Wilfred Cottage Guidebook
Sightseeing
Home to the African Penguin. Wonderful boardwalk through the breeding colony and secluded beaches.
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Playa de los Pingüinos
Kleintuin RoadHome to the African Penguin. Wonderful boardwalk through the breeding colony and secluded beaches.
Southernmost point in Africa located within a nature reserve.
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Cape Point
Southernmost point in Africa located within a nature reserve.
Fish Hoek Beach
Great beach scene
Chapmans Peak
Wonderful scenic drive
Historic Harbour with shops and seafood restaurants. Boat trips to Seal Island.
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Hout Bay
Historic Harbour with shops and seafood restaurants. Boat trips to Seal Island.
Great shopping mall, wine estates, eateries, horse riding and a wonderful long white beach.
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Noordhoek
Great shopping mall, wine estates, eateries, horse riding and a wonderful long white beach.
Historic Town with restaurants and shops
One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval bases, Simon’s Town was originally named Isselsteijn Bay by a Dutch East Indiaman of the same name who sheltered from a storm here in 1671. As reports of the bay’s discovery filtered back to the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, he recommended that it be developed into a port, owing to the fact that it provided ideal shelter from the winter winds and storms that batter Table Bay on the opposite coast of the peninsula. It was later renamed Simon’s Bay in his honour.
A small dockyard facility was first established in Simon’s Town by the Dutch East India Company in 1743, which was eventually taken over by the British Royal Navy in the 1790s, under whom the facility was further developed over the following century and a half. The Naval Base was handed over to the South African Navy in 1957 under the Simonstown Agreement.
Unfortunately, in the 1960s, Simon’s Town was proclaimed a White Group Area and over the next few years black people, many of whom had family ties dating back to the early settlement of the area, were forced to move out. Their houses within the town fell into disrepair and a lot of them were eventually demolished despite the Historical Society’s efforts in preventing it. Luckily, some buildings were proclaimed National Monuments and survived. In recent years, the Town’s main street and Jetty have been restored and all along the ‘Historic Mile’ you will find beautiful Dutch colonial buildings steeped in history.
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Simon's Town Police Station
136 St George's StOne of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval bases, Simon’s Town was originally named Isselsteijn Bay by a Dutch East Indiaman of the same name who sheltered from a storm here in 1671. As reports of the bay’s discovery filtered back to the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, he recommended that it be developed into a port, owing to the fact that it provided ideal shelter from the winter winds and storms that batter Table Bay on the opposite coast of the peninsula. It was later renamed Simon’s Bay in his honour.
A small dockyard facility was first established in Simon’s Town by the Dutch East India Company in 1743, which was eventually taken over by the British Royal Navy in the 1790s, under whom the facility was further developed over the following century and a half. The Naval Base was handed over to the South African Navy in 1957 under the Simonstown Agreement.
Unfortunately, in the 1960s, Simon’s Town was proclaimed a White Group Area and over the next few years black people, many of whom had family ties dating back to the early settlement of the area, were forced to move out. Their houses within the town fell into disrepair and a lot of them were eventually demolished despite the Historical Society’s efforts in preventing it. Luckily, some buildings were proclaimed National Monuments and survived. In recent years, the Town’s main street and Jetty have been restored and all along the ‘Historic Mile’ you will find beautiful Dutch colonial buildings steeped in history.
Visit the harbour for fish restaurants and the Brass Bell for authentic Pub and a variety of seafood restaurants.
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Kalk Bay
Visit the harbour for fish restaurants and the Brass Bell for authentic Pub and a variety of seafood restaurants.