Travel Guide of Hout Bay in South Africa by Influencers and Travelers
Hout Bay is a seaside suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of the Central Business District.
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1 - Table Mountain National Park
10 km away
Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
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2 - Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
9 km away
Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of ten National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
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3 - Hiking / Trekking in Cape Town
6 km away
Table Mountain, proclaimed a natural monument in 1957 and one of the 7 New Wonders of Nature, is truly a stunning backdrop to the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town below. Standing 1084.6 metres at the highest point, a wonderful world full of nature awai...
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4 - Table Mountain
10 km away
Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top.
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5 - Camps Bay
8 km away
Camps Bay is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and the small bay on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula after which it is named. In summer it attracts many South African and foreign visitors.
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6 - Scuba Diving in Cape Town
12 km away
Want to learn how to scuba dive in Cape Town but don't have the time to do a course with lessons that span over a number of days? Or, maybe you're thinking of taking up diving but you're just not sure if it's the thing for you? If so...
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7 - Hout Bay Beach
Sandy Bay is a nudist beach situated along the road between Cape Town to Cape Point and adjacent to Llandudno. Sandy Bay is not easily accessible.
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8 - Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
10 km away
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is a cable car transportation system offering visitors a five-minute ride to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.
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9 - Tours & Sightseeing | City Sightseeing Cape Town
13 km away
Cruise through more of Cape Town with a Hop-on Hop-off bus ticket. Not only do you get a day ticket for the bus and its three routes – including a drive to three wine estates – but there’s a free walking tour, and a cable car journey to the top of Table Mountain! With so many options, make your own adventure. Enjoy an historic tour of the city, or see the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood. Discover the happening highlights, head down the peninsula, or wine-it-up at the vineyards. Finally, feast your eyes on the panoramas of the city from atop the mighty Table Mountain.
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10 - Chapman's Peak
6 km away
Chapman's Peak is the name of a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula, between Hout Bay and Noordhoek in Cape Town, South Africa.
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11 - Cecilia Forest
7 km away
Cecilia is a section of the Table Mountain National Park on the lower eastern slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, located just to the south of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
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12 - Boat Tours in Cape Town
14 km away
Enjoy an action-packed eco-adventure aboard a boat around Cape Town's unspoilt coastline! Departing from the V&A Waterfront cruise out into Table Bay and sense the expectation as you wait for the skipper's instruction. The Skippers wi...
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13 - Lookout Point on Chapmans Peak
6 km away
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14 - Newlands Forest
11 km away
Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir.
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15 - Snorkeling in Cape Town
Take a once in a life adventure and swim with the seals in Cape Town South Africa! Join Seal Adventures on this bucket list trip. Hop in the cape and swim around with the Cape Fur seal. Although they weight between 100-300 kg and are the largest fur ...
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16 - Lion's Head
12 km away
Lion's Head is a mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres above sea level.
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17 - Devil's Peak
12 km away
Devil's Peak is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town, South Africa. When looking at Table Mountain from the city centre, or when looking at the standard picture postcard view of the mountain, the skyline is from left to right: the spire of Devil's Peak, the flat mesa of Table Mountain, the dome of Lion's Head and Signal Hill.
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18 - Cape Town
12 km away
Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and also the legislative capital of South Africa.
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19 - Rondebosch
12 km away
Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.
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20 - Sea Point
13 km away
Sea Point is one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District.
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21 - Signal Hill
14 km away
Signal Hill, or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain. The hill was also known as "The Lion's Flank", a term now obsolete. Together with Lion's Head, Signal Hill looks like a lion sphinx.
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22 - Muizenberg Beach
14 km away
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23 - Fynbos
15 km away
Fynbos is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate. The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.
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24 - Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
15 km away
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is a contemporary art museum located at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the largest museum of contemporary African art in the world. The museum opened on September 22, 2017.
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Pictures and Stories of Hout Bay from Influencers
7 pictures of Hout Bay from Carolinie Cavalli, Tim Johnson, Florian Bernhardt and other travelers
- A view from Chapman’s Peak Drive ...click to read more
- Experienced by @Sofia M | ©Unsplash
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- Experienced by @Carolinie Cavalli | ©Unsplash
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