Cape Town is a big city with many landscapes, cultures, languages, and lifestyles. It’s a friendly digital nomad destination — and yet, a relatively unexplored one.
Why Cape Town?
When it comes to magnificent scenery, Cape Town and the surrounding province of the Western Cape never fails to deliver. With such a varying landscape, found in very few other places across the globe – Cape Town offers forests, beaches, gardens, mountains, oceans, grasslands, nature reserves, Winelands, as well as one of the most unique floral biomes in the world – fynbos. It has world-class beaches from Camps Bay near the city centre to Bloubergstrand with a beautiful view of the city’s landmark, Table Mountain. To explore all this natural beauty, the climate in Cape Town is that of a year-round, mild Mediterranean one – gracing us with long summer days to explore all that the city has to offer.
Cape Town is the second-largest city in South Africa and is often listed as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Be that a stunning coastline, stylish architecture, or an abundance of dining and nightlife options, Cape Town is growing in popularity among expats, and is an up-and-coming nomad destination. Most of the city has stable 4G coverage, and there is a good selection of coworking spaces and coffee shops with free Wi-Fi.
The internet and coworking spaces
According to the Akamai report, South Africa is ranked second in the list of African countries when it comes to internet speeds with the average of 4.8Mbps and the peak speed of 28.8Mbps.
There are various coworking spaces to choose from in cape town especially in the city Centre. All coworking spaces can be found by doing a quick google maps search which provides directions and information about the coworking space.
For example, @Work Coworking Office Space is a coworking space based in Bloubergstrand Cape Town located at Eden on the bay mall. It is right on the doorstep of the Bloubergstrand beach which offers a beautiful lunch break scenery. @Work has plenty of rates to cater for your needs such as hourly, daily, flexi hourly/daily and monthly rates and a choice between 3 different work and meeting spaces. They also offer all inclusive light snacks and coffee with any rate ad uninterrupted Wi-Fi and electricity to avoid loadshedding disruptions.
Leisure in Cape Town
Cape Town is a destination known for its stunning natural beauty. Photo safaris, river cruises, kayaking, wind surfing, hiking and cave adventures are just some of the few pastimes favoured by residents and visitors to the region
What to know before arriving
Residents of many countries can travel to South Africa Cape Town visa-free for a period of up to 90 days. If you are not a passport holder of one of the exempt nationalities, you will need to apply for a visa in advance. In our previous blog I have highlighted the process of applying for an extended tourist visa
