The Hout Bay Wine Region is ideally located close to the Constantia Wine Route and Cape Town city.

Hout Bay is the perfect place for a holiday, its white sandy beach, fishing harbour, and thriving village is surrounded by beautiful mountains and offers something for all ages whether you enjoy adventure activities, scenic drives, or just relaxing in the sunshine.

The ideal base for exploring the Cape Peninsula and further afield, the beautiful Chapmans Peak Drive is the beginning of the route to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope National Park.  

An hour’s drive will take you to the renowned Cape Winelands where you can visit a wide variety of Wine Estates, or follow the Atlantic coast north to West Coast National Park with its lovely lagoon.  

An ideal setting off point for the famous Garden Route, we can help you plan an itinerary to include everything you would like to experience.

The name Hout Bay is not really the anglicized version of the Afrikaans Houtbaai (Wood Bay) but rather a shortening of the original Dutch “Houtbayken”.

The name is derived from what Jan van Riebeeck recorded in his journal after his visit in 1653: 

“The forests are the finest in the World and contain timber as long, thick and straight as one would wish”.

The mountainous terrain and road building hazards accounted for the delay in the extension of the wagon road from Kirstenbosch, which reached Hout Bay in 1693, some 40 years after van Riebeeck’s first visit.

The patches of forest in Hout Bay were preserved a little longer by their inaccessibility, but the woodcutters were soon at work in the moist valley bottom below.

From the nearby anchorage, the wood was shipped around the Mountain to Table Bay.

The forests, never extensive, lasted barely a generation.

Though trees now cover large areas of the mountain slopes once again, they are mostly of exotic species.

The Wines of the Hout Bay Wine Region.

The area is perfect for Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and perhaps Pinot Noir.

The Hour Bay Region is relatively young compared to the Constantia Wine Route.

Things to do in the Hout Bay Wine Region.

Hout Bay is famed for the Cape Argus Cycle Tour passing through with Suikerbossie being the famous hill to climb before you see the ocean and going downhill to Cape Town, via Camps Bay.

Hout Bay is also a well-known fishing village with beautiful harbour.

It is also the starting point of the infamous Chapman’s Peak drive.

Hout Bay offer visitors a beautiful, sandy beach.

Festivals and Events in the Hout Bay Wine Region.

Hout Bay is a beautiful town and area and there is a lot to do – especially as the town is located close to Cape Town and Constantia.

• Hout Bay Green Faire
• The Cape Argus Cycle Tour

We look forward to host you in Hout Bay soon.