Last Word Long Beach

The five-star beach lodge at Kommetjie's Long Beach, Last Word Long Beach occupies the southern end of the Cape Peninsula where the cold Benguela current meets open Atlantic shore and African penguins nest within walking distance of the rooms.

The property's position on the quieter, wilder side of the Peninsula separates it from Cape Town's tourist belt — Boulders Beach penguin colony sits a short drive north, and the Cape Point reserve entrance lies less than twenty minutes away. Noordhoek's sheltered estuary and horse-riding flats are closer still.

Rated 9.7 from 197 reviews, the lodge draws guests seeking direct dune-and-ocean access rather than city proximity. Chapman's Peak Drive, one of the world's more dramatic coastal roads, connects Kommetjie northward to Hout Bay in under thirty minutes.