Run Cape Town
Run Cape Town
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We offer personalised, guided running tours through the streets, neighbourhoods and mountain trails of Cape Town, with accredited Western Cape Adventure Tourist Guides. Choose your route, from historic city centre tours to more scenic coastal or mountain trails; from 10km to marathon training distances of 30km+ -we have you covered! Put on your sneakers and join us in exploring Cape Town in a unique, safe and healthy way, on the run!
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Ajay718
Short Hills, NJ10 contributions
Jan 2020
I’ve run guided tours in a number of European cities and tried the same in Cape Town. It was a great experience. Andrew is a wonderful guide who really enjoys guiding visitors thru Cape Town. I did the Coty tour and we explored areas that I didn’t have a chance to visit during our regular sightseeing. Highly recommend this trip.
Written January 4, 2020
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Indeed, Andy genuinely loves sharing his city with fellow runners, on the sightrunning tour, thank you for choosing to "run the city" with us in Cape Town & thank you for the great review!
Written January 7, 2020
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DonnaCoops
London, UK16 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
I did 2 incredible runs with Andy! I started with an early morning Table Mountain run on my first day and finished with a Lion’s Head/Signal Point sunset run on my last night. Andy was really knowledgeable and we shared many laughs along the way. He’s also a pretty good photographer! I can’t recommend this enough. Thank you for making my trip so memorable.
Written January 17, 2024
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Thank YOU for such lovely reviews! It is always a treat for us to enjoy the Cape Town trails with visitors, on the run, and if we get to enjoy 2 runs that´s even better! You chose 2 of our fave routes ..... ;)
We really are happy to hear you enjoyed your tours & thanks for the recommendation, we hope to see you again in the Mother city for more adventures some day.
- Philippa & Andy
Written January 19, 2024
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Andy D
Nottingham, UK14 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
Amazing experience. I asked for some specific type of run after giving my background and Andy and Philippa were great at communicating with me and organising the run. Andy was really friendly and knowledgeable about the trails and local landmarks and I felt extremely safe and looked after. He made sure I came prepared and we went at a pace I was comfortable with and that I was hydrated and had energy/nutrition covered and kept checking I was ok. He even took lots of photos for me and sent them straight away after the run. Overall the run exceeded my expectations and I will definitely be re-booking in the future when I return. I couldn’t recommend these guys any higher.
Written January 22, 2024
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What a wonderful review, wow, we are so happy to hear you has such a good time with Andy out on the trails! It was a pleasure for us to arrange a run that suited your needs, and I know Andy had a blast with you out there :)
We hope to see you back in the Mother City for more trail adventures in the UTCT in November, please let us know when you´re back, we´d love to share more trails with you ...
Thanks for your very kind words & see you again soon!
- Best, Philippa & Andy
Written January 24, 2024
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Giorgos
Reading, UK186 contributions
Mar 2024 • Solo
Amazing trail run to the summit of Table mountain with Andy and great support and organising from Philippa! We set off at 7 in the morning and Andy was very well prepared and knowledgable. He adapted to my pace and we spent two hours up some pretty technical trails. We ended up at Table Mountain and we were back at the parking lot 2 hours later. Highly recommended!
Written March 3, 2024
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Thank you so much for your glowing review! We´re thrilled to hear you enjoyed the trail run on Table Mountain with Andy - it´s great to know our efforts in providing a memorable experience are appreciated.
We look forward to welcoming you back for more adventurous trails in the future.... Keep up the great running!
~ Philippa & Andy
Written March 4, 2024
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Travellingwithwork!
Uxbridge, UK17 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
Andy my guide picked me up and was great to have a guide to get me to places I wanted to see and have the local knowledge! Ran to my pace but also gave me the push I needed to get up those hills. Great photos and a fab early morning experience
Written January 26, 2024
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Thank you so much for your positive review! We´re thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your run. Your feedback is truly motivating, and we hope to continue providing our guests with great experiences in the future. Keep on running!
- Andy & Philippa
Written January 26, 2024
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Kate O
13 contributions
Jan 2019 • Couples
My husband and I had a fantastic time with Philippa on the lions head trail run. We learnt lots of great facts about the city and had beautiful views throughout. Would really recommend!
Written January 6, 2019
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What a pleasure starting the new year on the run with you guys - THANK YOU for choosing to run with us! It was a wonderful morning exploring our beautiful trails .... All the best for a wonderful 2019 of running adventures :)
Written January 7, 2019
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SazzleRuns
Brighton, UK139 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
My husband and I are big runners and were in Cape Town for 10 days over Christmas and wanted to explore some of Cape Town’s trails and I’d been recommended by a South African friend to use a running guide if we wanted to explore off the beaten track.
A quick google search found Run Cape Town, and I messaged Philippa with our request for a couple of runs and she replied promptly and was super helpful at fitting things in for us (even starting at 6am one day for us).
We did 2 running tours with Run Cape Town, one on lesser travelled Table Mountain trails and one on Lion’s Head. Philippa is a fantastic guide, bring so many interesting stories/facts with her....and she loves to run/talk running!
