Cape Town Travel Guide Shows What R100 Can Do in the City

• Green Elephant Backpackers shared a first-person travel vlog showing a full Cape Town day out on a R100 budget
• The itinerary covered a café stop, Slab Chips, Company's Garden and Green Point Park, with most attractions costing nothing
• South Africans in the comments had plenty to say about the train ride and the walking distances involved

A Cape Town travel account showed just how far R100 can stretch in one of South Africa's most visited cities. @greenelephantbackpackers posted the reel on 28 October, and it quickly got people talking.

The video follows a day out across several iconic Cape Town spots, all filmed point-of-view style. The creator kicked things off by hopping on a train to the city centre, arriving at Cape Station before heading around the corner to Expresso, a café where every item on the menu costs R14. A strawberry slushie was the order of the day, given the heat.

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Next up were Slap Chips at R20 from a favourite local spot. But instead of eating them on the pavement, the creator made their way to Company's Garden, South Africa's oldest public park and botanical garden, where entry is completely free. The itinerary by @greenelephantbackpackers also included a stop at the colourful Bo-Kaap houses, a Cape Town landmark that needs no introduction, before wrapping up at Green Point Park. The park, described as massive, offers space for picnics, exercise, strolling, or grabbing an ice cream from the on-site restaurant. The whole day, including a slushie and chips, came in well under R100, with several of the highlights costing nothing at all. Watch the full Cape Town R100 day out here:

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The comments section was lively, with South Africans raising everything from train safety to sore feet:

@janei_ro3 wrote:

"I would recommend eating Portuguese chips freshly done in front of you."

@lstudiosdigital had the maths:

"R100 it's too little guy 😭, R28 taxi to go and come back, streetwise one (R30 something), R10 banana, R5 rand change no activities 😔"

ty_is_lost noted:

"Bruh I'm not walking this, I'll ma use a car you walked far."

Other Briefly News stories on travel budgets

• Digital creator Mpilo sparked widespread travel interest after sharing how she managed a 10-day vacation in Bangkok, Thailand, on a budget totalling R17,374.
• A South African traveller went viral on TikTok after sharing a complete cost summary of a cross-border mountain road trip from Johannesburg into Lesotho.
• South African TikToker Kara shared a transparent expense breakdown detailing how she budgeted and spent on a week-long birthday holiday to Thailand.

Source: Briefly News