Cape Peninsula Day Trip
Cape Town’s peninsula loop squeezes a surprising amount into one day. Breakfast in Sea Point becomes cliff road, beach, fynbos, lighthouse and penguins before the route reaches Kalk Bay. The sea keeps swapping sides as you go.
Highlights include:
- Start with eggs Benedict and coffee at JARRYDS in Sea Point
- Pause above Llandudno Bay before dropping into Hout Bay
- Browse food and maker stalls inside Bay Harbour Market’s old fish-factory sheds
- Drive the cliff-hugging bends of Chapman’s Peak Drive
- Walk Kommetjie’s pale beach with Slangkop lighthouse in view
- Explore Cape Point’s fynbos and continue by funicular and foot towards the working lighthouse
- Watch African penguins from the boardwalks at Boulders Beach
- Finish with seafood and a pint at the Brass Bell while trains pass overhead
South Africa road trip from JARRYDS. to Kalk Bay (104 km, about 2 hours driving). Plan this trip with Sideroads Africa.
Stops along the way
- JARRYDS.: Parisian-inspired Sea Point bistro — eggs Benedict and coffee before the peninsula loop.
- Llandudno Lookout Point: Pull-off on Victoria Road above Llandudno Bay — granite, turquoise water, and the Atlantic Seaboard drop toward Hout Bay.
- Bay Harbour Market: Hout Bay harbour market — food stalls, makers, and live music in the old fish factory sheds.
- Chapman's Peak Drive: World-famous coastal cliff road from Hout Bay to Noordhoek — sheer drops, ocean horizons and one of Cape Town’s signature drives.
- Kommetjie Public Beach: Long pale beach at the village — boardwalk, Slangkop lighthouse in view, and a swim before Cape Point.
- Cape Point Nature Reserve: Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park — fynbos, baboons, and the drive to the southwestern tip.
- New Cape Point Lighthouse: The working 1919 lighthouse on the Cape Point cliffs — the funicular-and-walk payoff inside the reserve.
- Boulders Beach Penguins: Iconic coastal viewpoint featuring a land-based African Penguin colony.
- Able Seaman Just Nuisance: Bronze Great Dane on Jubilee Square — the Royal Navy’s only enlisted dog, and Simon’s Town’s favourite statue.
- Brass Bell Kalk Bay: Harbour-side Kalk Bay institution — seafood and a pint with the False Bay train running overhead.