The Cape Tourism desk
Editorial, Cape Tourism
Cape Tourism is written and edited in-house. One region, covered properly, rather than a page for every country in Africa. The Western Cape has two seasons that behave in opposite ways, a wind that closes the cable car, and distances that look shorter on a map than they drive, so most of the value on this site is in being specific about timing and logistics rather than in listing attractions. Park and reserve access, permits and opening times are checked against SANParks and CapeNature; transport against the operator; and anything about safety is written as what to do rather than as reassurance or alarm, because both are useless to someone deciding whether to walk somewhere at six in the evening. Where something has not been verified, the page says so rather than repeating a claim we cannot stand behind.
Editorial standards
- No paid placements. We do not accept payment for a placement, a ranking or a favourable review. Where a link earns a commission, the page carrying it says so.
- No untested claims. We do not say we have tried something we have not. Prices and plan details supplied by a provider are labelled as indicative rather than presented as our own findings.
- No page for the sake of a keyword. A destination gets a page when there is something specific to say about it. That is why the site is small.
- Corrections are made in public. A factual fix is applied to the page and the update date changes with it.
