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Glen Cottage

Kommetjie Cape Town - South Africa

Email Glen Cottage Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com

Welcome to Glen Cottage... Affordable Kommetjie self-catering accommodation has never been more appealing than delightfully relaxed Glen Cottage. Offering 3-star holiday accommodation close to the beach in Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Cape Town. Glen Cottage is a beautifully appointed self-catering seaside holiday cottage with a sparkling swimming pool, for up to six guests. Less than a minutes’ drive from wild and wonderful Kommetjie Longbeach, Glen Cottage is a delightful, immaculate, fisherman-style self-catering cottage, with sparkling swimming pool, built-in barbeque and shady gazebo, offering relaxed and comfortable seaside holidays close to the beach sleeping up to 6 guests with all the comforts of home.

Glen Cottage Accommodation

The 3-star quality self-catering accommodation comprises spacious sitting and dining room areas open-plan to a well equipped, fully fitted kitchen with microwave, fridge, cooker and hob.

The main bedroom with double bed is en suite to a shower bathroom; the second bedroom has bunk beds and there are two further single beds behind private timber and wrought-iron screens on the enclosed verandah.
There is a second, family bathroom with bath and shower over. There is also a cot for a babe in arms or a toddler, a high chair and a safety net for the pool. The cottage sleeps six, but the kitchen caters for eight.

Further facilities include washing machine, tumble drier, iron and ironing board, TV with DSTV, a DVD player, a radio/CD/tape player and a selection of CDs and board games.

All crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, bed linen, blankets and towels are provided, even coffee, tea and sugar – just bring your clothes and a beach towel.
Beach chairs and a sun umbrella that you can take to the beach are also provided. In the summer a large fan keeps you cool; in winter there are wall heaters in all rooms and a gas heater in the sitting room.

The small, fully enclosed and private garden is beautifully planted with lush vegetation and features a sparkling pool (there’s a safety net if required), a built-in barbeque, a shady gazebo with table and benches for al fresco dining, sun-loungers and a large sunshade.
There’s also a remote-operated single garage plus further off-street parking.

Everybody who has stayed here loves this little cottage. It’s less than a minute’s drive from wild and wonderful Kommetjie Longbeach, a world famous surfing venue, and also close to a small river that you can walk down to get there – in just 5 minutes.
By day it’s a sheltered, restful haven in a beautiful and mellow setting, and at night the sea is sometimes so loud it’s as if you’re sleeping in the dunes.

Kommetjie in a nutshell...
Kommetjie is a typical, magical West Coast holiday village, complete with convenience store, hairdresser, library, post office, pub and surf shop. Local activities include the beach, beach horse riding, cray fishing by boat, surfing and boarding, kayaking, bird watching, hiking, whale watching and shopping.

Shops and all necessary facilities are close at hand – and there are several excellent restaurants, including the local Fisherman’s, renowned for its scrumptious fresh seafood and Rioja, for really exceptional cuisine, just up the road at Solole Game Reserve.
Naturally, the beach is the primary focus of this sleepy, seaside village. It’s tailor-made for relaxed and happy holidays.
Spend days just lapping up the sunshine whilst watching the surfers, kite-surfers and body-boarders, or watch the fishing boats come and go at Die Kom, walk along the coast to picturesque Slangkop lighthouse and visit the crayfish factory beyond.
Quaint and characterful, Kommetjie was laid out a century ago amongst the coastal milkwoods surrounding Die Kom (a large protected natural rocky sea basin) and today the village has extended northwards towards magnificent Longbeach and the wreck of the Kakapo.

10 best things to do at Glen Cottage:
These things you absolutely have to do during your stay at Glen Cottage. You’re in a unique area of the world and almost all these amazing experiences are unique to this area.
1.Surf those waves:
The surf’s always up at Kommetjie Longbeach! It’s easy to spend days lapping up the sunshine watching the surfers, kite-surfers and body-boarders but how about doing it yourself? No better place to start than Kommetjie! Grab a wetsuit and a surf or body board from the Kommetjie Surf Shop at Post Office House, Huskisson Way, Kommetjie, and take to the waves. You’ll be surprised how quickly you get the hang of it!

