Cape Town on Street View

How to recognise the city from a panorama

South Africa drives on the left and uses white plates with a blue strip. Cape Town is unmistakable thanks to Table Mountain — its flat summit is visible from almost anywhere in the city.

What the streets look like

Traffic keeps left and plates are white with a blue strip. Buildings are low, with many single-storey houses behind fences topped with razor wire.

How to tell it from lookalikes

Table Mountain gives it away against Johannesburg — the flat summit is visible from almost anywhere. From Australian cities it differs by African vegetation and fencing style.

Useful details

Signs appear in English and Afrikaans, sometimes Xhosa. Minibus taxis are white, often with route names painted along the side.

Geogessr drops you somewhere random in the world — sometimes in Cape Town. Work out where you are and drop a pin on the map.

Country giveaways

A quick check when the panorama looks unfamiliar: these signs are visible almost anywhere in the city.

Country	South Africa
Driving side	left-hand
Licence plates	white · letter province code
Script on signs	Latin
Currency	ZAR R
Time zone	UTC+2
Domain	.za

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