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4 Touring the Cape Peninsula

Tours of the Cape Peninsula should start on the Atlantic Seaboard and include
Chapman’s Peak Drive, a scenic route that took seven years to build. The drive,
cut into the cliff face, has splendid lookout points with picnic sites. A highlight
of the tour is the panorama at Cape Point, where the peninsula juts into
the sea. The views encompass False Bay, the Hottentots Holland Paarl
mountains and Cape Hangklip, 80 km (50 miles)
away. The return journey passes the penguin
colony at Boulders and goes through Cape Town
charming Simon’s Town.
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Camps Bay Table
Mountain
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1 Chapman’s Peak Constantia
The highest point rises to Hout Bay
592 m (1,942 ft). An observation
platform is set on sheer cliffs
which drop 160 m (525 ft) to
the swirling seas below. J

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Muizenberg beach
2 Kommetjie Kommetjie has flat, warm
Flashes from the power ful Fish Hoek water and is safe
beams of Slangkop for swimming.
Lighthouse can be seen J
from Hout Bay at night. 5 Boulders
Simon’s This accessible
Key Town African penguin
Tour route colony attracts
many visitors
Other roads
each year.
Park or reserve boundary
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Krom
The Flying
Tips for Drivers J Dutchman
Cape of Good Hope,
Tour length: 160 km (99 miles). Table Mountain funicular rail
From De Waal Drive via Camps National Park provides easy
Bay and Chapman’s Peak Drive access to the
to Cape Point, returning through lookout atop
Simon’s Town and Muizenberg, Cape Point.
then back to the city via the M3.
Chapman’s Peak Drive may close
in bad weather. Check first by
calling 021 791 8222 or at 3 Cape of Good Hope
www.chapmanspeakdrive.co.za. There is a variety of wildlife Cape of J
Duration: A full day, including a here, including ostriches, Good Hope Cape Point
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stop for a leisurely lunch. bontebok, eland
and zebras.
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