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You will find cheap flights with Lufthansa (750 Euros), LTU, KLM and South African Airlines. Especially for surfers LTU and Turkish Airlines are interesting as they are really cheap in transporting sport equipment. Watch out for Lufthansa as they sometimes charge up to 128 Euros for windsurfing stuff one way!
Life in South Africa is pretty cheap for Europeans (especially food, fuel, clothing etc.) Besides that you will get 14% refund on all items you bought in South Africa that you take back home. It will be paid to you on your day of departure on the airport.For that you need to collect tax invoices of all items you bought!
Some products which are made in South Africa are extremely cheap (clothes, wetsuits, surfboards - often half the price of the german price). For example: - new surfboard 2000 R (200 Euros) Stand: 2002 - quality T-Shirts 60 R (6 Euros) - going out for dinner in a good restaurant 40 - 70 R (4-7 Euros) - Cocktail 0,5l long Island Ice Tea 2 Euro
Often you hear of Cape Towns high crime rate. But it´s not said that most of the crime is in certain areas as it is in New York or Los Angeles as well. If you follow easy rules you don´t need to worry about crime. Even in the City Center of Cape Town you can go out at night and visit the bars and pubs.
A rental car is very important in Cape Town. There is so much to see and to discover and without a car you will miss most of it because the bus system is fairly bad in Cape Town. You don´t have to rent a car with the big international car rental companies which you find on every airport. Local rental car companies offer much cheaper rates and used reliable cars. We will help you find the perfect and cheap car for your holidays in Cape Town!
Don´t forget: in Cape Town you drive on the left lane! If you rent a car take your international driver´s license if you have one.
With european EC cards you will get money from all bank machines, the general credit cards are normally excepted all around Cape Town. Only at gas stations and in really small shops you will need cash.
More information about Kapstadt you can find on following sites: www.Kapstadt.de www.Kapstadt.net