Venue: Clifton Beach Cape Town, South Africa

Pastime: Sundowners!

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Ever wondered, "Why sundowners? Why Clifton?"

This set of beaches is so beautiful and with our long Cape summer evenings it’s a perfect spot to chill out and enjoy the transition from bustling day to tranquil evening.

But over the holiday period Clifton Beach Cape Town is manic and parking space becomes problematic. Solution: arrive at 5pm for sundowners and parking is way less of a problem!

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The daytime visitors are packing up – don’t they realise the best is yet to come?!

Aha! – the usual suspects are beginning to assemble! A couple of yachts are lapping in the gentle swells. If you fancy a sunset cruise to Clifton with the odd glass of bubbly laid on, this could be you one day!

On this particular evening it’s full moon, so you are treated to moonrise over the shoulder of Lion’s Head while you chat, sip and snack the evening away.

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By the way, the authorities are clamping down and enforcing the ‘no drinking in public places’ law, so don’t be tempted to haul out alcohol on the beach. The officials are not always very polite when asking you to put it away and an unpleasant incident could leave a bad taste in your mouth!

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Shadows grow longer and a couple of tranquil hours later (children all the while playing blissfully in the sand or jumping off the enormous boulders) you look up to see this ...

... awesome isn’t it?

By now it is starting to cool off – you always take something warm to wear after dark in the Cape – but the show isn’t over. People around are starting to light candles and anchor them in the sand as the sky lights up like this --

Whew! It gets better and better...

Finally it’s time to go – “bye-bye yachts” - they are also leaving and you wend our way home in the deepening gloom of dusk.

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If you fancy ‘moon-uppers’ instead of sundowners, head for beaches that face east such as St James or Fishhoek. Watching the moon rising over the Hottentots Holland is also a spectacular sight – one of our friends swears by it!

You may find the following related pages helpful:
Find Clifton Accommodation
Atlantic Coast Map
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