I can’t recommend going out running with Run Cape Town enough.
A quick google search found Run Cape Town, and I messaged Philippa with our request for a couple of runs and she replied promptly and was super helpful at fitting things in for us (even starting at 6am one day for us).
We did 2 running tours with Run Cape Town, one on lesser travelled Table Mountain trails and one on Lion’s Head. Philippa is a fantastic guide, bring so many interesting stories/facts with her....and she loves to run/talk running!
I can’t recommend going out running with Run Cape Town enough.
Written January 27, 2018
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It was a pleasure to run with such accomplished runners as you two - thanks for slowing your pace a bit to take in the beauty of history of Cape Town from our beautiful trails with us! We hope to see you back in CT some day, possibly for some racing - UTCT, PUFfer?!
We're sure we'll see you back some day ..... Thanks for the lovely review & keep up the great running :)
Written January 29, 2018
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ECHMilano
Dublin12 contributions
Oct 2017 • Couples
This was a fantastic experience. I did two runs with Phillippa: one of Table Mountain, hiking through the mist and fynbos, and one of Cape Town. Both were wonderful, an addition to other sightseeing. There is something about actually pounding the ground to achieve an authentic glimpse of a place. Phillippa is a lovely guide.
Written November 1, 2017
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Thank you for taking the time to write this review! I'm glad you got to enjoy two such different experiences of Cape Town - even in the thick mist up on top of our mountain when there is no view one gets to enjoy the peaceful calm of nature & the gentle chorus of the frogs - so special - Cape Town in all her moody, beautiful glory! Perhaps see you again some day for more adventures .... Philippa
Written December 4, 2017
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Deirdre G
Kilkenny, Ireland5 contributions
Jul 2017 • Friends
As a keen, and mostly competitive runner, keeping on top of training while away was a priority. Fortunately, Run Capetown afforded me this; while also providing the best views of the city. An early morning run around Table Mountain or Devil's Peak will reveal a Capetown hidden from those unlucky enough to not be a runner! From my initial organising of dates with Philippa to my runs with Andy, Run Capetown proved to be both professional and friendly. Whether you are the person who panics when away from a home-based training routine (insert me here!), or simply a runner in search of new adventures (insert me here also!), Run Capetown ticks all the boxes. You could say that they are Capetown's very own PB! Thank you so much guys. It was a pleasure.
Written August 5, 2017
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If you ask Andy about running with you he will say "the pleasure really was all mine!"
I know you kept him on his toes when heading up to the top of Table Mountain - well done! & Well Done of your first place at the Franschhoek park run - FANTASTIC!
Thank you for taking the time to write this review & for choosing to explore some of our trails with us... Keep up the great running!
Written August 6, 2017
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PeterMadrid2014
Madrid, Spain4 contributions
Jun 2014 • Business
Fantastic run with Phillipa around Lions Head & Table Mountain, sticks out as one of the great memories from the trip !
Written June 12, 2014
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Thank you for the wonderful feedback Peter - it was great meeting, running & sharing our beautiful mountains with you!
Written June 16, 2014
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Quantos km correndo? fala português?
Written March 25, 2019
Run_Cape_Town
Cape Town Central, South Africa
Hola Wesley, no no falo portugues, pero espaniol si!! ;)
Normalmente corrimos entre 8 - 12km, depende si es trail or road running ...
Perdon la demorra en esa respuesta!
Saludos,
Philippa
Written April 5, 2019
Hi. I am visiting Cape Town next April and would like to find some good running routes. I am a keen runner though have only gone up to half marathon distance. Marathon is in the near future hopefully. I would have loved to do a race (and of course get a medal) but I can't see any taking place. So I would like to know what tours you offer. Thanks. Lee
Written November 12, 2017
Run_Cape_Town
Cape Town Central, South Africa
HI Lee,
Oh my word - I have just seen your message / enquiry now - I have never come across this function on TriAdvisor before! Apologies for the delay ....
If you are visiting in April 2018 there is our iconic 2 oceans half marathon and ultra, which takes place on 31 March 2018 (if you are in town then!), you MAY be lucky enough to get a substitution to enter the half marathon, but it is a VERY popular race & sells out VERY quickly!
I cannot share websites/HTML addresses on this site, but visit our site or our facebook page & you will find links to our standard tours, and if you email me I will check out other race options for you in April & you can see if there is anything that catches your eye - there should be loads of races happening around then, it is a lovely time of year in CT!
In terms of our tours, we offer trail / tar running tours, depending on your preference, and provide info about the area we are running through, so it is essentially a tour, on the run. We have set times for the tours, but also organise tours on a demands basis, so you let us know when / what time/how far you'd like to go & we can do our best to tailor-make a tour for you. We are happy to run with one runner, or organise small group runs if we have more than one participant wanting to go for the same run / same day.
The costs will be going up at the beginning of April, but it is roughly R650 for an individual runner, for a tour based on 10 - 12km, and the price decreases as the group increases.
I hope I have answered some questions, let me know if you'd like some more info!
Best wishes,
Philippa
Written December 20, 2017
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