Table Bay Classic Schooner Tour: Sailing Cape Town’s Atlantic Shoreline with Marine Life Viewing

Experience the thrill of sailing along Cape Town’s Atlantic shoreline on a classic schooner. Enjoy breathtaking views, encounter marine life, and feel the wind in your hair.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Table Bay - See beautiful views of the Cape Coastline from the vantage point of a boat.
What's Included
  • Life Jackets
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

An exciting daytime adventure aboard a unique a twin-masted schooner that brings alive the essence of true sailing. Spend an exciting hour in Table Bay, Cape Town: ride the yacht’s bowsprit and enjoy spectacular views with the wind in your hair.

The perfect way to see Table Mountain and Cape Town’s Atlantic shoreline. Leaving from the V&A Waterfront, the routing is weather dependent; either to Milnerton and back if the south-easter is blowing, or towards Robben Island in north-westerly wind conditions. With either option, you’ll experience the excitement and thrills of sailing in Table Bay aboard a beautiful, classic yacht.

Keep a look out for marine life such as whales and curious dolphins, who love to accompany the vessels and swim in the wake of the boats.

*In the unlikely event that the primary boat for this cruise is unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, we reserve the right to utilize an alternative vessel for this experience.

Location
Waterfront Charters - Daily Boat Trips & Private Tours
Office is situated at shop 5, quay 5, V&A Waterfront. It is next door to Sevruga Restaurant.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Adolff607
Apr 27, 2024
Best friendly attentive and caring crew ! - A huge thank you to the Captain and crew of the Esperanza Schooner for making this an unforgettable trip and taking such good care of us on a very special occasion! They are lovely caring humans and I can strongly recommend as the best value for money and a unique experience will be back soon again!
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Chris_m
Jan 1, 2023
Great Trip - Lovely, helpful crew - deckhands, Keagan and Bruce, were very personable and professional. Also thanks to Captain Tinashe. The trip was well worth it and it was a fun experience sitting up on the bow spirit. Gorgeous views of the city and mountain. Very cute to watch the seals as well.
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Kai_wah
Aug 4, 2024
A Total Disappointment!!! - We booked online for 1-hour schooner ride for 4 of us and selected our time at 11am. But the company simply changed it to 3pm with a confirmation WhatsApp message. We then had to make overseas IDD call to the company to change the according to our initial time selected. On the day of tour, we arrived early as the T&C states that passengers who are late will be denied boarding. Guess what?! We did not start the boat ride until 11.30am which was half an hour late. To make matter worst, the schooner ride was changed to catamaran without prior notice. The staff simply gave us feeble excuse that the schooner was stuck at the nearby draw bridge which was not in time to arrive for our boarding. The reason probably due to not enough bookings, so they just combined 4 of us with another 2 other tourists for catamaran ride instead. If it was only 6 tourists on the catamaran, you could imagine this probably not a popular activity in Cape Town. The catamaran was much smaller and choppy in the sea. We were bouncing on the catamaran most of the time and there wasn’t any scenic views or marine life to see. Apparently, it was a cloudy day that the Table Mountain was covered up by clouds. The staff simply pointed afar for the whale which were so far and we hardly could see anything other than the gloomy weather. The company could have cancelled the ride on bad weather without beautiful views of Table Mountain and refunded us the money. A total disappointment!!!
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