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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
Africa's largest contemporary art museum, carved from a historic grain silo on Cape Town's waterfront.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Durbanville
Western Cape, South Africa · Africa
About Durbanville
Durbanville works well as a base: 10 minutes from Kraaifontein, 23km from N1/N4 Cape Town to Kruger.
Durbanville is in Western Cape, South Africa, with about 54,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kraaifontein, about 7 km away.
Durbanville, previously called Pampoenkraal, is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, and part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan area. It is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis, surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat.
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What is there to see near Durbanville?
Within an hour or so of Durbanville: Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (23 km), N1/N4 Cape Town to Kruger (23 km), Two Oceans Aquarium (23 km), Robben Island (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Durbanville?
The nearest famous roads are N1/N4 Cape Town to Kruger, Chapman's Peak Drive and Clarence Drive (R44).
Where is Durbanville?
Durbanville is in Western Cape, South Africa, about 7 km from Kraaifontein.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 54,286
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -33.8308, 18.6486
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Worth the detour from Durbanville
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
N1/N4 Cape Town to Kruger
South Africa's grand traverse from the Cape Winelands across the Karoo to Kruger National Park and its Big Five wildlife.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Two Oceans Aquarium
Cape Town aquarium at the V&A Waterfront showcasing marine life from both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Robben Island
Former political prison island off Cape Town where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, now a UNESCO museum.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Table Mountain
Flat-topped mountain and iconic natural landmark overlooking Cape Town and the surrounding coastline.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Camps Bay Beach
A glamorous Cape Town beach backed by the Twelve Apostles mountain range with palm-lined promenades and Atlantic waves.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Clifton Beach
A series of four sheltered, boulder-divided coves in Cape Town renowned for their beauty and calm, clear waters.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Franschhoek Motor Museum
Elegant museum in the Cape Winelands housing over 220 vehicles from an 1898 Beeston to modern supercars.
33 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Durbanville
- 23 kmN1/N4 Cape Town to KrugerSouth Africa's grand traverse from the Cape Winelands across the Karoo to Kruger National Park and its Big Five wildlife.
- 39 kmChapman's Peak ViewpointA series of pull-offs on one of the world's most scenic coastal drives, hugging the cliffs between Hout Bay and Noordhoek near Cape Town.
- 39 kmChapman's Peak DriveA breathtaking 9-kilometer toll road carved into the near-vertical face of Chapman's Peak between Hout Bay and Noordhoek.
- 42 kmHuguenot TunnelSouth Africa's longest road tunnel, boring 3.9 km through the Du Toitskloof mountains on the N1 near Paarl and bypassing the old scenic pass above it.
- 47 kmClarence Drive (R44)A cliff-hugging coastal road between Gordon's Bay and Rooi-Els along False Bay, rated among the world's great ocean drives, with whale sightings in season.
- 48 kmBainskloof PassAn 1853 Thomas Bain pass that runs as a narrow ledge blasted into the mountainside above the Witte River, barely altered since construction and now a national monument. The tarred road is single-lane in places with dramatic drop-offs.
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