Hout Bay is a picturesque fishing port village and also the headquarters of the snoek barracuda industry and the lobster fishing fleet
There is an early fish market in South Africa on the dock – now a unique seafood retail mall called ‘Mariner’s Wharf’, which still maintains its ancient appearance intact
There are many restaurants and gift shops near the fish market
Here, tourists can enjoy a sumptuous seafood and lobster meal
What Hout Bay is most famous for is Seal Island
Seal Island is also a famous tourist attraction on the Cape Peninsula
There are thousands of seals inhabiting the island
To protect the seal habitat, tourists are prohibited from going on the island
There are special yachts at the dock to take tourists to view
They slowly circle around close to the island, allowing tourists to closely observe the scenes of seals hunting, playing in the water and inhabiting
Open all day all year round
The specific business status is subject to the opening situation on that day
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