2004 - Noordhoek & Scarborough : December Holiday continued

After Chapman's Peak Drive the little seaside village of Noorhoek makes an appearance.There's not much going on except for horse riding and lazy people soaking up their paradise.I definitely recommend the Red Herring - a restaurant nestled in the Milkwoods.Get there by 17h00 to catch happy hour - Buy one get one free.

The name "Noordhoek" was taken from Dutch and literally means "north corner".It is best-known for its picturesque shoreline and its long, wide, sandy beach, which stretches south to the neighboring village of Kommetjie. Near the southern end of this beach is the wreck of the steamship "Kakapo", which ran aground about a century ago when the captain mistook Chapman’s Peak for the Cape of Good Hope and put the helm over to port.

Just after Noordhoek one gets to Kommetjie and then the magical Scarborough. This town was designated as a conservation village in April 1996, defined as "a residential area of limited extent, surrounded by a conserved natural landscape, committed to reverse past environmental damage and to avoid future environmental impacts.