Days · Cape Town
Cape Town in 3 days
The mountain first if the wind allows, the City Bowl and Bo-Kaap in the morning, the Waterfront in the afternoon; the last day ends with the bags already in the car.
Days
3
Plan status
draft
Walking
2km
default plan, all days
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Day 1 — Company's Garden and Bo-Kaap, a 12:30 lunch
leave byLeave Bo-Kaap Museum by 12:00 to keep the 12:30 last seating.Leave Bo-Kaap Museum by 12:00 PM to keep the 12:30 PM last seating.
10 min of buffer left.
- 08:30–08:40Walk in daylight
- 08:40–09:40Company's Garden
- 09:40–09:54Walk uphill in daylight
- 09:54–10:54Bo-Kaap Museum
- 10:54–10:58Walk along Wale Street
- 10:58–12:30Buffer / wander near Your lunch table (Bo-Kaap)
- 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (Bo-Kaap)hard
Switches if the ground changes
- heat Company's Garden → Café in the garden (field-verify) (3′)
Why this route?
DFL 2 = PFL 2 + OFL 0 · walk 2 km (1.2 mi)1.2 mi (2 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 10′ · relax L0 · yield 10 · option value 0.77
Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′
β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -36 min; -ZAR 80.
trace: generated 16 · rejected none · frontier 3 · seed 3133448937 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Hotel or Waterfront café 14:00–16:30; a ride-hail car for the evening.
Day 2 — Table Mountain first, then the City Bowl
- 07:30–07:45Ride-hail car up Tafelberg Road
- 07:45–10:35Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
- 10:35–10:50Ride-hail car to the City Bowl
- 10:50–11:50Company's Garden
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi ZAR 90 (≈ US$6) (Ride-hail car up Tafelberg Road) — saves walking and transfers.
- L1Taxi ZAR 90 (≈ US$6) (Ride-hail car to the City Bowl) — saves walking and transfers.
- L2Skip Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (optional).
Switches if the ground changes
- crowd Table Mountain Aerial Cableway → Company's Garden (15′)
- heat Company's Garden → Café in the garden (field-verify) (3′)
Why this route?
DFL 2.3 = PFL 0 + OFL 2.3 · walk 0 m (0 ft)0 ft (0 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L2 · yield 14 · option value 1.17
trace: generated 6 · rejected no_edge×2 · frontier 2 · seed 3133448937 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Afternoon: the Waterfront; a spare-day option if wind stopped the cableway. Kirstenbosch is an alternative afternoon if you want a calmer stop than the Waterfront.
Day 3 — Zeitz MOCAA and the food market, car to the airport at 13:00
leave byLeave Zeitz MOCAA by 12:20 to keep the 13:00 boarding.Leave Zeitz MOCAA by 12:20 PM to keep the 1:00 PM boarding.
14 min of buffer left.
- 09:30–09:42Ride-hail car to the Waterfront
- 09:42–11:42Zeitz MOCAA
- 11:42–11:54Ride-hail car back to the hotel for the bags
- 11:54–13:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Cape Town International
- 13:00–14:00Car to Cape Town International at 13:00hard
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi ZAR 70 (≈ US$4) (Ride-hail car to the Waterfront) — protects: Car to Cape Town International at 13:00.Taxi ZAR 70 (≈ US$4) (Ride-hail car to the Waterfront) — protects: Car to Cape Town International at 1:00 PM.
- L1Taxi ZAR 70 (≈ US$4) (Ride-hail car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to Cape Town International at 13:00.Taxi ZAR 70 (≈ US$4) (Ride-hail car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to Cape Town International at 1:00 PM.
- L2Skip V&A Food Market (optional) — protects: Car to Cape Town International at 13:00.Skip V&A Food Market (optional) — protects: Car to Cape Town International at 1:00 PM.
Why this route?
DFL 1 = PFL 0 + OFL 1 · walk 0 m (0 ft)0 ft (0 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 1.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 14′ · relax L2 · yield 6 · option value 0
Deadline: boarding 13:00 → latest arrival 12:50, slack 15′
trace: generated 6 · rejected p50_after_latest_arrival×3, p_late>0.15×1 · frontier 2 · seed 3133448937 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Cape Town International: allow 2.5–3 h before an international departure.