2.Swim with the penguins:
Glen Cottage is only 10 – 15 minutes away from False Bay (warmer waters), and Simon’s Town, where you’ll find Boulders Beach. There are over 3000 African ‘Jackass’ Penguins living here and the area is now a National Park. You can see them up close as they frolic in the water and waddle on land, and this is the one place in the world where you can actually swim and sunbathe with them. In a survey done by the BBC, Boulders Beach was rated one of the five best beaches to visit before you die.

3.Spend a day at Cape Point:
Don’t even think of not spending a day at this landmark at the south-westernmost tip of Africa – it’s a must! Home to 1750 different types of fynbos, 245 bird species and 58 mammals (including several species of large buck, zebra, ostrich and baboons, the reserve is a scenic spectacular of rugged, rocky outcrops, sheer cliffs, and rolling, fynbos-covered plains. Take the funicular high above the ocean to the old lighthouse or tackle one of a number of magnificent hiking trails, including a one-hour trail from the peak to the cove of the Cape of Good Hope. Enjoy a meal at The Two Oceans Restaurant perched high above crashing waves - great seafood and staggering Atlantic and Indian Ocean views.

4.Cruise with the sharks:
African Shark Eco-Charters, based in Simon’s Town, will take you out by boat early morning into False Bay to watch the great white sharks breach around Seal Island - where the seals breed - followed by a shark cage dive (www.ultimate-animals.com). You don’t need any previous diving experience - just bring a warm sweater, your camera and some sunblock! Or you can try one of their cruises into deep blue water to see pelagic birds and watch the great shoals of yellow fin tuna running.

5.Walk with the baboons:
People in the know say this experience is second only to seeing the mountain gorillas. Spend the morning in the mountains above Kommetjie with a guide from Baboon Matters. He or she will take you up where you’ll meet and spend intimate time with Eric and his troop and learn how important these endangered primates are to the mountain. Let the baby baboons play with your shoelaces while you snap up close and personal pics of the Kommetjie troop interacting, feeding and playing.

6.Take the day off:
A local Kommetjie outfit called Seascape Tours specialize in arranging amazing days out, especially for you (www.seascapetours.com). It’s run by Tim and Dot Cummings and they’ll arrange any day out you care to mention. Here are a few tour ideas: Cape Point; Cape Peninsula; Whale Route; Waterfront Shopping; Masiphumelele Township; The Cape Winelands and/or Constantia Winelands. They can also take you cray fishing by boat at Kommetjie – and then later, help you barbeque and eat your catch - great fun and very tasty, too!

7.Horse ride the Longbeach surf:
It’s just so romantic ambling along in the breakers together on horseback. From Imhoff Farm, a little way up the road, you can ride out through the Cape fynbos countryside to the surf, where you can spend a few hours riding along this breathtaking beach and back again. Imhoff also offer lots of stuff for kids, including camel rides, donkey rides, a snake and reptile park, farm shop, tea garden and fresh cheeses.

8.Walk Longbeach to Skebengas:
Walk Longbeach from Kommetjie all the way to Noordhoek (approx 1½hours), taking in the wreck of the Kakapo, c.1900, on the way, and visit Skebengas Pub at the Red Herring, Noordhoek, famous for it’s draught Guinness and mouth-watering pizzas! (And after that, walk back, of course!!) In the right season, you’ll see whales and dolphins and if you walk it very early in the morning you might see a Cape Clawless Otter fishing in the inter-tidal zone. Either way you have the pounding surf on one side, miles of empty beach on the other and stunning views all round!

9.Enjoy Cape Cuisine at it's best:
There are so many really excellent restaurants locally it’s embarrassing! For a comprehensive list email us for the Glen Cottage Good Food Guide. Here are our three Kommetjie favourites:
· Rioja, at Solole Game Reserve, five minutes away along Kommetjie Road, offers really exceptional cuisine - first class fine dining with Simon, charming proprietor and highly qualified master-chef, in an African game lodge ambiance – definitely our favourite.
· Breakfasts, pizzas and Sunday lunches are super-special at Blue Water Café, Imhoff Farm, Kommetjie Road where you can enjoy a cosy farmhouse vibe or, outside, look across rolling meadows to the sea, as you eat.
· The traditional spit n’ sawdust vibe at the local Fisherman’s, opposite the Superette, belies its delicious fresh seafood at very reasonable prices. Choose to eat outside or in – often to live music.
· Village Bakery & Bistro, on the right down Kirsten Avenue, off Kommetjie Road, is a super restaurant for the whole family, with a wide menu, be it fish, meat, pasta or vegetarian – good food and fast service.
· Latest addition to Kommetjie's eateries is The Green Room, under-stated and under-rated, but great value burgers, sarmies and Mexican food. Turn right at Fisherman’s as you come into Kommetjie.

