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Hout Bay
Hout Bay is little port village near the South African metropole Cape Town.
Travel to Hout Bay & Visa Requirements
Hout Bay is situated at the west side of the Cape Peninsula. You can get there by car, following the road along the west coast of Peninsula. From the Cape Town city centre drive to Camps Bay and from there all along the sea. You can also get there from the east side of the Peninsula and from the Cape of Good Hope.
Park your car at the parking lot by the harbour.
Hout Bay attractions and sightseeing
The harbour itself is the main attraction. It is quiet and full of bustling fisher boats at the same time.
Hout Bay city tours
Watch the fisherman unload their fresh fish, old ladies repairing the nets or go on a trip to Seal Island to see the local seal colony.
A visit to Hout Bay is incomplete without a visit to the World of Birds, a wonderful bird park, touted to be the biggest in the western cape. Make sure that you time your visit to coincide with the feeding of the Squirrel monkeys.
Chapman's Peak Drive starts just south of Hout Bay. This toll road offers spectacular views, especially at sunset. If you're a world class big wave surfer, Hout Bay is the location of Dungeons home to some of the worlds biggest surfable waves in winter.
Hout Bay souvenirs & shopping
There is an antique store next to the restaurant, which is definitely worth a visit!
Hout Bay Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
- Fish & Chips at Mariner's Wharf, Hout Bay Harbour, ☎ (+27) 21 790 1100, [1]. Very good Fish & Chips. Sometimes overcrowded but worth waiting in the queue.R 35.00.
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