafy Constantia is the place to be. But if you’re up for a family-friendly day of exploration, Simon’s Town is a must-visit for an ice-cream, a seaside stroll, and a sun-loving African penguin colony! The best private Cape Town tours for food-lovers take you to Bo-Kaap, where brightly painted houses hide all sorts of tasty local treats, while Woodstock is the ideal neighborhood for cool kids and creatives alike.

Cape Town wine tours

Want the best Cape Town wine tours? We’ve got you covered! Set between rolling hills and leafy mountains, Cape Town’s vineyards are must-visit attractions, and with your wine-loving local Capetonian guide, you’ll be sipping away at South Africa’s finest in no time. It’s no secret that Cape Town’s wine is up there with the best in the world, and its Winelands are some of the most beautiful. On our private vineyard tours of Cape Town, you can spend a tipsy afternoon tasting robust reds and crisp whites in the breathtaking Winelands just a few minutes outside the city center.

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Latest reviews from our guests

I only had half a day in Cape Town but really feel I got a great understanding of the town and how it got to where it is today culturally, economically and politically. Exactly what I wanted to understand.

November 2023

Eniola A
Our Gide impressed with interesting stories and conversations. We really enjoyed this 4 hour individual tour of Capetown. thank you very much

October 2023

Bernhard L
I am so lucky to have found one of the best tour guides in all of Cape Town. An intelligent family man who will make your trip so special, it was such an enjoyable and flexible experience. This tour created core memories and I can’t wait to come back and tour with this same service again!

September 2023

Addyson E
We booked a custom tour as we had specific places to see that were not included with our main package that was put together by a different company. We really wanted to see Bo Kaap and Woodstock and we saw those two places plus much more thanks to our amazing guide Tafadhali! First of all, Tafadhali was very accommodating, easy going and attentive in setting up our custom tour before we arrived. He made sure everything was set up exactly the way we wanted it, easing our minds as this was a last minute addition to our trip! He also made sure to communicate with us as the day of the tour grew closer to make sure we were still good with everything and were enjoying the first part of our trip which meant a lot to us! Once we met him, we felt more like family than people who were paying him to show us stuff and again this meant so much to us. Tafadhali is a great guide who is very interesting, very energetic, extremely passionate about what he does and is extremely knowledgeable about Cape Town. You will certainly enjoy your tour with Tafadhali, now all that is left to do is book him! Now for the tour... Tafadhali met us at our hotel and we decided to walk to Bo Kaap and this turned out to be a great choice as Tafadhali gave us historical and interesting facts about everything we were seeing and he even took time to divert farther off the route when we saw something interesting that we thought we needed to get a closer look at :-) Besides the colorful houses and learning the history we really wanted to enter the Auwal Mosque but it was real close to prayer, so we thought we missed out.... NOPE, Tafadhali negotiated with someone who was unlocking the gates and we were allowed in! The Mosque is beautiful and we were very humbled to be let in and be regaled with history and stories by the fantastic gentleman who graciously let us into the Mosque. From there we made it back to Tafadhali's car and once again were on our way using a longer route so he could show us more of the city than we anticipated seeing with him before ending up in Woodstock to see the awesome building Graffiti as well as making sure we knew the history and other information of the area. Thank you so much for the amazing tour Tafadhali!

September 2023

Christopher B