Chapman's Peak Drive

Chapman’s Peak Drive is a road which has been blasted into the cliffside, connecting Hout Bay & Noordhoek. It is situated on the south-western tip of Africa, just south of Cape Town on the Atlantic ocean side. It unfolds stunning views of cliff & ocean. The route is about 9 km long, with about 114 curves. After a series of rockfalls, a number of measures were added to make the road safer; to finance the construction there is a toll gate on Chapman's Peak Drive (so be sure to keep some cash handy).

Chapman's Peak

Chapman's Peak

Looking south from Chapman's Peak

Chapman's Peak Drive with Slangkop Mountain & Kommetjie in background

Seal Island and the end of Hout Bay from Chapman's Peak

Seal Island from Chapmans Peak

Hout Bay from Chapman's Peak. It's hard to be humble when you're from Hout Bay!

Hout Bay's beach from Chapman's Peak Drive

Leopard Rock: This bronze statue of a Leopard was placed on its rocky pedestal in March 1963, a gift from Ivan Milford Barbeton. The bronze leopard is in memory of the last leopard sited in the area in 1930.

Leopard Rock from Chapman's Peak Drive