Table Mountain in the deep blue minutes before sunrise, city lights still on below

Table Mountain in early morning light with a thin haze over the Atlantic

Table Mountain under a hard midday sun with a thin sheet of cloud along its ledge

Table Mountain at golden hour with warm light raking across the slopes

Table Mountain at night, a dark silhouette over the glowing city bowl under a starry sky

First LightTours

First Light Tours · Privately, with a local

Cape Town, through
a different lens.

Private for up to 8 guests

Cape Town 21:30

The First Light way

Alec grew up in Cape Town. He knows the coastal roads, the walking paths and where to stop for lunch. Let him show you a few of his favourite places, with time to stay a while.

Every tour is private. We plan around your interests and choose our stops with the weather, traffic and time of day in mind.

You might spend longer on a walk, stop at a small cellar or make time for a relaxed lunch. There is room to change the plan along the way.

Alec, founder of First Light Tours, above the Cape Town coastline

Alec, founder.

Meet Alec

A Cape Town local,
with a photographer’s eye.

Alec has lived in Cape Town all his life and spent years in photographic production, which taught him to notice light, timing and the small details most people walk past.

He brings that experience to his tours, choosing stops for the light and allowing time for photographs. Food, wine and the places he knows well are part of the day too.

Photography, food, wine and local knowledge.

Ways to spend the day

All experiences

The Cape

I

The Cape

Chapman's Peak, Cape Point and the coves along the peninsula, with time to stop and explore.

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Good Taste

II

Good Taste

Wine tastings, a good lunch and visits to smaller cellars in the Winelands.

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Off the Beaten Track

III

Off the Beaten Track

A morning around Kalk Bay harbour, followed by a walk, a browse through the bookshops and lunch.

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Rooted in the Cape

Fynbos, along
the way.

Proteas and restios grow along many of the paths we walk. We take time to look at the fynbos rather than simply passing it by.

We leave room in the day to notice it. A short walk, a pause beside the road, a closer look at what grows here.

A few days we’d choose

Always private

Eerste Lig

Signal Hill before the city wakes

2½ hours · Private for up to 8 guests

Eerste Lig: Signal Hill before the city wakes

Twee Oseane

The Cape Peninsula, the way locals drive it

Full day, 9 to 10 hours · Private for up to 8 guests

Twee Oseane: The Cape Peninsula, the way locals drive it

Wynkelder sonder Slot

The Winelands, through the back gates

Full day, 8 hours · Private for up to 8 guests

Wynkelder sonder Slot: The Winelands, through the back gates

The local notebook

Places worth knowing.

Open the notebook

Brightly painted houses on a cobbled Bo-Kaap street with Table Mountain behind

City Bowl

Bo-Kaap

Cobbled streets, painted houses and Cape Malay heritage on the slopes of Signal Hill.

Colourful fishing boats in Kalk Bay harbour with mountains behind

False Bay

Kalk Bay

A working fishing harbour, tidal pools and second-hand bookshops on the False Bay line.

Vineyard rows leading to a white Cape Dutch farmhouse below mountains

Cape Winelands

Stellenbosch Winelands

Oak-lined streets, Cape Dutch farms and wine estates an hour from the city.

A coastal road through fynbos towards Cape Point at golden hour

Bespoke

A day planned around you.

A morning or a full day. Coast, food, wine or a little of everything. We start with what interests you, and leave space for what the day brings.