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Cape Town's History & Culture

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Town's History and Culture

the city's outstanding museums provides an excellent start. At the same

time, your guide will point out major highlights during an orientation

drive en route to the museums on your itinerary.

Located at the end of

Adderley Street, the museum occupies a building that was used in the

late 17th century by the Dutch East India Company as a slave lodge and

unofficial brothel. The British changed the Old Slave Lodge into the

city's Supreme Court and today it houses this eclectic and rather

eccentric museum. Exhibits include the 'Post Office Stones' under which

seafarers rounding the Cape FROM the 15th to the 17th centuries left

messages for each other.

Next, a stroll takes

you through what is known as the Company Gardens. Part botanical

collection, part park, they started life in 1652 as the first colony's

vegetable patch, later to become ornamental gardens. Rare plants were

introduced FROM Asia, and today massive exotic trees shade the walkways.

mountain end of the Company Gardens, the museum is the oldest and

arguably the most interesting one in South Africa. It features an

extensive natural history collection of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish

and insects. Of particular interest are also the life-size models of

bushmen and their paintings displayed on the upper floor.

Your next visit is

this small but exquisite gallery which houses some of the finest modern

paintings and sculptures. Most notable is a life-size sculpture of 'The

Butcher Boys,' depicting three youths seated on a bench, horns sprouting

FROM their heads, and spines bursting FROM their backs. The gallery gift

shop has some interesting books and a good selection of indigenous arts

and crafts. Enjoy a complimentary cup of tea before leaving the Company

Gardens and driving back to the ship.

Awaiting Your Return

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