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Hout Bay Vineyards

Posted on Fri June 22, 2018.

Hout Bay Vineyards

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Snorkel with seals

Posted on Fri June 22, 2018.

Snorkel with seals

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Chapman's Peak Dive

Posted on Wed June 20, 2018.

Chapman's Peak

Chapman’s Peak is named after John Chapman, the Captain’s mate of an English ship, the Consent. The peak which looms overhead was not named after a governor or brave mountaineer, but a lowly ship's pilot. In 1607 the skipper of the British ship Contest found his vessel becalmed in what is now Hout Bay and sent his pilot, John Chapman, to row ashore in the hope of finding provisions. The pilot later recorded the bay as Chapman's Chaunce (chance) and the name stuck, becoming official on all East India charts.

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Harbour Market

Posted on Wed June 20, 2018.

Hout bay harbour market

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