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We offer the following: Hiking. Winelands, City Highlights and Hidden Gems Walking Tours, Cape Peninsula to Cape Point

18/01/2025

Saturday 18 January 2025 Cape Town City walking tour with Julia & Remo visiting from Switzerland

18/01/2025

Thursday 16 January 2025 City walking tour of Cape Town with Wolfgang & Martina visiting from Germany

18/01/2025

Wednesday 15 January 2025 = City walking tour with Sean & Sofia visiting Cape Town from Amsterdam

09/01/2025

Monday 6 January 2025 City tour with Alex and Jesse on their honeymoon visiting Cape Town from New York

09/01/2025

Tuesday 31 December 2024 City tour with Mathew, Julie, Lucas & Charlee visiting Cape Town from New York

30/12/2024

Sunday 29 December 2024 In and around Cape Town with Ralf, Barbara and Mia visiting from Austria

30/12/2024

Saturday 28 December 2024 - Market Day with Jorg and Conny visiting Cape Town from Germany

30/12/2024

Friday 27 December 2024 - City Tour with Ralf, Barbara and Mia visiting Cape Town from Austria

21/12/2024

Saturday 21 December 2024 - Tour Group visiting The Heart of Cape Town museum.
Dr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
3 December 1967
On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint Theatre at Groote Schuur Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to perform the nine hour long operation. The recipient was Louis Washkansky, a fifty three year old grocer with a debilitating heart condition. Washkansky received the heart of Denise Darvall, a young woman who was run over by a car on 2 December and had been declared brain dead after suffering serious brain damage. Her father, Edward Darvall agreed to the donation of his daughter's heart and kidneys. The operation started shortly after midnight on a Saturday night and was completed the next morning just before 6 a.m. when the new heart in the chest of Louis Washkansky was electrically shocked into action. After regaining consciousness he was able to talk and on occasion, to walk but his condition deteriorated and died of pneumonia eighteen days after the heart transplant. Groote Schuur Hospital has set up the ‘Heart of Cape Town Museum’ which honours those who played a leading role in the surgical feat. Theatres A and B are the orginal theatres and have been recreated to display an authentic representation of the ground breaking operation.

19/12/2024

Wednesday 18 December 2024 -Exploring the East Side of Cape Town with Rachelle, Kevin & John

16/12/2024

Sunday 15 December 2024 Hike from Melkbos to Koeberg with the Bosvark Team

13/12/2024

Wednesday 11 December 2024 City tour with Andrea & Michael visiting Cape Town for the first time from Germany

01/12/2024

Saturday 30 November 2024 Private tour to visit The Heart of Cape Town Museum.
The Heart of Cape Town Museum honors all those who played a major role in the surgical feat that pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical era. An era in which it became possible to transplant the symbol of the essence of life, the human heart. Find out more about the behind the scene moments of the first human heart transplant.
First Human Heart Transplant
The drama of the world’s first successful human heart transplant, led by Professor Christiaan Neethling Barnard, played out within the walls of the Charles Saint Theatre at Groote Schuur Hospital on the 3rd December 1967. This museum offers a insightful look into the day the first successful heart transplant took place.

27/11/2024

Tuesday 26 November 2024 Exploring the City with returning visitors Christine, Bernhardt, Ulla & Dirk visiting from Germany

25/11/2024

Saturday 23 November 2024 - Farmers Market - V & A Waterfront and City tour with Christine, Dirk, Ulla & Bernhardt - Visiting Cape Town for the First time from Germany

20/11/2024

Monday 18 November 2024 Cape Town City Walking Tour with Barbara and Johann visiting from Germany

18/11/2024

Sunday 17 November 2024 - Market Day and city walking tour with Michael and Maren visiting Cape Town from Germany

16/11/2024

Saturday 16 November 2024 Weekend Market, Highlights and Hidden Gems of Cape Town with Anne and Evi vistiting from Munchen Germany

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