Chapman's Peak

The nine-kilometer road curves along the Atlantic coast between Hout Bay and Noordhoek, featuring 114 bends carved into the mountainside at 592 meters elevation.

The construction of this engineering project began in 1915 and reached completion in 1922, supervised by Sir Nicolas Frederick de Waal, the first administrator of Cape Province.

The road honors John Chapman, an English ship navigator who documented the bay during his maritime explorations of the Cape Peninsula in 1607.

Visitors must pay a toll fee of 61 rand for light vehicles, while a day pass grants access to designated picnic areas during daylight hours.

The 2004 renovation included advanced rock-fall protection measures, utilizing catch fences and anchored mesh to prevent landslides along the coastal cliffs.

Location: Western Cape

Elevation above the sea: 592 m

Address: Chapman's Peak, Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa 7985

GPS coordinates: -34.08843,18.35961

Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:49