These Cape Town date ideas are way more fun than just dinner
Looking for something different to do with your partner in Cape Town? Skip the usual wine farm circuit… here are a bunch of odd, fun, and totally memorable experiences around the Mother city that’ll actually give you stories to tell.
Since this picture eludes to the fact, lets go interactive and tech fist.
Step into New Realities
1. HintHunt Escape Rooms – Woodstock
Work together or fall apart, either way, it’s a blast. The team will get locked into a well-designed themed room and challenged to solve all the clues and puzzles around them to escape before the timer hits 0! Great couple’s challenge. Book here
2. Anvio – Full immersion in Virtual Reality
While completing an assignment, your SWAT team comes across a strange device. Something is off! You activate the device and find yourself in a deserted factory. Figure out how to use the device, fight your way through armies of zombies, and try to get back home.
- 💸 Coming to Cape Town
- ⏱️ 15 mins
- 📍 Anvio, Shop 39, Riverside Mall, 95 Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Get Your Hearts Racing Together
1. Amazing Race
Teams go head-to-head as they race around the V&A Waterfront, navigating many of its iconic landmarks while completing tasks and challenges. 2.3km of pure fun.
2. Rollercade
Old-school roller skating rink but with a Cape Town flair. Neon lights, R&B playlists, and that hilarious first 10 minutes when you both look like Bambi on ice. There’s a snack bar… you’re not here for the food. Bookings are essential.
- 💸 R180 per 2-hour session (R40 for spectators)
- ⏱️ 2 hours (on weekends)
- 📍 Rollercade, corner of Berkshire Boulevard and R27 Sunningdale, Cape Town, 7441
3. Axe-O Urban Axe Throwing Lounge
Here, you’ll be aiming at a bulls-eye with an axe, not a bow-and-arrow, or a cute dart. Whether you can throw a bulls-eye… well, that’s another question.
- 💸 R350 per 1.5-hour session
- ⏱️ 2 hours (on weekends)
- 📍 The Spice Yard, 100 Voortrekker Rd, Salt River Cape Town
Get Romantic, or whatever
1. Sunset Champagne Cruise from V&A
Catch the sunset over Cape Town from the deck of a sailboat on this evening cruise. Sit back and relax with a provided glass of sparkling wine while watching the sun sink over the city landscape. Book here
- 💸 R680 per 1.5-hour session
- ⏱️ 1.5 hours
- 📍 V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
2. Galileo Open Air Cinema
The Galileo is a roaming open-air cinema that screens classic and contemporary films to a varied audience of families, friends, and lovebirds. Book here
- 💸 R145 per person
- ⏱️ Depending on the movie
- 📍 0A Rhodes Ave, Wynberg NU (2), Cape Town, 7800