Travel information
Currency is the South African rand. Time is two hours ahead of GMT. Flight time is approximately 11.5 hours from London. The cost to carbon-offset is £19.91. For more details visit climatecare.org
Getting there
British Airways flies daily from London to Cape Town. ba.com Thomas Cook Airlines also has a service from London Gatwick to Cape Town International Airport. thomascookairlines.com
Resources
The Official Cape Town Tourist Guide is brimming with practical information and tips for getting around. goto.capetown
Further reading
You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town by Zoë Wicomb (Pantheon, £6.99) is a work of fiction exploring the experience of coloured citizens in apartheid-era South Africa.