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At Noordhoek, the little
rocky coves of the
Atlantic seaboard give
way to wide, unspoiled
beaches. Noordhoek
village is surrounded
by smallholdings and
horse farms, and outrides
on the wide stretch of
sand are popular.
WITSTAND
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Scarborough Llandudno
RED HILL examples of Cape
Simon’s Town
displays good
Kommetjie granite, formed by
KOMMETJIE MAIN the earth’s crust
GLENCAIRN rock melting under
Fish Hoek some 550 million
Kommetjie
Sun Valley years ago.
Beach
Noordhoek
507 m Chapman’s Peak J
(1,663 ft) 593 m (1,945 ft) CHAPMAN’S PEAK
Muizenberg
The Sentinel
Constantiaberg 653 m (2,142 ft)
928 m (3,044 ft)
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TOKAI
Hout Bay
Tokai Forest
Cycle Track
Constantia
Winelands HOUT BAY MAIN Llandudno
CONSTANTIA Constantia Nek J
MAIN
RHODES VICTORIA The Sentinel is an
Twelve Apostles impressive rock
outcrop that
towers at the
Table Mountain mouth of Hout
1,087 m (3,566 ft) Bay. It forms part
of what is known
Devil’s Peak J Camps Bay as the Graafwater
1,000 m (3,280 ft)
Formation, which
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TAFELBERG
Clifton lies above a base
J
of Cape granite.
KLOOF NEK 669 m (2,195 ft)
Lion’s Head
J
DE WAAL
Signal Hill
CAPE TOWN BEACH
Sea Point
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SOMERSET
Sea Point, below Signal Hill, is built on metamorphic rock. This
is the oldest of the peninsula’s rock formations and weathers
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easily. Several road cuttings and old quarries in the area exhibit
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