Why Cape Town is the ultimate budget long-haul holiday: You'll be amazed at how cheap it is to visit the sunny seaside hotspot - here travel experts reveal their guide to everything you need to know Cape Town is the best place to go on a long-haul holiday – from your wallet’s perspective.
That’s the finding of the latest Post Office Holiday Report, which gives South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ top spot for a budget getaway to a far-flung destination ahead of 32 other popular places, including Tokyo in Japan, Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, and Florida, US.
Here, we visit Cape Town and compare the costs with another warm, popular winter destination: Miami in Florida.
But the time difference with South Africa is only two hours ahead, whereas it’s five hours behind in Florida, so there’s less jetlag.
It’s clearly a great time to go, especially with sterling booming against the South African rand – a pound is now worth 23 rand, a third more than seven years ago.
