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Harbour House Kalk Bay
A celebrated restaurant overlooking the fishing harbour on the Cape Peninsula driving route, where road trippers stop for seafood with crashing wave views.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Western Cape, South Africa · Africa
Simon's Town works well as a base: 20 minutes from Muizenberg, 14km from Chapman's Peak Drive.
Simon's Town is a town located in Western Cape, South Africa. With a population of 6,569, it is an important destination in Africa.
On a road trip, Simon's Town sits in South Africa, where you drive on the left. It's in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Simon's Town to your route.
Simon's Town (Afrikaans: Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base. It is located on the shores of Simon's Bay in False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries,Read more
it has been a naval base and harbour (first for the British Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.
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Simon's Town is located in Western Cape, South Africa, Africa. The coordinates are -34.1934 latitude, 18.4358 longitude.
Simon's Town has a population of approximately 6,569 people, making it a town in South Africa.
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cafe
A celebrated restaurant overlooking the fishing harbour on the Cape Peninsula driving route, where road trippers stop for seafood with crashing wave views.
7 km · about 15 min drive
beach
A family-friendly Cape Town beach famous for its colourful Victorian bathing boxes and gentle waves perfect for learning to surf.
10 km · about 20 min drive
cafe
A seaside restaurant at the base of Chapman's Peak Drive near Cape Town, one of the world's most spectacular coastal driving roads carved into cliff faces.
14 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A series of pull-offs on one of the world's most scenic coastal drives, hugging the cliffs between Hout Bay and Noordhoek near Cape Town.
14 km · about 25 min drive
coastal drive
A breathtaking 9-kilometer toll road carved into the near-vertical face of Chapman's Peak between Hout Bay and Noordhoek.
14 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The dramatic headland at the southwestern tip of Africa where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, with a historic lighthouse perched on the cliff.
19 km · about 20 min drive
coastal drive
A loop around the tip of Africa from Cape Town past Chapmans Peak, Cape Point, and Simons Town penguin colony.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Flat-topped mountain and iconic natural landmark overlooking Cape Town and the surrounding coastline.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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