Hout Bay, Cape Town
As part of a tour we stopped at Here, on the Western Cape. The drive in was beautiful with hillside to one side and the Hout Bay township to the other.
We had a Seal boat tour booked, we went out on the boat not far out but to a few little islands which was full of seals. I was pleasantly surprised how close up we got to them, so good to see so well. We could see them playing and lying around was a great treat to see.
On the outskirts is the Imizamo Yethu township, a shanty town housing up to 33,000 people.
It’s History
Hout Bay (Afrikaans: Houtbaai, meaning “Wood Bay”) is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of the Central Business District of Cape Town. The name “Hout Bay” can refer to the town, the bay on which it is situated, or the entire valley.
The area was originally made up of two farms, which were slowly subdivided to make way for urban expansion. While still maintaining its rural atmosphere, the area of Hout Bay has more than 5,960 residences inhabited by a population of at least 17,900 people (as of 2011)
The Tour
So how did we see it? We did a guided tour, which we found was great. The guides were highly knowledgeable and because of this would highly recommend this company below, it’s so worth doing it right. They also had some goods deals incorporating the Cape Point and penguins tours.
https://www.citysightseeing.co.za/en/cape-town/cape-point-penguin-explorer-tourThanks for stopping by and taking the time to have a look, there will be plenty more to come. But for now it’s goodbye, so maybe enjoy a few other posts.
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Wow this looks amazing. I would love some sea air and a change of scenery – Corona stole 3 holidays from me!
Rosie
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I know its been a tough year and one to forget. Can’t wait to get out again
That bay area in your photo looks amazing…
It is a beautiful spot for sure
Awesome! I really wish I could go there!!
You should its a wonderful trip and ace to go
Lovely photos
Thanks you
This looks like an interesting place to visit. Was there much to see and do in the shanty town?
We didn’t actually go in to far we had the seal tour booked. We did do a guided visit through the township of Soweto if you would like a read ill leave the link here https://chalkandcheesetravels.com/2020/07/02/soweto-township-guided-day-tour/