Seaside Cottages - Fish Hoek Beach

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.

Birding in Fish Hoek is a feathery and musical thing. Stay at Seaside Cottages and revel in the vibrant sounds of birdsong filling the air in spring as diverse bird species emerge from their winter hiding places or arrive on their migratory routes from across the globe.

Fish Hoek is home to fantastic and diverse habitats for a vast selection of incredible bird species – ocean birds, rocky shore birds, dune and mountain birds, wetland and riverine species. Fynbos birds and birds of prey join garden birds and waterbirds to forage and sing all year round.

Come birding in Fish Hoek and stay at Seaside Cottages!

The history of fascinating Fish Hoek reads like a fantastic drama! The new Fish Hoek history exhibit at Valyland reveals the quaint historical timeline that makes this town so charming to tourists and locals alike.

It all began hundreds of years ago when the Portuguese first threw anchor in Cape Town. By the late 1700s, fishing was a central industry and people were travelling to the Southern Peninsula to fish, swim and live.

September is Heritage Month, a time to remember our national heritage in terms of culture, history, environment and more! What are you grateful for in South Africa?