Camps Bay in early spring, 26 September 2000
'Camps Bay' is an affluent
suburb of
Cape Town,
South Africa. In the European winter it is a hotbed of
European tourists as well as local South Africans down for a beach holiday. It hosts beach volleyball tournaments as well as a refreshing nightlife.
Camps Bay is named after an invalid
sailor, Ernst Friedrich von Kamptz, who settled there in
1778.
The back of
Table Mountain, the
Table Mountain cableway and the
Twelve Apostles Mountain Range form a backdrop to the Camps Bay family beach. The surf is strong here and there is no resident lifeguard, but a rescue helicopter patrols regularly. The grass verge flanked by the Camps Bay tidal pool offers shady, wind-free barbecue spots. Trendy Shops, restaurants, a hotel, chemist, banks and police station are close to the beach.
See also
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Beaches of Cape Town
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