Cape Peninsula :: Atlantic Seaboard           The Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula has some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in the world. The white sand beaches of Hout Bay, Noordhoek and Llandudno are of the most beautiful in Cape Town. Family beaches include Scarborough and Kommetjie. The Cape Town Atlantic Seaboard is popular with outdoor enthusiasts, surfers and sea kayakers.	Places Hout Bay Chapman's Peak Noordhoek Kommetjie   Scarborough

          The Atlantic Seaboard is also home to some of the most expensive real estate in South Africa. It offers a variety of accommodation establishments to visitors, trendy bars, and beaches.

Chapman's Peak
          Chapman's Peak is on the western strip of Cape Peninsula and is a prime site for sun worshippers. Notwithstanding the icy cold waters, tourists enjoy the lovely white beaches that are sheltered from the south-easterly wind. On one side of the Peak is Noordhoek Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the peninsula, extremely popular for surfing, horseback riding and a long, yet peaceful walk that ends at the site of a 19th century shipwreck - the Kakapo.

          From Noordhoek, one of South Africa’s most spectacular coastal roads called Chapman’s Peak Drive winds its way up over the Peak and down into the picturesque fishing harbour of Hout Bay. Sections of the road, built between 1915 and 1922, were blasted into the partially vertical rock and proclaimed a masterpiece of road construction. There are numerous parking bays and picnic spots along the road, as well as a hiking trail with beautiful views which lead to Chapman's Peak. Hout Bay and the distinctive Sentinal butress, and the lush gren hills of Constantia look so inviting from the top of the Peak.

          The beautiful village of Hout Bay is the head quarters of the Peninsula’s crayfish fleet. It is a rapidly growing residential town and holiday destination surrounded by magnificent mountain slopes and perfect aqua waters. The name ‘Hout’ is the Afrikaans word for ‘wood’, and derives from the area’s value as a source of timber in the early colonial days. However, the hillsides are still reassuringly tree-mantled. The Hout Bay area is splendid hiking and rambling territory. Especially rewarding is the 12km scramble over the lower slopes of the towering Sentinel and Karbonkelberg peaks to Llandudno.

Noordhoek

          Noordhoek is a country village of soothing rural scenes with great care and attention shown to the environment. A blend of modest cottages, through a kaleidoscope of luxury homes, small holdings, farms and mansions, art & craft shops, restaurant and the village pub, just 25 minutes by car to Cape Town. Situated on the Atlantic seaboard at the base of Chapmans Peak Drive, Noordhoek has an 8km magnificent stretch of untouched Atlantic sandy beach ideal for long walks. Noordhoek Beach is extremely popular for its excellent surfing conditions and beautiful sunsets. Visitors can enjoy a walk along the clean white sands, which lead to the 19th century shipwreck of the Kakapo, or can take in the scenery by horseback. Noordhoek offers a country lifestyle and a village atmosphere.

          Ideal for horse lovers and nature lovers. Mountain walks, fynbos reserves, bridle trails, cycle rides and country shows. Old milkwood trees are plentiful and the beautiful Monkey Valley Beach Nature Resort with its Thorfynn's Restaurant is set in the heart of the Milkwood Forest. Noordhoek property and the area itself is rather along the lines of an English village.

Kommetjie

          Kommetjie is a quiet, rustic seaside village on the Atlantic coast - the name means "The Little Bowl"; - with the earliest beach houses dated from around 1900. Die Kom was sighted by Antonio Da Saldanha as early as 1503. Kommetjie, nestling between the mountains and the sea, became a holiday and picnic spot sometime during the mid-nineteenth century. It still remains a rural paradise where you are close enough to the wild to go for walks in the mountains or along the rugged shoreline, away from the smog and pollution of the city. There are also five-and-a-half kilometres of white sandy beaches, a protected tidal pool and plenty of marine life including crayfish, perlemoen and galjoen.

          The village itself is self-sufficient, but if necessary there is an excellent shopping centre only 5 kilometres away and Cape Town centre only 35 kilometres away. It has it's own library, doctor and vet, primary school, small supermarket and post office. The delightful old-world Cottage Studio was originally owned by writers Theo Aronson and Brian Roberts, and now houses a collection of water-colours by Gina Howard, as well as other handcrafted products. Kommetjie has become very popular amongst people preferring a rural lifestyle.