It’s Women’s Day on Wednesday 9 August and the perfect excuse to get out and about and enjoy Cape Town aboard a MyCiTi bus, with fares starting from as little as R39 for a day’s unlimited travel.

For grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters and special loved ones this public holiday is a chance to take a break from the cares and responsibilities of daily life and enjoy yourselves in the company of family and friends. Because it’s a public holiday, MyCiTi fares are lower throughout the day – and if you use Mover points you save even more.

In July – just in time for a relaxing day out – a cost-effective new MyCiTi travel package was launched. Now you can load an OPT1, which allows unlimited travel for an entire day on any route, except the Airport route. There are no peak hours on a public holiday, Saturday or Sunday so this is a great option for exploring the city. For just R39, you can travel to Hout Bay for fish and chips by the sea, stroll along Tafelberg Road or the beach at Blouberg, or spend the day at the V&A Waterfront. And you don’t have to worry about working out your fare or how much it will cost to get there and home again.