{"id":88429,"date":"2013-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/cape-town-new-year-resolutions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:06","slug":"cape-town-new-year-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/cape-town-new-year-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town New Year Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-27972\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-01-11-at-14.27.59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the new year begins in a burst of sunshine and blue skies, it\u2019s a good time to take a look at what we want to do more of this year. Hopefully travel is on that list, and if you\u2019re really lucky, it\u2019ll be travel to Cape Town!<\/p>\n<p>Here, then, for locals and tourists alike, are some Cape Town New Year Resolutions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walk on the mountain more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town is famous for having some of the most amazing trails and hikes, on the Table Mountain range and further afield. Some of these are a mere ten-minute drive from the city and the suburbs, so there\u2019s really no excuse not to take advantage of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venture further afield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are some awesome beaches right on Cape Town\u2019s doorstep (think Camps Bay and Clifton 1 to 4) but there are also some really special beaches a little further away. Smitswinkelsbaai is a hidden gem that we visited years ago and never seem to get back to \u2013 this is the year to find more gems!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Try new restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s one place to be adventurous with your food, Cape Town is it. Not only are there a wide variety of restaurants to suit every palate and budget, but there are new spots opening all the time. So there\u2019s no excuse to stick to the same old, same old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appreciate the awesome weather<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town in summer is just about as perfect as you could wish for \u2013 apart from the wind, which howls when it decides to make an appearance. One of the funny things about Capetonians, though, is that we tend to complain about the cold winter and the furious wind, without ever really appreciating the awesome, still, sunshiney days. Not this year!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be more adventurous<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From skydiving to paragliding, kite-surfing and stand-up-paddleboarding, there are all kinds of adventures waiting to be discovered in Cape Town. This is the year to try at least one, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/132785888985192875\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the new year begins in a burst of sunshine and blue skies, it\u2019s a good time to take a look at what we want to do more of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":88430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,448],"tags":[49,46,424],"class_list":["post-88429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-inspiration-travel","tag-cape-town","tag-hiking","tag-restaurants","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cape Town New Year Resolutions - 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