Running the Green Point parkrun

Karien, avid runner and blogger, was in Cape Town this weekend as her husband was cycling the Argus, so she contacted us at Run Cape Town to organise a running tour for Saturday morning.  As Karien is currently running with her 2 year-old daughter in a stroller in tow, we decided to give the Green Point […]

18km Old Mutual Two Oceans Training Running Tour

Last week Monica was visiting Cape town from Windhoek, Namibia, for the annual Mining Indaba held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, and she asked if Run Cape Town could custom-make an 18km running tour for her, following the route of the 2 Oceans Half Marathon.  Inspired by this request, we made some minor […]

Introducing Vincent Ntunja, our “Run Gugs” Running Guide

Vincent Luyanda Ntunja was born on 24 June 1981 in Gugulethu, a township just 20 minutes outside Cape Town’s city centre.  He’s a professional model, TV presenter, motivational speaker, sports presenter and philanthropist. He also participates competitively in basketball, which he started playing 12 years ago in the dusty streets of Gugulethu.  He has represented […]

Mid-Summer’s Morning Historical City Running Tour

I was in two minds as to whether to head out into the Cape Town heat for our city running tour on Wednesday morning, as circumstances dictated that we could only start our run at 8:30am – when the sun was already high in the sky & the temperature was at least 25°C (77°F) and […]

Running Cape Town with Kath

Kathy is a friend of a friend of mine, who I met whilst living on the Isle of Mann.  Kath was in Cape Town for 2 days, as part of a longer world-wide adventure, including exploring Indonesia, Southern Africa and South America, and contacted Run Cape Town to do some running tours whilst she was […]

Sightrunning with our running guide Vince

First “Gugs Run” of 2014

Run Cape Town got 2014 off to a great start with a mid-week running tour of the township of Gugulethu, just 20 minutes outside of the Cape Town city centre, with the lovely father-and-daughter team of Lina and Håkan, from Sweden.  The weather was a bit cold & rainy to start, however by the end […]

What people think of Run Cape Town

“I enjoyed every minute on this tour. My tour guide Philippa took great care of me and explained me many interesting things during the running in terms of culture, history and local gossip.”

“It was a great run this morning through Cape Town, learnt a few new things, saw parts of the city for the first time and had a great time. Definitely to be repeated.”

“… physically demanding and informative at the same time. A great combination if you ask me!”