How much cash should I bring on a trip to Cape Town, SA?

- Trip is one week
- Hotels and excursions already paid for
- 2 dinners already paid for. Assumption is that credit card can be used for meals.

I was thinking around $300 USD (~5500 R) would be sufficient for tips?

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300 for tips? Aim higher

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Why higher? We have 3 wine tastings and a Table Mountain tour. I also don’t buy souvenirs.

That’s probably fine. I also have a debit card that can be used internationally so rarely withdraw that much cash and just do it as needed when I get there. Certainly don’t walk around with that kind of cash on you in CPT.

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Ah my favorite place in the world! I hope you have a wonderful trip. That should be enough and can always with draw more if needed.

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Actually adding on I would probably just withdrawal any cash there, even though you will pay an ATM fee you will get a better exchange rate than trying to exchange USD for rand

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Yeah 300usd is probs enough. When I went I took 500 but we used cash for few meals

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Went to Cape Town in 2019 and it was an incredible experience. Very cheap place where your money goes far, so $300 for tips is more than enough (unless you factor in Safari and tipping your guide). Most places in Cape Town and the surrounding wine region accept credit cards too.

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Thank you! Since we’re only there for a week, we’re skipping the safari for now…hopefully doing that in the future.

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Another thing (you may know this) you can get a SIM card at the airport with data for pretty cheap—they accept credit card. Most phones I believe are unlocked now so you should be able to use this. Useful for calling Ubers etc, which you should plan to use over cabs

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Just got back from Camps Bay, that’s way too much tbh.

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Why not just pull out local currency when you’re there? Why do you need a lot of USD?

Fair :)

How much did it run you for the hotel and excursions? And 2 dinners?

Can anyone give a total cost of how much they spent? Want to surprise my wife for her birthday and need to budget

Just got back from 2 weeks in SA. We spent about $2-2.5k per person

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