• Cape Town City Centre

    The centre isn’t huge, so most places are a quick stagger up or down the road. If you want to be near pubs, clubs and happenings, this is your spot. There's a Google Map to Cape Town here.
  • Cape Town City Bowl

    Nestled just above the Cape Town city centre on the slopes of Table Mountain and overlooking Cape Town and the harbour, these residential suburbs are fairly laid-back, quiet and surrounded by plenty of greenery, lush gardens and parks.
  • Green Point

    Neighbouring the busy suburb of Sea Point, Green Point has much the same setting and vibe as Sea Point, overlooking the icy Atlantic seaboard and backing up against the mountain. Many backpackers make Green Point their home whilst visiting the Mother City.
  • Sea Point

    Situated on the icy Atlantic seaboard close to the Cape Town beaches Sea Point stretches along the beachfront and up against the mountain. It is densely populated with apartments, peppered with restaurants and bars and has a thriving nightlife.
  • Observatory

    The heartbeat of student life in Cape Town, spunky Observatory has an excellent local atmosphere and a lively vibe. It's jam-packed with snappy music and pool venues and has a gob-smacking choice of restaurants.
  • Claremont

    This is one of Cape Town's older suburbs which has a well developed entertainment and shopping infrastructure. There are no backpackers here.
  • Northern Beaches

    Along the Atlantic coastline, heading northwards towards the West Coast and Namibia you'll find miles of beach…There's Google map here.
  • Muizenberg and Kalk Bay

    Muizenberg beach is a surfer's paradise, with the best learner surf waves in the Cape. You'll find the Google map to the Southern Peninsula on this page.
  • Scarborough and Kommetjie

    Scarborough is one of the last suburbs you’ll find before Cape Point. It's a very quiet with wonderful stretches of wild beaches, incredible mountain walks and an oddly shaped landmark known as Camel Rock. It takes about 45 minutes to drive into Cape Town from here.
  • Camps Bay

    This is the perfect place from which to watch the sun go down - whether it's from the white sandy beach or one of the many bars or restuarants that line the beach front. There are no backpackers here.
  • Hout Bay

    It's about 15km from town and the entry point to the famous Chapman's Peak Drive. It's a little self-contained village with everything you need - restaurants, shops, auto banks and is close to plenty of good hikes and sunset drink slurping spots. There are no backpackers here.

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Simon's Town

This is where we've chosen to live, so it's gotta be groovy. It's the last village before Cape Point on the eastern side of the peninsula and very quaint. Not to mention romantic with its panoramic views over the Simon's Town navy and picturesque yacht basin.

A good place to stop off on the way to Cape Point

Simon's Town is a quaint little villagewhich is close to Cape Point and home to the famous Jackass Penguins who are listed in the Red Data Book as an Endangered Species.

It's also home to the South African Navy and its antiquated floating museum of battle ships and submarines, so there's a lot of interesting history dotted all over the place.

Cobbles streets and postcard views.

Nestled between the mountain range and the sea, the Simon's Town has attractive, winding streets, a yacht basin and a smattering of restaurants and shops. It's also where we live. Yeeehah!

There is a fantastic backpacker lodge in town and it also has some fine restaurants and bars.

A bit of History avbout Simon's Town

Home to the South African Navy, Simon's Town is steeped in Naval history.

In 1671 the Dutch East India vessel "Isselsteijn" found the bay to be so excellent a harbour that the governor, Simon van der Stel, founded the port which was named in his honour. The town that grew up around the harbour was distinctly nautical in atmosphere.

Many celebrated naval personalities visited or were based in Simon's Town and the epitaphs on tombstones in the churchyard record a colourful history of sea fights and other misadventure.

Even Nelson came ashore here....

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