Photos of Cape Town South Africa Area: Lambert's Bay

This is the eighteenth in a series of posts covering Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape region. Lamberts Bay is known for its long stretches of uninterrupted white beaches and abundant marine life which gathers in the cool blue waters. It began as a fishing village and this is still a major factor. Lamberts Bay is named after Admiral Lambert of the British Navy who did a marine survey of the bay between 1826 and 1840.  In 1887 Mr Stephan bought the commercial buildings and built the hotel in 1888

             

 

 

Comments

[Mick Mather]

The first photograph reminds me of that stretch of Asilomar State Beach looking south and west across Spanish Bay.

[bill Ives]

Mick - Yes - there is a very California coast quality to much of the coast near Cape Town. Bill