#56 of 79 · coastal
Chapman’s Peak Drive
Hout Bay, South Africa → Noordhoek
9 km · Oct – Apr · Easy
Nine kilometres cut into a cliff above Hout Bay. A toll, a few bays, and the Atlantic doing all the work.
Viewpoints
Chapman’s Peak lookout
The bay, the Sentinel, the whole reason.
5 km
170 m
- Road
- Toll, excellent, sometimes closed after rockfall. Cyclists at dawn. Short enough to turn around.
- Permits
- Toll at the booths. Card or cash.
Tips
- 01
Pair with Cape Point
This is the approach, not the whole peninsula.
- 02
Sunset southbound
The light lands on the water, not in your eyes.
From the road
1 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Thandi M.
Jan 2026
Southbound at six. Hout Bay still in shadow, the Atlantic already lit. Nine kilometres of cliff. Drove it back again for the other light.
