De Waal Park
- Food
- A picnic, or Kloof Street after
- Farm stand
- Oranjezicht City Farm
- Kids
- Marked for kids
Crowd level: Easy. Busy only at the obvious hour
Good with kids
Best season The city lists longer hours from September to March and shorter hours from April to August. Sunday concerts in March and April are on the city page.
A neighborhood park under Table Mountain, opened in 1895. Lawns, a playground, dogs, and a bandstand. Not the Company's Garden, and not a cable-car queue.
Worth knowing
Hours and concerts
The city lists September–March 6:30–20:00 and April–August 7:00–18:00. Summer concerts are free Sunday afternoons in March and April, listed at 15:00. Confirm the year's poster.
With kids. The city page lists a play area, lawns, and dogs. The March–April Sunday concerts are free and outdoors. Hours change with the season.
The short version
The City bought land from the Van Breda estate in 1877 for reservoirs. The ground between them became the park. D. C. de Waal, a city councillor, planted trees. It opened to the public in 1895. It is a provincial heritage site. The City of Cape Town still runs it.
Food nearby
A picnic, or Kloof Street after
The park is the visit. Kloof Street is the nearby strip of ordinary restaurants.
Farms and stands nearby
Oranjezicht City Farm
Certified organic produce from the farm on Upper Orange Street. They say vegetables can be ordered by WhatsApp. The farm shop is the neighborhood stop.
Season. Their site says the farm at 87 Upper Orange Street is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
On December 6, 2025 the weekend market moved to the V&A Waterfront, at the corner of Granger Bay Boulevard and Dock Road. That market posts Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and a Wednesday night market from 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. that is closed in June and July. The farm shop is the smaller door.
Official page