10.Check off the endemics:
If you’re a birder you’ll love Glen Cottage. On the beach you’ll see the endangered African Black Oystercatcher, Cape, Crowned and White Breasted Cormorant, Sacred, Hadeda and Glossy Ibis, Pied Kingfisher, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Whitefronted, Crowned and Blacksmith Plover, Kelp and Hartlaub’s Gull, Common, Caspian and Artic Tern, African Yellow-billed Duck, Black Winged Stilt, Cape Wagtail and, if you’re lucky, Spoonbill Stork. Elsewhere locally you’ll see Pied Crow, White Necked Raven, Spotted Prinea, Cape Francolin, Black Shouldered Kite, Crested Guineafowl, Rock Pigeon, Cape Turtle Dove, Red Eyed Dove, Malachite and Lesser Double Collared Sunbird, Fiscal Shrike, Southern Boubou, Fairy Flycatcher, and Cape Canary.
Around the cottage you’ll see Cape White-eye, Cape Robin, Cape Bulbul, Redwinged Starling, European Starling, Cape Weaver and hear the distinctive cry of the African Fish Eagle.

What to do everywhere else:
There’s a stack of stuff to do around Cape Town and the Peninsula, and it’s almost always accompanied by the most staggering views and vistas.
For the 10 best things to do near Glen Cottage - the list includes a day at Cape Point, swimming with the penguins and a shark cage dive. For a comprehensive directory of the best places to eat in the Cape Peninsula. Meantime, check out the list below for the best of the rest.
Take a drive to Cape Point!

On the road to Cape Point, don't miss -
· Cape Point Ostrich Farm - Take a guided tour of the ostrich pens and check out the ostrich eggs and leather products on offer.
· Redhill Curio Market - an amazing collection of African artifacts in stone, soapstone and wood at the side of the road.
· And if you get to feeling peckish, enjoy a really scrumptious lunch right there at the Cape Farmhouse Restaurant

Browse Kalk Bay and Simon’s Town:
Spend an afternoon browsing the junk shops of Kalk Bay and Simon’s Town for antiques and collectables.
· There’s quirky style and glamour at Kalk Bay’s Cape To Cairo and Cuban food in a vibrantly bohemian atmosphere at Cape To Cuba restaurant where, they say, everything is for sale!
· Whale watch from August to December. Great places to watch are on top of Elsies Peak or from the Polana, on the rocks in Kalk Bay Harbour.
· And while you’re at Kalk Bay, try rough n’ ready Kalkies for tasty fish n’ chips in newspaper or, for more exotic fish dishes, try Live Bait.

Play a round of golf:
If golf is your passion, there are several great golf courses in the Cape Peninsula to indulge it.
· Play a delightfully picturesque eighteen holes at Clovelly Country Club, where the views will have you spellbound, or
· Try Steenberg Golf Course before dining in style at Catharina's the Restaurant.
· Then there’s the Cape’s most popular course, Westlake Golf Club, and finally, the classic duo -
· The old established, easy playing and ever popular Mowbray Golf Club and
· Course of golfing champions, Royal Cape Golf Club, in Plumstead, founded in 1885.

Explore wine routes galore:
There are so many wine routes these days one is spoilt for choice. Here are some that are relatively close at hand –
· Spend a day in the Cape Winelands - the Stellenbosch and Franshoek wine routes - and enjoy the heritage of Simon Van Der Stel.
· Enjoy excellent wine closer to home and do the Constantia Wine Route, comprising Uitsig, Steenberg, Buitenverwachting and Groot and Klein Constantia.
· Try the Paarl Wine Route, the West Coast Wine Route or the Durbanville Wine Route, to name but a few.
· Better yet, get Seascape Tours to tailor a wine tour just for you so - no driving!

