Hout Bay Harbour: Fishing, Mountains and Culture
Hout Bay Harbour: Where Fishing, Mountains and Culture Meet Hout Bay Harbour in Cape Town: exploring fishing boats, maritime heritage, mountain landscapes, community, African crafts and photography. There are few places in Cape Town where landscape and human activity come together as dramatically as Hout Bay Harbour. Set against the immense sandstone walls of the Twelve Apostles and surrounded by the steep slopes of the Hout Bay valley, the harbour is immediately recognisable. Yet its visual appeal can obscure something more important: this is not simply a picturesque waterfront. Hout Bay remains associated with a working fishing economy, generations of maritime activity and communities whose histories are closely connected to the sea. For the photographer, the harbour therefore presents itself as more than a collection of boats. It is a living maritime landscape. From Wood Bay to Fishing Village The history of Hout Bay reaches back to the earliest years of European settlement at the C...