Cape Town Beaches – a pick of lesser-trodden strands, tipped by locals in the know – are highlighted in The Inside Guide.
You will find these beaches on the Cape Town Green COASTAL Map, a useful reference to Cape Town’s 307 km coastline stretchng along the West Coast, around the Cape Peninsula,
and beyond False Bay to the Kogelberg Coast in the east.
“With temperatures soaring for the next few months, it’s a good time to head to one of the Cape’s off-the-main-drag beaches – stunning stretches of honeyed sand or cool coves that may be relatively uncrowded, even on a sunny weekend in January. Consider packing a picnic and wear comfortable shoes (as there might be some rock clambering to get there). The reward: your very own patch of sand and a soothing soundtrack of gently lapping waves. Paradise is a short drive away…” Inside Guide.
Using the Cape Town Green COASTAL Map, let’s start along the West Coast and work our way through to the Koegelbay Coast.
ATLANTIC SEABOARD
Queens Beach
Bakhoven
Cosy Beach
SOUTH PENINSULA
Scarborough
TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – CAPE POINT
Platboom
Maclear
Buffels Bay
Rooi Els
Diaz
Olifantsbos
Buffels Bay Beach
Smitswinkel Bay
FALSE BAY PENINSULA
Waters Edge
Windmill Beach
Danger Beach
KOGELBERG COAST
Rooi-Els
Kogel Bay East
See the full story in The Inside Guide, with lots of additional information about each of these Cape Town beaches.
See also Cape Town Green Map
