Chapman's Peak Drive: Take a moment to pause for breath and collect new adjectives; you'll need them as you continue along Chapman's Peak Drive. It's a toll road but worth every penny – the views are sublime and there are plenty of places to stop and swoon.

Chapman's Peak Drive is the name of the south-bound road out of Hout Bay and it is one of the most scenic cliff drives in the world. It was hewn into the side of the mountain between 1915 and 1922, cut on the dividing line of the base granite and sedimentary sandstone. The brilliantly coloured layers of red, orange and yellow rock along with dark purple lines of manganese are extraordinarily beautiful, but it is not advisable to take your eyes off the winding road, which has a sheer drop to the sea. Luckily there are plenty of viewpoints for photos or a picnic, with spectacular scenery north to Hout Bay and south to Noordhoek and Kommetjie.