Cape Town Helicopter Tour: Atlantic Coast & Harbour Cruise

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1/19

Duration20m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

A 180-Degree Turn Above the Twelve Apostles

You get picked up from your hotel, fly in a small helicopter over Cape Town's Atlantic coast and the Twelve Apostles with live commentary, and return via a scheduled harbour cruise at the V&A Waterfront. No bags allowed on the flight (lockers are free), and you'll need a valid passport at check-in. The whole experience is designed to fit into one morning or afternoon without you arranging transport or timing anything yourself.

20m

Step-by-step itinerary

Helicopter tour along Atlantic Coast

Board helicopter in Cape Town
Fly over Cape Town Stadium
View Clifton Beach and beach coves
Fly along Camps Bay promenade
See the Twelve Apostles peaks
Reach Hout Bay and perform 180 turn
Return flight along same route
Enjoy complimentary scheduled Harbour Cruise

The Experience

The helicopter lifts off and the city shrinks below you. Within minutes you're tracking the Atlantic coastline—Signal Hill, Lion's Head, then the white sand curve of Camps Bay with the Twelve Apostles rising behind it like a jagged spine. The pilot banks hard at Hout Bay, the fishing harbour visible in detail below, and turns the aircraft around to bring you back the same way. It's the kind of view that makes the whole trip worth it, and it happens about halfway through.

This Cape Town helicopter tour includes hotel pickup, so you don't arrange your own way to the airfield. Once you're on board—the helicopter seats up to six people, and seating is assigned by weight and balance before you fly—the live commentary starts. You'll hear about the landmarks as they pass: the Cape Town Stadium, the V&A Waterfront, the rock formations and beaches that make this stretch of coast recognizable from anywhere on earth. The flight itself is the experience; there's no landing at another spot, no second activity built in. It's just the air, the view, and the sound of the rotor.

What makes this one different from other helicopter tours in the city is the included harbour cruise that comes after. You land, and then you head down to the water for a scheduled cruise around the V&A Waterfront. It's a nice way to come back down to ground level and see the working harbour from the water side. The whole package—pickup, flight, commentary, and the cruise—is what keeps people booking this one instead of shopping around.

What’s included

Hotel pickup from your accommodation, helicopter flight over the Atlantic coastline with live commentary on board, views of the Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Cape Town Stadium, and Hout Bay, and a complimentary scheduled harbour cruise at the V&A Waterfront after landing.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Cape Town Helicopters

Is this one for you?Choose this if you want the main Cape Town coastal landmarks from the air without arranging your own transport to the airfield or timing a separate boat trip—the pickup and included cruise handle both for you.