About Chapmans Peak Drive
Chapman's Peak stands imposingly at the heart of Chapmans Peak Drive, connecting Hout Bay with Noordhoek along one of the most dramatic marine routes in the world that hugs the coast of the Atlantic Seaboard for nine kilometres.
Did you know? Chapman's Peak Drive is affectionately known as #Chappies.
Chapmans Peak Drive climbs steadily from the harbour of Hout Bay, skirting 114 curves of Chapman's Peak to follow the rocky coastline along some truly magnificent views of the sandy bays below.
The combination of steep, almost thrilling rocky inclines, shimmering blue waters and expansive skies simply take the breath away and to compensate for this, there are a number of rest areas en route where one can simply stop and drink in the views or picnic.
Despite this invitation to take it slowly, the toll road also serves as a ‘shortcut' for people living in Hout Bay wanting to reach the Southern Suburbs or Cape Town, by saving up to 20 minutes during peak traffic hours.
The road's closure, due to a fatal rock fall in late 1999, for just short of three years, severely impacted on these residents' productivity as it did on South Africa's economy, denying visitors to the country some of the best scenery on the Cape Peninsula. Nonetheless, the upgrading of Chapmans Peak Drive has gone on to win international acclaim as one of the most innovative road engineering projects, beating another eight international projects to win the 2004 civil engineering award for road design.
Chapman's Peak Drive also offers superb hiking experiences up the peak, through Silvermine Nature Reserve and Table Mountain National Park and some unlikely whale watching spots. At the other end of the drive lies the village of Noordhoek and the neighbouring suburbs of Kommetjie, Scarborough and Fish Hoek.
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WhereChapmans Peak Drive, Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
WhenBest during daylight hours.
Telephone+27 (0)21 791-8220
OvernightStay in Chapmans Peak Accommodation, Cape Town
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