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We have all flipped our calendars to January 2025 and take our first light steps into a new year, 12 new months that seem to glow with hope and feel ripe with possibility. This is a time to breathe, reflect, and embrace nature’s quiet wisdom.

We invite you to stop awhile in Fish Hoek, a tranquil seaside village nestled between rugged mountains and shimmering ocean waters, to listen carefully to the call to slow down and smell the proteas.

Stay at Seaside Cottages to escape the rush of work and stress. We offer an invitation to pause, recalibrate, and carry that sense of serenity into the months ahead.

December is one of the most magical times of the year. Fish Hoek is blooming this summer. School holidays are in full swing, summer is finally here, and Christmas is just around the corner. At Seaside Cottages, it's a season of excitement and celebration.

We know that the December holidays are synonymous with beach getaways, family vacations, and unforgettable adventures. So, if you’re looking for the perfect place to visit this festive season, look no further! Whether you’re planning a local road trip, arranging a fly-in holiday or heading for an all-inclusive Cape Town tour, we’ve got you covered.

Stay at Seaside Cottages on Fish Hoek Beach.

A Cape Town summer is synonymous with dazzling white beaches, aqua-blue oceans, mountain views, ice cream cones and coconut sun cream. Take a road trip to Fish Hoek Beach to discover all things magical from penguins and whales to fynbos hikes and a coffee culture second to none.

At Seaside Cottages you can experience all of this and more if you book a holiday in the best self-catering accommodation in Cape Town’s False Bay. Appreciate summer’s long hot days, crimson ocean sunrises and surf ski lessons on the beach. Hike the mountains, photograph King Proteas and watch rare African penguins sleeping on huge boulders.

Cape Town is home to diverse wildlife in pristine natural habitats. From wild baboons in stone pine trees, agile caracals on mountain slopes and cute penguins on beaches, to enormous whales of the deep blue sea and pretty tortoises dawdling on footpaths. This is the Deep South, the Southern Peninsula, and Fish Hoek is the centre of it all.

Stay at Seaside Cottages, the best self-catering accommodation on the beach, and discover the Mother City's wild side! We have wonderful facilities for groups - birders, conservationists, botanists, tree lovers, fynbos enthusiasts, hikers and whale watchers.

November is synonymous with men, so Movember has a good ring to it. At Seaside Cottages, our men matter. We invite all men and their families to spend a weekend with us in November to celebrate Men's Cancer Month.

Did you know that Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide?

It is a play on words for the slang word for moustache, "mo", and "November".