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Hout Bay, South Africa → Noordhoek

Chapman’s Peak Drive

Easy#3 in South Africa790 votes
Distance
9 km
Duration
Half day
Best time
Oct – Apr
Highest point
170 m

Nine kilometres cut into a cliff above Hout Bay. A toll, a few bays, and the Atlantic doing all the work.

Top highlights

  • High altitude170 m
  • Chapman’s Peak lookoutThe bay, the Sentinel, the whole reason.
  • Road qualityToll, excellent, sometimes closed after rockfall. Cyclists at dawn. Short enough to turn around.
  • PermitsToll at the booths. Card or cash.
  • Best timeOct – Apr

Recommended itinerary

  1. Hout Bay, South Africa

    Start

  2. Chapman’s Peak lookout

    5 km

  3. Noordhoek

    End · 9 km

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