Cape Town launches Eco Friendly Rail 'n Ride tours

The launch of the “Rail and Ride initiative´ took place at Noordhoek Farm village on 27 May; a partnership project between Cape Town Tourism, Metrorail Western Cape and The Green Cab, offering a guided train journey from Cape Town to Cape Point
By: Horixon Holiday Cottages
 
May 29, 2010 - PRLog -- An innovative partnership project between Cape Town Tourism, Metrorail Western Cape and The Green Cab, known as the Rail and Ride initiative, was launched at Noordhoek Farm village on 27 May 2010.  It will offer tourists a scenic travel opportunity by rail and eco-friendly cab from Cape Town to Simonstown, commencing in the first week of June 2010, in time for the World Cup. The route will include a Southern Line train ride from Cape Town to Fish Hoek, followed by a taxi ride along the scenic coastline to Cape Point, with a return to the Mother City. The cost is ZAR 600 (US$80) and includes the transport, tour guide, security as well as entrance to Boulders Penguin Colony and Cape Point nature reserve, making it excellent value for money. The tour can be pre-booked and visitors travelling on the Southern Line Tourism Route will travel in a designated carriage accompanied by informed tourist guides and dedicated security guards. The Rail and Ride service will be offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, departing from Platform Five at Cape Town Station.

The train journey offers a unique viewing opportunity, particularly along the spectacular False Bay Coast where the train line from Muizenberg to Simonstown travels right along the shore, passing beautiful beaches, tidal pools and at times with just a line of rocks between the rail and the carriages.

City of Cape Town Alderman, Felicity Purchase, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Development and Tourism said: "The Southern Line route is the most unique train experience. Nowhere else in the world can you look out of the window during a train journey and see whales, dolphins, trek fishermen, kayakers and surfers sharing the sea with swimmers and kite surfers. All this while passing through a working fishing harbour at Kalk Bay. Clovelly Station is the only station in the world that has a sign saying: 'No fishing from platform'.
We now have a way to take this experience further through this unique Rail and Ride project; with Green Cabs available at the station to take passengers from Simonstown along the coastal road to Cape Point . This exciting Rail and Ride offers the promise of fulfilling a unique gap, in providing tourists with education, scenic, cost-effective and low-carbon transport, to experience the history and scenic beauty of the entire Cape Peninsula."

The launch function at the Noordhoek Farm village was attended by more than 100 people to much acclaim and speeches were delivered by :

Nombulelo Mfeka from the City of Cape Town Tourism department
Jonathan Jacobs from TEP (Tourism Enterprise Programme)

A  prize giving followed the speeches,  with various accommodation and activity prizes donated by local establishments,  including  Horizon Holiday Cottages a self catering holiday resort in Noordhoek. http://www.horizoncottages.co.za

For more information about the tours contact Metrorail  at railtourism@metrorail.co.za or the Green Cab +27 (0)86 184 3473 or call Cape Town Tourism on +27 (0)21 487 6800.

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