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AWOL Tours

V&A Waterfront Information Centre, | Muizenberg, Cape Town Central 8001, South Africa
+27-832346428
Ranked #8 of 95 tours in Cape Town Central
5.0 of 5 stars 70 Reviews
Type: Tours
Owner description: AWOL Tours offers nature experiences, genuine cultural exchange and adventures by hiking and cycling in Cape Town. We cater for families and groups...... more » Owner description: AWOL Tours offers nature experiences, genuine cultural exchange and adventures by hiking and cycling in Cape Town. We cater for families and groups wanting personalised tours. Whether it’s an hour long city cycling tour, half day cycling tour in a Township, a day tour of the Cape Peninsula or Winelands, a hiking trip up Table Mountain or along the lush Garden Route we have the travel expertise to design a flexible trip. As a local Fair Trade Tour Operator we know all the best kept secrets of Cape Town. « less
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johannesburg
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012 NEW

What a truly inspirational experience to experience a local South African township on a bicycle and with local people. My friend from Candada and myself were greeted with smiling faces by Zuai and his assistant. They answered all our questions, (we had many), then we chose our bicycles from a local business and we cycled through Masiphumele. Our first stop... More

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Cape Town Central, South Africa
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012

This is way overdue! I was so fortunate to experience a 3 day hike of Cape Town or better known as the Hoerikwaggo Trail which was organised by AWOL tours. Being a Capetonian, it definitely needs to go on your 'to do list'. Living in the City is amazing but once you realise how much more to the city there... More

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Rochester, New York
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7 reviews 7 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

During our week in Cape Town we took two wonderful outings with AWOL. Sally started our week by taking us on a delightful city tour, where we not only got introduced to the City and its sights, but also a great historical perspective from someone whose own roots and ancestry represent the entire tapestry that is South Africa. A few... More

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Dhahran
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2012

We recently did the 3 day Hoerikwaggo Trail offeredby AWOL Tours from Noordhoek to Table Mountain. We are South Africans who have been living in Saudi Arabia for 10 years and wanted to spend quality time hiking the traisl surrounding Table Mountain. The 3 day trip was incredible and greatly exceeded our expectations. Everything was perfect - from the gorgeous... More

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Bennebroek, The Netherlands
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2012

We did the bicycle Township Tour in Masiphumelele and found it an interesting eye opener. An other side of South Africa, meet the friendly local people. We look with lots of respect back on this tour. Zwai (our guide) could tell us a lot of the daily life in this township. More

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California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 April 2012

If I had to summarize how AWOL treated us in one word, it would be "professional". From start to finish, they were great. The person who took our order took the time to explain the different hiking trails on the mountain. That enabled us to book the right tour. The guide met us at the arranged place and time. He... More

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Cape Town
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 April 2012

Our romantic bike experience was awesome. We were blessed to have perfect weather and enjoy a GREAT day. Its recommended to bring along comfortable shoes and clothing, water bottle, extra snacks, a hat and a camera as you can ride anywhere. The Green Point Common and beach front area offers spectacular scenery. The Green Point Park is a nice place... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2012

Cape Town turned on a day of wind and rain , with only a few bits of sunshine, but undeterred Sally guided us through a spectacular day of touring and cycling to Cape Point. My husband is a more committed rider than I am so Sally was happy to stop and put me in the car and my bike on... More

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JHB
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 March 2012
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We had a wonderful experience with AWOL tours renting their hybrid bicycles for participating in the Cape Argus Cycle Tour – the world’s largest timed cycle event of 110km cycling around the beautiful Cape peninsula. The organisation re the bicycles was professionally executed, conveniently located and we had a wonderful race and exceeded our time expectations. The cherry on top... More

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Cologne, Germany
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 March 2012
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We first did a hike up the table mountain with our tour guide Gareth and one other guest. We went up the skeleton gorge, which starts in the beautiful botanical garden on the "other" side of the table mountain. Gareth really knows his stuff and made this hike a great adventure! We had to climb rocks, ladders and we walked... More

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Sally Petersen, Owner at AWOL Tours, responded to this review
14 March 2012

Hi Paul Thanks for the wonderful review of your tours with AWOL. I have passed on the compliments to both Neil and Gareth. As the AWOL team have all travelled the globe, we understand what its like being a traveller! We design trips & go out of our way to make it easy and personalised for visitors to Cape Town.... More

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