Get a Table Mountain-eye view of Cape Town:
Probably South Africa’s greatest icon (apart from Madiba), Table Mountain towers more than one kilometre above Cape Town. Take the revolving cable car and enjoy spectacular views of the city, the Cape Peninsula and the ocean from 11 viewpoints on the summit. Or hike one of numerous walking and hiking trails up and across the tabletop. (Watch a video clip).
Take a picnic to Kirstenbosch!
Spending an afternoon enjoying the tranquil beauty of Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is a must – it’s the top botanical garden of the world. Established in 1913, it’s home to more than 8 500 species of indigenous South African plants.
There are fynbos hiking trails, guided tours and twilight nature walks, and it’s a birders’ delight. Pack a picnic basket and eat on the lawns or enjoy a meal at the Silvertree Restaurant and Fynbos Deli.

Enjoy nature at the World of Birds:
The World of Birds in Hout Bay is the largest bird park in Africa and one of the few large bird parks in the World. Over 3 000 birds and small animals of 400 different species are uniquely presented in more than 100 spacious landscaped walk-through aviaries - you’ll never get closer to nature! And get there via Chapman’s Peak Drive - it’s one of the scenic wonders of the world!
Contact the area specialists!
Taste it, see it, live it, do it, experience it with Cape Point Route, the South Peninsula specialists. Find out what the area has to offer you, your family and your friends. They can help with information, recommendations and suggestions for all your travel needs on the Cape Point Route.
Shop till you drop:
Just 10 minutes down the road, try –
· Constantia Village, Constantia, and Cavendish Square, Claremont, for both local and international labels in a friendly, laid back atmosphere.
· And if the bug has really bitten, browse world famous V & A Waterfront against a backdrop of sea and mountain, and right in the fully operational harbour.
· Or, visit a comparative newcomer to the world of shopping malls, Canal Walk, just ten minutes drive from the CBD and next to Ratanga Junction funfair.
· Plenty of factory shops locally, too, the best being Meltz Factory Shop, Diep River. And there are many more at Access Park, Kenilworth.

Experience a different Cape Town:
Cape Town, beautiful and vibrant, is unlike any other city in the world. And there’s so much to do, this list doesn’t even cover the half of it!
· Whilst at the V & A Waterfront, why not dive the Two Oceans Aquarium - the ultimate shark cage dive!
· Take a champagne sunset sailboat cruise with the Waterfront Boat Company and watch the whales up close.
· Visit Robben Island, a world heritage site, and see firsthand the prison in which Nelson Mandela spent 27 years of his life.
· Don’t even think of Cape Town without taking a Township Tour, and experience heart-warming community vibes, see traditional healers, traders, markets, shebeens and more.
· For an experience you’ll never forget learn to dive with Scuba Shack, and dive, cave dive and wreck dive the many fascinating dive sites around the Peninsula coastline.
· And at the end of the day, share a chilled glass of fine Cape wine on Long Beach and watch stunning sunsets over wild Atlantic rollers.

How to get to Glen Cottage...
From the airport take the N2 towards Cape Town and don’t take the M5 but rather continue until you reach the mountain and then bear left onto the M3, towards Constantia and Muizenberg. Continue straight until you can go no further without turning left or right at traffic lights. Turn right here onto Steenberg Road towards Tokai, Noordhoek and Ou Kaapse Weg. After a further set of lights take the left filter onto Ou Kaapse Weg, a stunning drive over the mountain.
Come down the other side of the mountain - this is Noordhoek Valley - and go straight through the next set of lights (to the right is Longbeach Mall [great shops including supermarkets Pick and Pay and Woollies]) to the major four-way traffic light at the far side of the valley, where left goes to Fish Hoek, straight to Simon’s Town, and right to Kommetjie. Turn right to Kommetjie, a seven-minute drive away.
After you pass the second set of traffic lights (with Imhoff Farm on your right) you pass the turning to Scarborough and Cape Point on your left. Then take the next right, which is Wireless Road, and then, after some green belt, first right again into Riverside Drive. Glen Cottage is number 22, also on the right.
If you’re coming from Cape Town and provided Chapmans Peak Drive is open (check first) you’d best take the scenic route through Camps Bay, along the coast to Llandudno, Hout Bay and onto the world famous Chapmans Peak Drive to Noordhoek. Turn right at the t-junction about 2km further on the far side, then follow the directions, as above, from Noordhoek Valley.

Email Glen Cottage Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com